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by To » Fri, 15 Mar 2002 14:10:10

Hi,

I installed a Nvidia Gforce2 MX200 into my linux box running Suse 7.3.
I downloaded the glx and NVdriver rpms for Suse, installed and configured
them and the system boots cleanly, the kernel driver loads ok. GLX loads
ok. I get good 3d peformance (simple test running ssystem). However, when
I try and shutdown or reboot the system, the screen is scrambled and the
system hangs requiring a hard reset.

I can login and out of X (kde) many times. It's only when I shutdown or
restart the X server that the machine hangs.

Any help greatly appreciated.

Tom

by **Bj?rn Tore Sun** » Fri, 15 Mar 2002 20:50:24

Quote:
> I installed a Nvidia Gforce2 MX200 into my linux box running Suse 7.3.
> I downloaded the glx and NVdriver rpms for Suse, installed and configured
> them and the system boots cleanly, the kernel driver loads ok. GLX loads
> ok. I get good 3d peformance (simple test running ssystem). However, when
> I try and shutdown or reboot the system, the screen is scrambled and the
> system hangs requiring a hard reset.

> I can login and out of X (kde) many times. It's only when I shutdown or
> restart the X server that the machine hangs.

I've had similar problems with other video cards, but only with a
very few mainboards. Some mainboards have problems properly re-
setting AGP- and PCI-cards, in particular when under stress (as
with a shutdown).

On older boards there is usually a BIOS update, on the newer ones
you have to wait for one.

Bj?rn
--
Bj?rn Tore Sund "When in fear, and when in doubt;
Run in circles, scream and shout!"

by To » Sun, 17 Mar 2002 01:16:54

I eventually determined that this was being caused by apic being
enabled in the kernel. Suse had a message about this in their
support DB, I just didn't find it originally. So I was able to
fix the system hang/crash issue by simply modifying my lilo.conf
file to append the "disableapic" to the boot command. The linux-safe
boot kernel already turns off apic.

Tom

> > I installed a Nvidia Gforce2 MX200 into my linux box running Suse 7.3.
> > I downloaded the glx and NVdriver rpms for Suse, installed and configured
> > them and the system boots cleanly, the kernel driver loads ok. GLX loads
> > ok. I get good 3d peformance (simple test running ssystem). However, when
> > I try and shutdown or reboot the system, the screen is scrambled and the
> > system hangs requiring a hard reset.

> > I can login and out of X (kde) many times. It's only when I shutdown or
> > restart the X server that the machine hangs.

> I've had similar problems with other video cards, but only with a
> very few mainboards. Some mainboards have problems properly re-
> setting AGP- and PCI-cards, in particular when under stress (as
> with a shutdown).

> On older boards there is usually a BIOS update, on the newer ones
> you have to wait for one.

> Bj?rn

by **Richard Hark** » Sun, 17 Mar 2002 15:02:58

> I eventually determined that this was being caused by apic being
> enabled in the kernel. Suse had a message about this in their
> support DB, I just didn't find it originally. So I was able to
> fix the system hang/crash issue by simply modifying my lilo.conf
> file to append the "disableapic" to the boot command. The linux-safe
> boot kernel already turns off apic.

> Tom

>> > I installed a Nvidia Gforce2 MX200 into my linux box running Suse 7.3.

>> > I downloaded the glx and NVdriver rpms for Suse, installed and
>> > configured

>> > them and the system boots cleanly, the kernel driver loads ok. GLX
>> > loads

>> > ok. I get good 3d peformance (simple test running ssystem). However,
>> > when

>> > I try and shutdown or reboot the system, the screen is scrambled and
>> > the

>> > system hangs requiring a hard reset.

>> > I can login and out of X (kde) many times. It's only when I shutdown
>> > or

>> > restart the X server that the machine hangs.

>> I've had similar problems with other video cards, but only with a

>> very few mainboards. Some mainboards have problems properly re-

>> setting AGP- and PCI-cards, in particular when under stress (as

>> with a shutdown).

>> On older boards there is usually a BIOS update, on the newer ones

>> you have to wait for one.

>> Bj?rn

I have an Nvidia Geforce 2 Ti 200 and it seemed to work fine
after it was installed. Ubtil I tried to shut down X. Then it hung.
The solution for me was to disable Video caching in the BIOS.

Richard

by **Pat Cheliu** » Sat, 30 Mar 2002 14:07:58

I had exactly the same problem until I installed vVidias newest drivers.
They've only been out for about a week and are on their website. I also
have installed XFree86 4.2. (I installed it first,then the nVidia drivers.

Quote:> Hi,

> I installed a Nvidia Gforce2 MX200 into my linux box running Suse 7.3. I
> downloaded the glx and NVdriver rpms for Suse, installed and configured
> them and the system boots cleanly, the kernel driver loads ok. GLX loads
> ok. I get good 3d peformance (simple test running ssystem). However,
> when I try and shutdown or reboot the system, the screen is scrambled
> and the system hangs requiring a hard reset.

> I can login and out of X (kde) many times. It's only when I shutdown or
> restart the X server that the machine hangs.

> Any help greatly appreciated.

> Tom

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Nvidia Geforce 2 mx200 on Suse 7.3 crash during system shutdown

Nvidia Geforce 2 mx200 on Suse 7.3 crash during system shutdown