Summary: | Problem with fan speed control and nvidia-settings with nvidia-kernel =media-video/nvidia-kernel-1.0.8178-r3 =media-video/nvidia-kernel-1.0.8756 | ||
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Product: | Gentoo Linux | Reporter: | Martin Erdtmann <martin.erdtmann> |
Component: | New packages | Assignee: | X11 External Driver Maintainers <x11-drivers> |
Status: | RESOLVED TEST-REQUEST | ||
Severity: | normal | ||
Priority: | High | ||
Version: | 2005.0 | ||
Hardware: | AMD64 | ||
OS: | Linux | ||
Whiteboard: | |||
Package list: | Runtime testing required: | --- |
Description
Martin Erdtmann
2006-04-08 08:56:35 UTC
(In reply to comment #0) > Portage 2.0.54 (default-linux/amd64/2005.0, gcc-3.4.5, glibc-2.3.5-r2, > 2.6.15-gentoo-r7 x86_64) > ================================================================= > System uname: 2.6.15-gentoo-r7 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+ > Gentoo Base System version 1.6.14 > distcc 2.18.3 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) > [disabled] > dev-lang/python: 2.3.5-r2, 2.4.2 > sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.12 > sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r7 > sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r1 > sys-devel/binutils: 2.16.1 > sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.22 > virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r2 > ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" > AUTOCLEAN="yes" > CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" > CFLAGS="-march=athlon64 -O2 -pipe" > CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" > CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.2/share/config > /usr/kde/3.3/env /usr/kde/3.3/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/shutdown > /usr/kde/3.4/env /usr/kde/3.4/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/shutdown > /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/share/config > /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ > /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ > /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /var/qmail/control" > CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/eselect/compiler /etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" > CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon64 -O2 -pipe" > DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" > FEATURES="autoconfig distlocks sandbox sfperms strict" > GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/gentoo/ > ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/gentoo/ > http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/gentoo/ http://gentoo.inode.at/" > MAKEOPTS="-j2" > PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" > PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" > PORTDIR="/usr/portage" > SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" > USE="amd64 X alsa arts audiofile avi berkdb bitmap-fonts bzip2 cdparanoia cdr > crypt cups curl dri dvd dvdread eds emboss encode esd exif expat fam ffmpeg > flac foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif glut gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 guile idn > imagemagick imlib ipv6 isdnlog jack jack-tmpfs java jpeg junit kde kqemu lcms > libsamplerate libwww lzw lzw-tiff mad mikmod mng motif mp3 mpeg ncurses nls ogg > oggvorbis openal opengl oss pam pcre pdflib perl png pppd python qt quicktime > readline samba sdl slang smime softmmu spell ssl tcltk tcpd tetex tiff > transcode truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts udev usb vorbis wxgtk1 xine xml > xml2 xmms xpm xscreensaver xv xvid zlib userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc" > Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, > PORTDIR_OVERLAY > > > While using the nvidia-kernel ebuild: > =media-video/nvidia-kernel-1.0.8178-r3 AND =media-video/nvidia-kernel-1.0.8756 > > the fan speed of the MSI Gforce FX5900XT goes to maximum speed when xorg starts > up. The nvclock utility does not have any effect on the fan speed anymore > although with lower versions it worked well. > Furthermore the nvidia-settings utility results in a segfault when it is > launched. > Because of the terrible noise of the fan, both versions of nvidia kernel and > the corresponding nvidia-glx are unusable. > > My guess is, that this bug is hardware related due to the fact that there was > no confirmation from somebody else in the gentoo forum about this behaviour. > Pls note that normally the fan of normally controlled dynamicialy, it runs slow with 2D operation and fast with 3D operation. This hardware function seems to be broken while using the ebuilds mentioned above. -Martin Please, report such issues upstream. We can't fix proprietary binary drivers. (In reply to comment #2) > Please, report such issues upstream. We can't fix proprietary binary drivers. > I agree, but these two ebuilds are marked as stable, this should not be the case if they contain such errors included in the nvidia binaries. (In reply to comment #3) > (In reply to comment #2) > > Please, report such issues upstream. We can't fix proprietary binary drivers. > > > > I agree, but these two ebuilds are marked as stable, this should not be the > case if they contain such errors included in the nvidia binaries. > I posted this issue in the nvidia forums as well. Martin Please, test w/ recent x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers versions. Thanks. |