From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Qg6r1-0003UQ-R6 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 11 Jul 2011 03:08:16 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A47E021C1E8 for ; Mon, 11 Jul 2011 03:08:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qw0-f53.google.com (mail-qw0-f53.google.com [209.85.216.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D12E21C1C2 for ; Mon, 11 Jul 2011 02:11:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qwb7 with SMTP id 7so2256946qwb.40 for ; Sun, 10 Jul 2011 19:11:25 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=tQaCbEa3JEXaQCIRXAgWkKGzne7k/vRRM5z7VSlhAVM=; b=vIHlQSTeD+UXzeWhHfUiAjQ5kRScbSkKicc+r5cOYxv2SLE8M5Pp2PRhznLkdKoYUV hLerigKAJJTqgHQZW5U8CicU+sOcPSqKoQ3IKjyXmmBMuh1v1f0bchC4UFww468jyj0a GmBUYjSHmXSBbDlgRX5dUVgAUApZz9pbcVnGE= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.224.67.209 with SMTP id s17mr3355033qai.259.1310350284842; Sun, 10 Jul 2011 19:11:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.224.60.68 with HTTP; Sun, 10 Jul 2011 19:11:24 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <4E11EEF3.70804@gmail.com> <4E168B0E.2070100@gmail.com> <201107080702.58452.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <4E16B251.6080204@gmail.com> <4E16B548.5050105@gmail.com> <4E17B3C3.4010009@gmail.com> <4E187F60.9080400@gmail.com> <4E18ABC3.1090909@orlitzky.com> <4E18C082.4070209@gmail.com> <4E18C977.9070001@orlitzky.com> <4E18D5A7.8040309@gmail.com> <4E1971AA.20209@coolmail.se> <4E1A00BA.5090306@gmail.com> <20110710230550.3e7c9060@digimed.co.uk> <4E1A4374.2090707@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2011 19:11:24 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Firefox and kernel panics. From: Mark Knecht To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 0ee05e91d468e6d8d8be88aea86c37b8 DAle, PLEASE look at bullet item #3 in this NVidia release: http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux-display-amd64-275.09.07-driver.html Fixed a bug that caused freezes and crashes when resizing windows in KDE 4 with desktop effects enabled using X.Org X server version 1.10 or later. Sure sounds familiar to me... - Mark On Sun, Jul 10, 2011 at 7:05 PM, Mark Knecht wrote: > On Sun, Jul 10, 2011 at 5:27 PM, Dale wrote: >> Neil Bothwick wrote: >>> >>> On Sun, 10 Jul 2011 14:42:50 -0500, Dale wrote: >>> >>> >>>> >>>> Yea, done tried that. =C2=A0I tried different kernels, different nvidi= a >>>> drivers and all with no change. >>>> >>> >>> WAG - have you tried the nv drivers? >>> >>> >>> >> >> I did but I couldn't get X to even start. =C2=A0I guess something is not= set >> right somewhere. =C2=A0I have nv in make.conf and been there since I bui= lt this >> thing so sort of clueless on why it don't work. >> >> Maybe it's because I don't use the latest greatest cards but I don't thi= nk I >> have ever really had trouble with nvidia drivers. =C2=A0Surely it can't = be good >> luck. =C2=A0;-) >> >> While I am at it, what is the syntax to mask a package higher than a cer= tain >> version in package.mask? =C2=A0I tired =3D>package.name.version and trie= d >=3D >> package.name.version but the former doesn't work and seems to ignore it = and >> the later makes emerge print a boo boo message. =C2=A0On my old rig, I w= ant to >> mask anything above the 173 series. =C2=A0 So far, I haven't had the lig= ht bulb >> moment and never can remember how to do this. >> >> Thanks. >> >> Dale > > May I ask exactly what NVidia card you are using and why you are using > (if I understood you correctly) the nv driver and not the nvidia > driver? > > This page at NVidia will point you at the right driver. I've got a > little bit of every NVidia technology here and they haven't treated me > wrong yet. > > http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=3Den-us > > My make.conf files all say > > VIDEO_CARDS=3D"nvidia" > > and then I typically use the beta driver ala: > > mark@slinky ~ $ cat /etc/portage/package.keywords | grep nvidia > x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers ~amd64 > dev-util/nvidia-cuda-toolkit ~amd64 > dev-util/nvidia-cuda-sdk ~amd64 > mark@slinky ~ $ > > You won't need the CUDAstuff. > > It's always the NVidia driver in /etc/X11/xorg.conf, not the older nv dri= ver: > > mark@slinky ~ $ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf | grep nvidia > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Driver =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0"nvidia" > mark@slinky ~ $ > > - Mark >