I am using the binary nvidia drivers, and any kernel upgrade greater than 2.6.16* makes system hardlock when I startx. All proper steps have been taken after kernel upgrade. No logs are generated at freeze, and its not possible to ssh in to investigate the error. here is lspci: localhost roberts # lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 250Gb Host Bridge (rev a1) 00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 250Gb LPC Bridge (rev a2) 00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation nForce 250Gb PCI System Management (rev a1) 00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK8S USB Controller (rev a1) 00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK8S USB Controller (rev a1) 00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce3 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller (rev a2) 00:08.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK8S Parallel ATA Controller (v2.5) (rev a2) 00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 250Gb AGP Host to PCI Bridge (rev a2) 00:0e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 250Gb PCI-to-PCI Bridge (rev a2) 00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration 00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map 00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller 00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV43 [GeForce 6600/GeForce 6600 GT] (rev a2) 02:08.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 07) 02:08.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! Game Port (rev 07) 02:09.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB23 IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link) 02:0a.0 Network controller: RaLink RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI 02:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8001 Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 13) here is eix xorg-server: localhost roberts # eix xorg-server [I] x11-base/xorg-server Available versions: 1.0.2-r7 (~)1.1.0-r1 (~)1.1.1 1.1.1-r1 (~)1.1.1-r2 (~)1.1.1-r3 [M](~)1.1.99.903-r1 [M]*1.2.99.0 Installed versions: 1.1.1-r3(14:24:06 12/10/06)(-3dfx -aiglx -debug -dmx dri -input_devices_acecad -input_devices_aiptek -input_devices_calcomp -input_devices_citron -input_devices_digitaledge -input_devices_dmc -input_devices_dynapro -input_devices_elo2300 -input_devices_elographics -input_devices_evdev -input_devices_fpit -input_devices_hyperpen -input_devices_jamstudio -input_devices_joystick input_devices_keyboard -input_devices_magellan -input_devices_microtouch input_devices_mouse -input_devices_mutouch -input_devices_palmax -input_devices_penmount -input_devices_spaceorb -input_devices_summa -input_devices_synaptics -input_devices_tek4957 -input_devices_ur98 -input_devices_vmmouse -input_devices_void -input_devices_wacom -ipv6 -kdrive -minimal nptl sdl -video_cards_apm -video_cards_ark -video_cards_chips -video_cards_cirrus -video_cards_cyrix -video_cards_dummy -video_cards_epson -video_cards_fbdev -video_cards_fglrx -video_cards_glint -video_cards_i128 -video_cards_i740 -video_cards_i810 -video_cards_impact -video_cards_imstt -video_cards_mach64 -video_cards_mga -video_cards_neomagic -video_cards_newport -video_cards_nsc video_cards_nv video_cards_nvidia -video_cards_r128 -video_cards_radeon -video_cards_rendition -video_cards_s3 -video_cards_s3virge -video_cards_savage -video_cards_siliconmotion -video_cards_sis -video_cards_sisusb -video_cards_sunbw2 -video_cards_suncg14 -video_cards_suncg3 -video_cards_suncg6 -video_cards_sunffb -video_cards_sunleo -video_cards_suntcx -video_cards_tdfx -video_cards_tga -video_cards_trident -video_cards_tseng -video_cards_v4l -video_cards_vesa -video_cards_vga -video_cards_via -video_cards_vmware -video_cards_voodoo xorg -xprint) Homepage: http://xorg.freedesktop.org/ Description: X.Org X servers here is nvidia-drivers: localhost roberts # eix nvidia-drivers [I] x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers Available versions: 1.0.8774 1.0.8776 (~)1.0.9631 [M](~)1.0.9742 Installed versions: 1.0.9631(20:19:33 12/27/06)(dlloader kernel_linux) Homepage: http://www.nvidia.com/ Description: NVIDIA X11 driver and GLX libraries here is x11: [I] virtual/x11 Available versions: [M]6.8 7.0-r2 Installed versions: 7.0-r2(22:22:46 11/30/06)(dri) Homepage: http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/x/x11/ Description: Virtual for the core X11 implementation here is gcc -v: localhost roberts # gcc -v Using built-in specs. Target: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu Configured with: /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/gcc-4.1.1-r3/work/gcc-4.1.1/configure --prefix=/usr --bindir=/usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/4.1.1 --includedir=/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.1/include --datadir=/usr/share/gcc-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.1 --mandir=/usr/share/gcc-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.1/man --infodir=/usr/share/gcc-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.1/info --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.1/include/g++-v4 --host=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu --build=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu --disable-altivec --disable-nls --with-system-zlib --disable-checking --disable-werror --disable-libunwind-exceptions --enable-multilib --disable-libmudflap --disable-libssp --disable-libgcj --enable-languages=c,c++ --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-clocale=gnu Thread model: posix gcc version 4.1.1 (Gentoo 4.1.1-r3) I will attach my emerge --info as a file.
Created attachment 104787 [details] emerge --info
We can't guess, sorry. Reopen if you are able to provide some information to debug the issue.
