Re: nouveau: GPU lockup - switching to software fbcon

2011-02-20 Thread Brian
On Sat 19 Feb 2011 at 21:42:34 -0500, Rob Owens wrote: AIGLX error: dlopen of /usr/lib/dri/nouveau_dri.so failed (/usr/lib/dri/nouveau_dri.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory) /usr/share/doc/xserver-xorg-video-nouveau/README.Debian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: nouveau: GPU lockup - switching to software fbcon

2011-02-20 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Rob Owens wrote: On my Squeeze system, the nouveau driver isn't working. dmesg shows this message: GPU lockup - switching to software fbcon lspci shows my video card as this: VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200] (rev a1) I do have an onboard video port

Re: nouveau: GPU lockup - switching to software fbcon

2011-02-20 Thread Rob Owens
On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 06:10:57PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: On 02/19/2011 05:32 PM, Rob Owens wrote: On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 03:28:23PM -0500, Rob Owens wrote: On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 09:10:34PM +0100, Sven Joachim wrote: There's not much hope if you intend to stay with Squeeze. If you're

Re: nouveau: GPU lockup - switching to software fbcon

2011-02-20 Thread Ron Johnson
On 02/20/2011 08:34 AM, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Rob Owens wrote: On my Squeeze system, the nouveau driver isn't working. dmesg shows this message: GPU lockup - switching to software fbcon lspci shows my video card as this: VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200]

nouveau: GPU lockup - switching to software fbcon

2011-02-19 Thread Rob Owens
On my Squeeze system, the nouveau driver isn't working. dmesg shows this message: GPU lockup - switching to software fbcon lspci shows my video card as this: VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200] (rev a1) I do have an onboard video port that I'm not using.

Re: nouveau: GPU lockup - switching to software fbcon

2011-02-19 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sat, 19 Feb 2011 14:34:23 -0500 (EST), Rob Owens wrote: On my Squeeze system, the nouveau driver isn't working. dmesg shows this message: GPU lockup - switching to software fbcon lspci shows my video card as this: VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX

Re: nouveau: GPU lockup - switching to software fbcon

2011-02-19 Thread Rob Owens
On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 02:55:11PM -0500, Stephen Powell wrote: On Sat, 19 Feb 2011 14:34:23 -0500 (EST), Rob Owens wrote: On my Squeeze system, the nouveau driver isn't working. dmesg shows this message: GPU lockup - switching to software fbcon lspci shows my video card as

Re: nouveau: GPU lockup - switching to software fbcon

2011-02-19 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2011-02-19 20:34 +0100, Rob Owens wrote: On my Squeeze system, the nouveau driver isn't working. dmesg shows this message: GPU lockup - switching to software fbcon That's bad indeed. lspci shows my video card as this: VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX

Re: nouveau: GPU lockup - switching to software fbcon

2011-02-19 Thread Rob Owens
On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 09:10:34PM +0100, Sven Joachim wrote: On 2011-02-19 20:34 +0100, Rob Owens wrote: On my Squeeze system, the nouveau driver isn't working. dmesg shows this message: GPU lockup - switching to software fbcon That's bad indeed. lspci shows my video card as

Re: nouveau: GPU lockup - switching to software fbcon

2011-02-19 Thread Ron Johnson
On 02/19/2011 01:55 PM, Stephen Powell wrote: On Sat, 19 Feb 2011 14:34:23 -0500 (EST), Rob Owens wrote: On my Squeeze system, the nouveau driver isn't working. dmesg shows this message: GPU lockup - switching to software fbcon lspci shows my video card as this: VGA compatible controller:

Re: nouveau: GPU lockup - switching to software fbcon

2011-02-19 Thread Brian
On Sat 19 Feb 2011 at 21:10:34 +0100, Sven Joachim wrote: On 2011-02-19 20:34 +0100, Rob Owens wrote: I'm trying to make nouveau work. There's not much hope if you intend to stay with Squeeze. If you're not brave enough to blindly upgrade your kernel and the whole X stack to sid, I

Re: nouveau: GPU lockup - switching to software fbcon

2011-02-19 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2011-02-19 21:32 +0100, Ron Johnson wrote: The FX5200 is 8 years old, and even then was labeled Entry Level. I seriously doubt that nouveau will ever support it. Uhm, nouveau has been supporting this card for years, the fact that it does not work well for Rob notwithstanding. Also, I

Re: nouveau: GPU lockup - switching to software fbcon

2011-02-19 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2011-02-19 21:25 +0100, Brian wrote: On Sat 19 Feb 2011 at 21:10:34 +0100, Sven Joachim wrote: On 2011-02-19 20:34 +0100, Rob Owens wrote: I'm trying to make nouveau work. There's not much hope if you intend to stay with Squeeze. If you're not brave enough to blindly upgrade your

Re: nouveau: GPU lockup - switching to software fbcon

2011-02-19 Thread Ron Johnson
On 02/19/2011 02:59 PM, Sven Joachim wrote: On 2011-02-19 21:32 +0100, Ron Johnson wrote: The FX5200 is 8 years old, and even then was labeled Entry Level. I seriously doubt that nouveau will ever support it. Uhm, nouveau has been supporting this card for years, the fact that it does not

Re: nouveau: GPU lockup - switching to software fbcon

2011-02-19 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sat, 19 Feb 2011 15:32:38 -0500 (EST), Ron Johnson wrote: The FX5200 is 8 years old, and even then was labeled Entry Level. I seriously doubt that nouveau will ever support it. That leaves nv or nvidia-173.14.27 (which is in Sid). Also, I recommend filing a bug against

Re: nouveau: GPU lockup - switching to software fbcon

2011-02-19 Thread Rob Owens
On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 03:28:23PM -0500, Rob Owens wrote: On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 09:10:34PM +0100, Sven Joachim wrote: There's not much hope if you intend to stay with Squeeze. If you're not brave enough to blindly upgrade your kernel and the whole X stack to sid, I would recommend

Re: nouveau: GPU lockup - switching to software fbcon

2011-02-19 Thread Brian
On Sat 19 Feb 2011 at 14:32:38 -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: The FX5200 is 8 years old, and even then was labeled Entry Level. I seriously doubt that nouveau will ever support it. . . . . . Eh? Realiity is stacked against you. Rock solid here. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: nouveau: GPU lockup - switching to software fbcon

2011-02-19 Thread Ron Johnson
On 02/19/2011 05:31 PM, Brian wrote: On Sat 19 Feb 2011 at 14:32:38 -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: The FX5200 is 8 years old, and even then was labeled Entry Level. I seriously doubt that nouveau will ever support it. . . . . . Eh? Realiity is stacked against you. Rock solid here. Yeah, my

Re: nouveau: GPU lockup - switching to software fbcon

2011-02-19 Thread Ron Johnson
On 02/19/2011 05:32 PM, Rob Owens wrote: On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 03:28:23PM -0500, Rob Owens wrote: On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 09:10:34PM +0100, Sven Joachim wrote: There's not much hope if you intend to stay with Squeeze. If you're not brave enough to blindly upgrade your kernel and the whole X

Re: nouveau: GPU lockup - switching to software fbcon

2011-02-19 Thread Rob Owens
On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 09:10:34PM +0100, Sven Joachim wrote: On 2011-02-19 20:34 +0100, Rob Owens wrote: On my Squeeze system, the nouveau driver isn't working. dmesg shows this message: GPU lockup - switching to software fbcon That's bad indeed. Embarassing goof: Apparently