Call for NVIDIA testers of 11.2 kernel update

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From the mailing list;

From: Marcus Meissner <meissner-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org>
To: opensuse-stAJ6ESoqRxg9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org
Subject: call for NVIDIA testers of 11.2 kernel update
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 18:24:34 +0100
User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i
Newsgroups: gmane.linux.suse.opensuse.user
Organization: SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG
Nuernberg)

Hi folks,

We are currently having difficulties with the 11.2 kernel update,
to version 2.6.31.12-0.1.1.

The kernel update is currently in the 11.2-test repo,
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.2-test/
This repo is used for testing our updates before they are pushed
to the official 11.2 repo.

A cursory test here showed that the NVIDIA drivers from the NVIDIA YMPs
that were there before Christmas did not work with the new kernel.
The ones published by NVIDIA after Christmas work with the test kernel.

We would like to have some testcoverage with NVIDIA drivers and this
kernel update.

So if you have a NVIDIA card and use the drivers from either NVIDIA
single click install (or even self installed ones), feedback
would be appreciated.

As this is the test repo, we recommend testers be able to recover
from potential wrong updates, like a non booting kernel.
If you do not know how to recover from such things, please just
disregard this email.

Ciao, Marcus (for the openSUSE Maintenance and Security team :wink:

–
Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 (x86_64) Kernel 2.6.27.42-0.1-default
up 20 days 3:53, 4 users, load average: 0.07, 0.08, 0.06
GPU GeForce 8600 GTS Silent - CUDA Driver Version: 190.53

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Just did this update, seems to work fine on 11.2 64bit geforce 9500GT.

kernel-desktop 2.6.31.12-0.1.1

Used this driver NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-195.30-pkg2.run

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I did not have good luck.

Started with a good config:
Nvidia GeForce 7300GT
Suse 11.2 64 bit, fully patched.
Kernel-desktop 2.6.31.8-0.1
Nvidia driver 190.53

Installed Kernel-desktop 2.6.31.12-0.1
it would only boot to the command line. Ran ‘startx’ and the X server would not run. This is with the Nvidia driver 190.53.

Installed the new Nvidia driver 195.30. And tried booting the Kernel-desktop 2.6.31.12-0.1 again. The same problem happened. The X server would not run with the new kernel and the new Nvidia driver. I had to revert to the Kernel-desktop 2.6.31.8-0.1.

Contact me if you need more info.

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Forgot to mention there is a xorg repo configured on this machine.
Installed the driver from init 3 the usual way :

sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-195.30-pkg2.run --uninstall
sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-195.30-pkg2.run --x-module-path=/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/ -q
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malcolmlewis wrote:
> From the mailing list;

are you relaying the user feedback to the mail list?
or did you intend for the testers to do that themselves (i ask after
seeing some feed back on this forum…with no mention they actually
provided info to the ML [which list?])

–
palladium

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did you also update kernel-source and rebuild the driver (as usual)?

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I did not do either, what a dummy for not thinking of that. Thanks for pointing this out.

After installing kernel-source and rebuilding the driver it all works fine. I’m using the test kernel now. Here’s some output of the running system.

bacchi@boreal:~> cat /proc/driver/nvidia/version
NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module  195.30  Fri Dec 18 16:14:43 PST 2009
GCC version:  gcc version 4.4.1 [gcc-4_4-branch revision 150839] (SUSE Linux)
bacchi@boreal:~> uname -a
Linux boreal 2.6.31.12-0.1-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT 2010-01-27 08:20:11 +0100 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
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Hi
I’ve asked Marcus Meissner to come and check this thread out for user
feedback and see he is here :wink:

–
Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 (x86_64) Kernel 2.6.27.42-0.1-default
up 22 days 1:54, 4 users, load average: 0.28, 0.11, 0.08
GPU GeForce 8600 GTS Silent - CUDA Driver Version: 190.53

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malcolmlewis wrote:
> and see he is here :wink:

this is good cross pollination…thx.
need more.

–
palladium

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How long has 11.2 been out? And bugs like this are still prominent?

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RichardET wrote:
> How long has 11.2 been out? And bugs like this are still prominent?

you are you kidding, right? did you forget to add a :wink: or what?

you do know that there are ‘bugs’ in all software, right?

even bugs in Toyota products…and as far as i can tell in everything
made by men…

like did you hear about the 17 year old bug in the most used software
on the planet, the bug that allowed the Chinese hackers to crack Google?

read about that: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8499859.stm

btw, i think the answers to your Qs are: openSUSE 1.2 was released on
Nov 12th of last year, and yes it still has some bugs, and probably
will for a long time to come…however, its code the code base 2027
will probably not contain a bug which is in there today…why?
because of the kind of testing this thread is asking folks to
participate in…

are you participating, or just commenting?

a quick review of your posts indicate to me you are obviously both
anti-openSUSE and pro-Redmond…which lead me to ask: why do you hang
out here?

if openSUSE doesn’t suit you then i’d highly recommend you find that
system which does…then go there and improve it rather than spend
your time here trying to tear down what suits me, and thousands of
others…

in case others want to review your past post and decide for
themselves: http://forums.opensuse.org/search.php?searchid=1525255

–
palladium

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kernel 2.6.31.12-0.1-desktop

and

NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-195.36.03-pkg2.run

No problem with install sh NVIDIA-Linux …pkg2.run

This kernel works great

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susegebr wrote:

>
> kernel 2.6.31.12-0.1-desktop
>
> and
>
> NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-195.36.03-pkg2.run
>
>
> No problem with install sh NVIDIA-Linux …pkg2.run
>
>
>
> This kernel works great
Did you need to reinstall the driver with the new kernel?

–
Russ
[openSUSE 11.2 (2.6.31.8-0.1-desktop, x86_64] KDE 4.3.4 release 2,
Intel Core 2 Dual E7200, 4 GB RAM, GeForce 8400 GS, 320GB Disc (2)

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This was not a kernel update but a new install after a failure with the 2.6.33.rc6 kernel wich broke the symbolic links to the kernel source

So via update 11.2 the kernel was installed totally new

and then the nvidia driver has to be installed.

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Yes Mr. Paladium, it is “love it or leave it?, eh?”
I have been a licensed owner of Suse every year since 1999, owning various Intel & PPC boxed sets and I currently use 11.2 on 2 laptops I own, so take your comments elsewhere.

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Oh, excuse me, it is palladium, not paladium.

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> Yes Mr. Paladium, it is “love it or leave it?, eh?”
> I have been a licensed owner of Suse every year since 1999, owning
> various Intel & PPC boxed sets and I currently use 11.2 on 2 laptops I
> own, so take your comments elsewhere.

excuse me…and what are you doing to give back, support, improve?

if it is just your bellyache i’m not impressed…

–
palladium

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kernel 2.6.31.12-0.1-desktop installed from 11.2 x64 DVD

and

NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-195.36.03-pkg2.run

installed using sh NVIDIA-Linux …pkg2.run

Fixed problems with slow game play (eg SuperTuxKart), stuttering MKV video playback and MythTV Live TV that I was having using the default drivers.

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Hi,

Updated system and all appears ok. See details below.

Michael

SW

kernel-desktop - Kernel optimized for the desktop
Version: 2.6.31.12-0.1.1
Build Time: Thu 28 Jan 2010 05:14:46 PM CET
Install Time: Fri 12 Feb 2010 09:25:43 AM CET
nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-desktop - NVIDIA graphics driver kernel module for GeForce 6xxx and newer GPUs
Version: 190.53_2.6.31.5_0.1-8.1
Build Time: Sat 19 Dec 2009 12:21:09 AM CET
Install Time: Sat 30 Jan 2010 03:30:11 PM CET
Architecture: i586
Source Package: nvidia-gfxG02-190.53-8.1

HW

Monitors: Iiyama AS4316UTC (DFP-0), 1280x1024, +0+0
Samsung SyncMaster (CRT-1), 1280x1024, +1280+0

Graphics Card Info
Graphics Proc: GeForce 7600 GT
VBIOS Vers: 05.73.22.51.00
Memory: 256 MB
Bus Type: AGP 4X
CPU Information
Processor (CPU): AMD Athlon™ XP 1800+
Speed: 1.533,43 MHz
Memory Information
Total memory (RAM): 994,1 MiB
Free memory: 309,8 MiB (+ 328,2 MiB Caches)
Free swap: 2,0 GiB

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OK. I’m far from a noob when it comes to Linux as I’ve been using various flavors for many years. However, this is my first time using Suse.

I’m not afraid of a man page, and even google things myself
on occasion. :stuck_out_tongue:

If you’re going to make a call to do this. Maybe include a simple
set of instructions.

I found this. Does it apply to 11.2 as well?

Is it as easy as using the package manager and I am being too timid?

BTW… I am using:
PCChips AG13+
1GB DDR2 800
Athlon 64 3800+
MSI nx8400GS 512 MB
80 WD sataHDD
Suse 11.2 Desktop 2.6.31.12-0.1-desktop

Did the “automatic” updates already.