David Baron wrote: > On Tuesday 15 May 2012 00:44:08 Jonathan Nieder wrote: >> David Baron wrote:
>>> [ 7.366048] nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel. [...] >> Probably blacklisting the nvidia driver through /etc/modprobe.d would >> prevent these messages about the same. But I don't think it's the >> cause of the problem. > > These messages happen because Nouveau grabs the interfac unless IT is > blacklisted or nomodeset Sorry for the lack of clarity. I meant messages indicating that the nvidia binary-only driver has been loaded, like the one I've left unsnipped above. (There are others, but that's the clearest one.) [...] >> Was the machine especially active, or is there a cooling problem? > > These happen a lot, seem not to be dependent on room temperature. The CPU fan > works, I have de-dusted it, the case is open and still. > > There is a "temp1 at 55 c listed on PCI adapter. It seems rock steady, too > steady! I can get it to 59-60 on a heavy 3d hw-accelerated graphics game. > Maybe this sensor is on the nvidia pci-express card, not the cpu! Ah, that makes sense. The overheating might be due to the GPU. [1] has a rough overview of the current state of nouveau power management --- NV40 looks like it has ok support, and your card advertises only one performance level, but probably there is still something that could be done. [...] >> If 3.1.y (e.g., from snapshot.debian.org) still works fine, the above >> look like red herrings, so still no idea what's actually wrong. Would >> you be able to bisect to find the change that introduced this >> regression (I can list what commands do so)? > > Since problem occurs with or without nvidia, that is not the problem. > If non-sound drivers are causing this problem, I would guess virtual box > because it needs alsa for sound in its VMs. Further testing needed. Right. We should probably take this upstream soon, so if you get a chance to try with the virtualbox and nvidia drivers blacklisted, that would be useful. Thanks again for the quick feedback. Sincerely, Jonathan [1] http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/PowerManagement -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120515194305.GA7123@burratino
