Re: Nvidia chipset problems on Presario
On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 02:01:25PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: On Thu, 2009-09-10 at 09:44 +0100, Richard Lyons wrote: I have an HP Compaq Presario CQ60 laptop. Having no high-speed connection, I have installed Debian 5.0.2 from the dvd set. This gives me kernel· 2.6.26-2-686. The Presario has an nvidia chipset (see output of lspci [...] Update: I took the laptop to London where I have broadband, downloaded the nvidia drivers and things got better. Since then I've upgraded to squeeze, now with 2.6.30. All's well (except for gnumeric -- but that is another story, and very irritating as I cannot access any of my gnumeric files any more). I'm really upset with the all around crap handling nvidia has given Linux in the last couple of years. Sure, they were first out the door with some decent video drivers for Linux, but that was 10 years ago. Today, their drivers tend to be stale, poorly maintained, and buggy at best (hell, antialiasing doesn't even work right in their current drivers). If you want decent support, avoid nvidia. Thanks for that advice, though as I usually buy whatever is available cheap, I often don't have any choice. It's a pity to see a firm that tried to accept the presence of Linux letting things slip, though. richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Nvidia chipset problems on Presario
On Thu, 2009-09-10 at 09:44 +0100, Richard Lyons wrote: I have an HP Compaq Presario CQ60 laptop. Having no high-speed connection, I have installed Debian 5.0.2 from the dvd set. This gives me kernel· 2.6.26-2-686. The Presario has an nvidia chipset (see output of lspci below). The installer evidently fails to recognise this or doesn't have the right drivers. Console writes to screen in a manner reminiscent of an old teletype terminal. I installed the nvidia driver so that X now runs acceptably fast and at the correct resolution (1366 x 768). But the console remains slow. Also there is no sound. Presumably both these are driver issues. For the sound, it seems clear the wrong modules are loaded, see output of 'lsmod | grep snd' below.· I'm really upset with the all around crap handling nvidia has given Linux in the last couple of years. Sure, they were first out the door with some decent video drivers for Linux, but that was 10 years ago. Today, their drivers tend to be stale, poorly maintained, and buggy at best (hell, antialiasing doesn't even work right in their current drivers). If you want decent support, avoid nvidia. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Nvidia chipset problems on Presario
I have an HP Compaq Presario CQ60 laptop. Having no high-speed connection, I have installed Debian 5.0.2 from the dvd set. This gives me kernel· 2.6.26-2-686. The Presario has an nvidia chipset (see output of lspci below). The installer evidently fails to recognise this or doesn't have the right drivers. Console writes to screen in a manner reminiscent of an old teletype terminal. I installed the nvidia driver so that X now runs acceptably fast and at the correct resolution (1366 x 768). But the console remains slow. Also there is no sound. Presumably both these are driver issues. For the sound, it seems clear the wrong modules are loaded, see output of 'lsmod | grep snd' below.· A further problem which may be connected is that the keyboard regularly freezes. This appears to happen always after the ppp connection (to a mobile phone acting as a GPRS modem) has been dropped by the supplier, but this may be a coincidence. When it happens, it is impossible to give keyboard input to any X-window, or to jump to a console. It does not appear to be a sleep issue, as it does not occur after closing the lid and leaving the laptop overnight, for example. How do I correct these, given that I cannot do a major upgrade as there is only a slow internet connection here? TIA richard $ lspci 00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] Memory Controller (rev a2) 00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation Device 075e (rev a2) 00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] SMBus (rev a1) 00:01.3 Co-processor: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] Co-Processor (rev a2) 00:01.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] Memory Controller (rev a1) 00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] OHCI USB 1.1 Controller+ (rev a1) 00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] EHCI USB 2.0 Controller+ (rev a1) 00:04.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] OHCI USB 1.1 Controller+ (rev a1) 00:04.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] EHCI USB 2.0 Controller+ (rev a1) 00:06.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] IDE (rev a1) 00:07.0 Audio device: nVidia Corporation Device 0774 (rev a1) 00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] PCI Bridge (rev a1) 00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation Device 0ad0 (rev a2) 00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] Ethernet (rev a2) 00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] PCI Express Bridge (rev a1) 00:14.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Device 077a (rev a1) 00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 11h HyperTransport Configuratio+n (rev 40) 00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 11h Address Map 00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 11h DRAM Controller 00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 11h Miscellaneous Control 00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 11h Link Control 02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Device 0845 (rev a2) 07:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI E+xpress Adapter (rev 01) $ lsmod | grep snd snd_hda_intel 325688 0· snd_pcm_oss32832 0· snd_mixer_oss 12320 1 snd_pcm_oss snd_pcm62596 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss snd_seq_dummy 2660 0· snd_seq_oss24992 0· snd_seq_midi5728 0· snd_rawmidi18528 1 snd_seq_midi snd_seq_midi_event 6432 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi snd_seq41456 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_even+t snd_timer 17800 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq snd_seq_device 6380 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_s+eq snd45604 9 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_+oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device soundcore 6368 1 snd snd_page_alloc 7816 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
RE: Nvidia chipset problems on Presario
From: Richard Lyons [mailto:rich...@the-place.net] Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 1:45 AM I have an HP Compaq Presario CQ60 laptop. Having no high-speed connection, I have installed Debian 5.0.2 from the dvd set. This gives me kernel· 2.6.26-2-686. The Presario has an nvidia chipset (see output of lspci below). The installer evidently fails to recognise this or doesn't have the right drivers. Console writes to screen in a manner reminiscent of an old teletype terminal. I installed the nvidia driver so that X now runs acceptably fast and at the correct resolution (1366 x 768). But the console remains slow. Also there is no sound. Presumably both these are driver issues. For the sound, it seems clear the wrong modules are loaded, see output of 'lsmod | grep snd' below.· A further problem which may be connected is that the keyboard regularly freezes. This appears to happen always after the ppp connection (to a mobile phone acting as a GPRS modem) has been dropped by the supplier, but this may be a coincidence. When it happens, it is impossible to give keyboard input to any X-window, or to jump to a console. It does not appear to be a sleep issue, as it does not occur after closing the lid and leaving the laptop overnight, for example. How do I correct these, given that I cannot do a major upgrade as there is only a slow internet connection here? TIA richard $ lspci 00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] Memory Controller (rev a2) 00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation Device 075e (rev a2) 00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] SMBus (rev a1) 00:01.3 Co-processor: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] Co- Processor (rev a2) 00:01.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] Memory Controller (rev a1) 00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] OHCI USB 1.1 Controller+ (rev a1) 00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] EHCI USB 2.0 Controller+ (rev a1) 00:04.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] OHCI USB 1.1 Controller+ (rev a1) 00:04.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] EHCI USB 2.0 Controller+ (rev a1) 00:06.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] IDE (rev a1) 00:07.0 Audio device: nVidia Corporation Device 0774 (rev a1) 00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] PCI Bridge (rev a1) 00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation Device 0ad0 (rev a2) 00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] Ethernet (rev a2) 00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] PCI Express Bridge (rev a1) 00:14.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Device 077a (rev a1) 00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 11h HyperTransport Configuratio+n (rev 40) 00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 11h Address Map 00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 11h DRAM Controller 00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 11h Miscellaneous Control 00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 11h Link Control 02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Device 0845 (rev a2) 07:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI E+xpress Adapter (rev 01) $ lsmod | grep snd snd_hda_intel 325688 0· snd_pcm_oss32832 0· snd_mixer_oss 12320 1 snd_pcm_oss snd_pcm62596 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss snd_seq_dummy 2660 0· snd_seq_oss24992 0· snd_seq_midi5728 0· snd_rawmidi18528 1 snd_seq_midi snd_seq_midi_event 6432 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi snd_seq41456 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_even+t snd_timer 17800 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq snd_seq_device 6380 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_s+eq snd45604 9 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_+oss,snd_rawmid i,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device soundcore 6368 1 snd snd_page_alloc 7816 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm snd_hda_intel is the correct audio driver. I don't have the same laptop as you, but I have a desktop motherboard with integrated GeForce 8200 graphics and HD Audio. In my case, to get audio working properly, I had to upgrade to the latest ALSA. Try going to alsa-project.org and getting the latest drivers. You'll need to install the kernel headers to build the ALSA kernel modules. Hope this helps! -- Kevin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Nvidia chipset problems on Presario
On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 11:31:40AM -0700, Kevin Ross wrote: From: Richard Lyons [mailto:rich...@the-place.net] Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 1:45 AM I have an HP Compaq Presario CQ60 laptop. Having no high-speed connection, I have installed Debian 5.0.2 from the dvd set. This gives me kernel· 2.6.26-2-686. The Presario has an nvidia chipset (see output of lspci below). The installer evidently fails to recognise this or doesn't [...] $ lspci [...] 00:07.0 Audio device: nVidia Corporation Device 0774 (rev a1) [...] $ lsmod | grep snd snd_hda_intel 325688 0· [...] snd_hda_intel is the correct audio driver. I don't have the same laptop as you, but I have a desktop motherboard with integrated GeForce 8200 graphics and HD Audio. In my case, to get audio working properly, I had to upgrade to the latest ALSA. Try going to alsa-project.org and getting the latest drivers. You'll need to install the kernel headers to build the ALSA kernel modules. [...] Thanks Kevin. I'll look at that. richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
