Re: VIA and NVIDIA

[Max Valdez]

I had the same problem with 2.6.x, not 2.4.x.

dmesg said that I needed to set in BIOS: "PNP disable", and "irq->hd
enable", or something like that.

After that, my nvidia works with nvidia.o in 2.6.x too

Hope it helps, take a look at dmesg output

Max
On Wed, 2004-01-14 at 12:53, eddie tejeda wrote:
> I have an NVidia Videocard with a VIA KT333 chipset motherboard..
> 
> i am about to burst.. i am tried just about every bug-fix, workaround
> and hack, written everywhere in the internet.. to get the Nvidia driver
> to work on my machine. NV works fine.
> 
> i've been trying this for 6months and finally caving and think that it
> has to be Linux's VIA support. which i've read there are some problems.
> 
> I am willing to present all information needed.. but this is the post
> i've posted all over NVIDIA boards:
> 
> 
> 
> ***********
> 
> 
> The screen used to go black, and flicker blue once, and stop responding.
> number lock works... i can SSH into machine to get logs.. if i try and
> kill X it crashes the machine hard... complete lock out...
> 
> when i run ps aux i can see X is running 99% of CPU
> 
> All the options enabled in XFConfig attached have been added and removed
> (when options are removed the flicker happens.. if not... I now get a
> screen with ASCII printed.. just junk.. no flicker.)
> 
> I have:
> Athlon XP 2200
> Soyo Ultra Platinum, KT333
> PNY GeForce 3 Ti200
> Crucial 512 DDR-333
> ALL tested kernels (2.4.22+, 2.6.x)
> ALL distributions (Fedora, Redhat, Debian)
> 
> I have tested with following kernel options on and off:
> ACPI/APM
> Fb-Nvidia/Riva
> Pre-empt
> AGPART
> 
> i attached my XFConfig, XFree86.log and .config(2.6.0)
> 
> 
> ************
> 
> 
> i am almost certain it is linux.. because the cards work on windows
> machines perfect. and i have tried a few cards on this linux machine the
> same happens.
> 
> also, most people who have the problems i described.... they get fixed
> with the OPTIONS that i have on my XF86Config. i have tested them all on
> and off.
> 
> 
> i would like to see linux do 3d.. one day. :o)...thanks in advance, i
> love the work you guys do and hope to contribute in the future.. 
> 
> 
> -eddie
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