Bug 299748 – >=sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.32 cause system to freeze starting X

• Status: RESOLVED NEEDINFO
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Richard Connon 2010-01-05 12:49:27 UTC]

Using gentoo-sources-2.6.32 (and r1) my system freezes when starting X.
Not sure what supplementary information is required to diagnose this fault so please ask for more info.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:

[Comment 1 Lars Wendler (Polynomial-C) (RETIRED) 2010-01-14 18:37:20 UTC]

Please post your "emerge --info" and attach a file containing the output from "dmesg". Attaching your kernel's config, your xorg.conf (in case you're using any), the Xorg.0.log file (in case your system creates that file before the freeze sets in) and the output of

  lspci -nnv

(from sys-apps/pciutils package) might be helpful as well.

[Comment 2 Lars Wendler (Polynomial-C) (RETIRED) 2010-01-18 12:46:03 UTC]

Please provide the above mentioned information and then reopen this bug.

[Comment 3 Richard Connon 2010-01-19 10:05:51 UTC]

Created attachment 216889 [details]
emerge --info

[Comment 4 Richard Connon 2010-01-19 10:06:11 UTC]

Created attachment 216891 [details]
lspci -nnv

[Comment 5 Richard Connon 2010-01-19 10:06:35 UTC]

Created attachment 216892 [details]
/etc/X11/xorg.conf

[Comment 6 Richard Connon 2010-01-19 10:36:17 UTC]

It wont let me create more attachments. Not sure what to do now.

[Comment 7 Wormo (RETIRED) 2010-01-23 20:45:56 UTC]

What version of nvidia-driver are you using? I recall one of the Nvidia maintainers saying that Nvidia was still working on 2.6.32 support, so you probably need to wait for the next nvidia-drivers release.

[Comment 8 Richard Connon 2010-01-24 09:58:13 UTC]

I'm just using the newest from the portage tree. I imagine that I just need to wait.

[Comment 9 Jacob Godserv 2010-01-27 04:13:11 UTC]

If it helps, I'm running x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-185.18.36 for my 9600M GT card in my MacBook just fine on a 2.6.32 kernel (which I actually needed anyway for other hardware support). This may not be a blanket "nvidia + 2.6.32 = fail" issue.

[Comment 10 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) 2010-02-22 18:39:06 UTC]

(In reply to comment #8)
> I'm just using the newest from the portage tree. I imagine that I just need to
> wait.

You could provide some nvidia-drivers versions you tried and we could then perhaps find out what the problem is.

[Comment 11 Richard Connon 2010-02-25 11:08:27 UTC]

(In reply to comment #10)
> (In reply to comment #8)
> > I'm just using the newest from the portage tree. I imagine that I just need to
> > wait.
> 
> You could provide some nvidia-drivers versions you tried and we could then
> perhaps find out what the problem is.
> 
I just tested with gentoo-sources-2.6.32-r7 and nvidia-drivers-190.53-r1
The screen just goes black and the system freezes. I've attached a new lspci -nnv since I'm using different hardware to when I first reported.

[Comment 12 Richard Connon 2010-02-25 11:09:14 UTC]

Created attachment 221111 [details]
lspci -nnv

New lspci -nnv with my current hardware.