I will not pretend to be an expert on this, but have you tried recompiling the kernel? Also. do simpler 3D apps work? Such as glxgears? Try running glxgears in a terminal...
On Tuesday 15 November 2005 6:30 pm, Keith Vassallo wrote: > The messages I get from dmesg after start-up show no errors - just that > AGPART is being loaded, finds a graphics card and everything seems normal. > > I had already checked out the thread you pointed me to. The thread > provides a patch to fix the problem, but I'm supposed to already have > that patch - Gentoo have included it in their ebuild (of which I have > the latest, 7676). > > I tried to figure out what they're talking about when they mention > global_flush_tlb(), and found this interesting post: > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=112928307319954&w=2 > > It seems, as is also said in the nvidia post, that this is being worked > on in kernel 2.6.14. Unfortunately, the thread I found mentions delays - > not total freezes - being caused by this "bug". The patch is against > 2.6.14-rc4. I don't totally understand kernel terminology - but if the > patch is against rc4, does that mean it will be included in rc5? > Whichever it's included in, the latest (testing) kernel available on > Portage is 2.6.14-r2. > > Seems like this will be a waiting game, unless anyone else has suggestions. > > Keith > > Andrew Cilia wrote: > > Do you get any messages after agpart module kicks in during startup? Did > > you try some other forums besides gentoo? For example, I found this: > > > > http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=57990 > > > > Cheers > > > > > > On Tue, 2005-11-15 at 16:01 +0100, Keith Vassallo wrote: > > > >> Hey Guys, > >> > >> I've recently upgraded to an XFX GeForce 6800 GT from my previous card, > >> a GeForce FX 5200. Since having done so, I'm having problems playing games. > >> > >> When starting Doom3 in "Ultra high" or "high" quality mode, the game > >> locks up either seconds, or minutes, after the game begins. The whole > >> system freezes, neither CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE nor anything else works. > >> Starting doom in "medium" quality mode seems to stop the problem from > >> happening, although I haven't played the game for longer then 30mins. > >> When starting Half Life 2, the game freezes a few seconds after the menu > >> is displayed. With Counterstrike: Source, the game loads a map, then > >> sends me back to the desktop. > >> > >> Here's some information you may need: > >> > >> Gentoo running amd64 on AMD Athlon 64 3000+ (Socket 939) > >> XFX GeForce 6800 GT (AGP) > >> 1.5GB DDR RAM > >> > >> cat /proc/driver/nvidia/agp/status: > >> > >> Status: Enabled > >> Driver: AGPGART > >> AGP Rate: 8x > >> Fast Writes: Disabled > >> SBA: Enabled > >> > >> Kernel: 2.6.13-gentoo-r3 > >> nvidia-kernel: 1.0.7676 > >> nvidia-glx: 1.0.7676-r2 > >> > >> I've also used nvidia-settings to check the card temperature. 15mins > >> after boot, nvidia-settings reports: > >> > >> Core Temperature: 44C > >> Ambient Temperature: 36C > >> > >> I've searched through the Gentoo forums for similar problems, and this > >> has been reported one or two times, none of these people found a > >> solution (or posted about it). I looked on my motherboard for capacitor > >> decay (as described in another post) and haven't found any. I also don't > >> have X Composite extensions enabled. > >> > >> Whenever the PC crashes, I can see the following in /var/log/messages (I > >> have to SSH to do this, the machine is too frozen to launch a terminal > >> locally) > >> > >> Nov 3 22:05:06 silver NVRM: Xid: 25, L0 -> L0 > >> Nov 3 22:05:06 silver NVRM: Xid: 6, PE0000 1f08 00000000 00000000 > >> 00f1efeb 00000000 > >> Nov 3 22:05:09 silver NVRM: Xid: 8, Channel 00000020 > >> Nov 3 22:05:17 silver NVRM: Xid: 8, Channel 00000020 > >> > >> etc... > >> > >> I've installed Windows on this machine and a few games just to test - > >> everything worked fine, so it can't be a hardware problem. > >> > >> Any help would be greatly appreciated. > >> > >> > > _______________________________________________ > MLUG-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailserv.megabyte.net/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list >
