[hllug] Re: Ubuntu 9.04, nVidia driver and 8200 chipset freeze
- From: Cheryl Holmes <cherylholmes72@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: hllug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 09:58:04 -0500
thanks Lee! c
On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 9:22 AM, Lee Parmeter <admin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Cheryl:
>
> Cheryl Holmes wrote:
> > I don't have my new system up yet and it doesn't have onboard vid but
> > does have the GForce 8 vid card (PCI-E)...I wonder if that will happen
> > with this card like it does on the onboard vid.
>
> No, I would not expect any problems with other chip sets. The 8200 is the
> only one that is affected; even the 8300 embedded chip set works OK. The
> 8200 is the only chip set that is an embedded only series and has
> apparently got forgotten along the way.
>
> I have systems with the 8300 embedded and 8600 PCI-E slot cards working
> properly.
>
> >
> > Good info..thanks for posting this..c
> >
> > On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 9:05 PM, Lee Parmeter <geek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > <mailto:geek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> >
> > Lee Parmeter wrote:
> >
> > Looks like others have reported problems with system freezes
> > running Ubuntu
> > 9.04 and an Asus M3N78-VM with the nVidia 8200 onboard chipset.
> >
> > <http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/archive/index.php/t-123993.html
> >
> >
> > Further testing over the last few days seem to suggest my problem
> is
> > related to the 2.6.28.14 Linux kernel. Reverting to the original
> > Ubuntu
> > 9.04 linux kernel version 2.6.28.11 I have experienced no hard
> > lockup for
> > 24 hours now.
> >
> > If problems persist, I may just install another video card and
> > disable the
> > onboard nVidia 8200.
> >
> > Some of the problems with the nVidia driver are related to
> > recent Linux
> > kernel changes and changes to Xorg. This months Distrowatch
> > Weekly has a
> > good article concerning some of these same issues as they relate
> > to Intel
> > video chipsets.
> >
> > <http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20090817>
> >
> >
> >
> > FYI, I was able to fix the Ubuntu 9.04 and nVidia 8200 lock-ups by
> > updating the nVidia driver from this repo:
> >
> >
> > https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat/+archive/x-updates<https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-x-swat/+archive/x-updates>
> > <https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-x-swat/+archive/x-updates>
> >
> > -Lee
> >
> >
> >
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