On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 2:40 PM, Sander Sweers <[email protected]>wrote:

> On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 12:31, Paul van Gerven
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> > 3) That leaves the improper shutdown, which is certainly an issue with
> >> > the
> >> > ivtvfb module. Any ideas to debug this?
> >>
> >> Can you try to unload the ivtvfb module via "modprobe -r ivtvfb" and
> >> check:
> >>  if this produces anything in the logs?
> >>  does it also lock the machine up, immediately or again at shutdown?
> >
> > This just results in a message that the module is still in use. Shouldn't
> I
> > stop the framebuffer first? (If so: how?)
>
> Yes, any program using the framebuffer should be stopped.
>

I took me quite long to get around to it (holidays are over), but I created
a xorg.conf that doesn't start a framebuffer at all. Strangely, when I issue
the modprobe command, it still says it is in use. Perhaps that's the fatal
error when I try to shutdown.


>
> >> If you have closed source modules loaded could you disable them and see
> >> if it still locks up?
> >
> > I have Nvidia drivers, but as I mentioned they are loaded on a separate
> > X-server. Is it still worthwhile to try this?
>
> Maybe, the nvidia driver is a black box and there is no way to tell
> what is going on. You can switch to the nv driver when testing. In
> xorg.conf in de device section change nvidia to nv.
>

Done. The xorg.conf I mentioned used nv.


>
> >> It there any backtrace or error message just before it locks in the
> kernel
> >> log?
> >
> > Nope :(
>
> Maybe there is one after unloading the ivtvfb module.
>

I still cannot see anything interesting in /var/log/messages.


>
> Greets
> Sander
>
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