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From: rm.riches-BRax14MUi1YI9MI5TlNUSA@public.gmane.org (Robert M. Riches Jr.)
To: Nouveau-PD4FTy7X32lNgt0PjOBp9y5qC8QIuHrW@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: still seeking way to recover card after cursor disappears or card locks up
Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 20:55:49 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120531035549.BBAEB23450@one.localnet> (raw)

> Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 13:24:55 +0200
> From: Arvydas Sidorenko <asido4-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
> To: "Robert M. Riches Jr." <rm.riches-BRax14MUi1YI9MI5TlNUSA@public.gmane.org>
> Cc: nouveau-PD4FTy7X32lNgt0PjOBp9y5qC8QIuHrW@public.gmane.org
>
> On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 6:25 AM, Robert M. Riches Jr.
> <rm.riches-BRax14MUi1YI9MI5TlNUSA@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > Is it considered safe to rmmod nouveau and then modprobe it back
> > again? ?I have a diskless system with a different card I could try
> > that with to gain confidence if the list says it's safe to do that.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Robert Riches
> > _______________________________________________
> > Nouveau mailing list
> > Nouveau-PD4FTy7X32lNgt0PjOBp9y5qC8QIuHrW@public.gmane.org
> > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/nouveau
>
> I very doubt that rmmod and modprobe will help you in any way since
> nouveau is KMS module and it stays in use the whole time. Something
> will be broken anyway. But you can try and see what's happening, it
> will not brick your card.

Arvydas, thank you very much for that info/advice.  You were
100% right that rmmod refused to remove the nouveau module.

Is there any other way to force a reset of a graphics card or
driver module other than OS shutdown/reboot?

Thanks,

Robert Riches

             reply	other threads:[~2012-05-31  3:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-05-31  3:55 Robert M. Riches Jr. [this message]
     [not found] ` <20120531035549.BBAEB23450-QrSMeLIW4KwXpj0+iOhflA@public.gmane.org>
2012-05-31  5:13   ` still seeking way to recover card after cursor disappears or card locks up Ben Skeggs
2012-05-31 17:06   ` Pekka Paalanen
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2012-06-01  0:57 Robert M. Riches Jr.
2012-05-30  4:25 Robert M. Riches Jr.
     [not found] ` <20120530042532.B56B023446-QrSMeLIW4KwXpj0+iOhflA@public.gmane.org>
2012-05-30 11:24   ` Arvydas Sidorenko

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