Bug 144679 – nvidia-kernel-1.0.8762-r1 - TV-OUT image corrupt using unstable nvidia-kernel

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED TEST-REQUEST

[Description takken 2006-08-21 12:26:49 UTC]

Every time I try the unstable nvidia-kernel driver, I find that my TV-OUT image is severely corrupted. The upper half of the TV screen is filled with gray horizontal flickering lines, the bottom half is black.

Today, I tried nvidia-kernel-1.0.8762-r1 and the problem is still the same, both when using a TwinView setup and when using two seperate X screens.

The problem disappears as soon as I downgrade nvidia-kernel and nvidia-glx to stable (1.0.6629-r6 ATM) and restart X.

My video card is GeForce-2 MX.

emerge info:

Portage 2.1-r1 (default-linux/x86/2006.0, gcc-3.4.6, glibc-2.3.6-r3, 2.6.15-gentoo-r1 i686)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.6.15-gentoo-r1 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) Processor
Gentoo Base System version 1.12.1
distcc 2.18.3 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [enabled]
app-admin/eselect-compiler: [Not Present]
dev-lang/python:     2.3.3-r1, 2.4.2
dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5
dev-util/ccache:     [Not Present]
dev-util/confcache:  [Not Present]
sys-apps/sandbox:    1.2.17
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-r2
sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.13-r2
sys-devel/libtool:   1.5.22
virtual/os-headers:  2.6.11-r2
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-O2 -g3 -march=athlon -pipe -mmmx -m3dnow"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /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/"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/gconf /etc/terminfo"
CXXFLAGS="-O2 -g3 -march=athlon -pipe -mmmx -m3dnow"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="autoconfig distcc distlocks metadata-transfer nostrip sandbox sfperms strict"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://ftp.easynet.nl/mirror/gentoo/ ftp://mirror.nutsmaas.nl/gentoo/ http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/gentoo/ http://mirrors.sec.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/gentoo/"
LC_ALL="nl_NL@euro"
LINGUAS="nl"
MAKEOPTS="-j3"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180 --exclude='/distfiles' --exclude='/local' --exclude='/packages'"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="x86 3dnow 3dnowex X a52 aac aalib alsa apache2 apm arts avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cdparanoia cli crypt cups debug dlloader dri dts dv dvd eds emboss encode ffmpeg flac fluidsynth foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif gimpprint gnome gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 imlib isdnlog jack jpeg kde kdeenablefinal ladcca languas_nl libg++ libwww mad matroska mmx mmx2 mmxext motif mp3 mpeg ncurses no_wxgtk1 nodrm nptl ogg opengl pam pcre pdflib perl png pppd python qt qt3 qt4 quicktime readline reflection rtc sdl session sox spell spl sqlite ssl svg tcpd theora truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts udev vorbis win32codecs xine xinerama xml xmms xorg xscreensaver xv xvid xvmc zlib elibc_glibc input_devices_keyboard input_devices_mouse input_devices_evdev kernel_linux linguas_nl userland_GNU"
Unset:  CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LDFLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY

[Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) 2006-08-21 12:47:51 UTC]

Please, report this to nVidia. We can't fix binary stuff.

[Comment 2 takken 2006-08-21 12:56:57 UTC]

Yes, I know. It's just for the record.

[Comment 3 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) 2006-11-09 03:03:08 UTC]

Please, try w/ nvidia-drivers-1.0.8776 and newer.

[Comment 4 takken 2006-11-09 03:46:03 UTC]

I tried all new nvidia drivers, including the latest beta (9626). None of these have a working TV-OUT on my setup. The old 6xxx and 7xxx driver series work perfectly though.

The issue is being discussed here:

http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=1045728