From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: rm.riches-BRax14MUi1YI9MI5TlNUSA@public.gmane.org (Robert M. Riches Jr.) Subject: Re: still seeking way to recover card after cursor disappears or card locks up Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 20:55:49 -0700 Message-ID: <20120531035549.BBAEB23450@one.localnet> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: nouveau-bounces+gcfxn-nouveau=m.gmane.org-PD4FTy7X32lNgt0PjOBp9y5qC8QIuHrW@public.gmane.org Errors-To: nouveau-bounces+gcfxn-nouveau=m.gmane.org-PD4FTy7X32lNgt0PjOBp9y5qC8QIuHrW@public.gmane.org To: Nouveau-PD4FTy7X32lNgt0PjOBp9y5qC8QIuHrW@public.gmane.org List-Id: nouveau.vger.kernel.org > Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 13:24:55 +0200 > From: Arvydas Sidorenko > To: "Robert M. Riches Jr." > Cc: nouveau-PD4FTy7X32lNgt0PjOBp9y5qC8QIuHrW@public.gmane.org > > On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 6:25 AM, Robert M. Riches Jr. > 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