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From: Pekka Paalanen <pq-X3B1VOXEql0@public.gmane.org>
To: "Robert M. Riches Jr."
	<rm.riches-BRax14MUi1YI9MI5TlNUSA@public.gmane.org>
Cc: nouveau-PD4FTy7X32lNgt0PjOBp9y5qC8QIuHrW@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: still seeking way to recover card after cursor disappears or card locks up
Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 20:06:28 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120531200628.149be72b@farn.lan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120531035549.BBAEB23450-QrSMeLIW4KwXpj0+iOhflA@public.gmane.org>

On Wed, 30 May 2012 20:55:49 -0700
rm.riches-BRax14MUi1YI9MI5TlNUSA@public.gmane.org (Robert M. Riches Jr.) wrote:

> > 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.

Hi,

The unloading instructions are also in the wiki:
http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/KernelModeSetting

Also a suspend-resume cycle has been said to help in recovering a
locked-up GPU.


Thanks,
pq

  parent reply	other threads:[~2012-05-31 17:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-05-31  3:55 still seeking way to recover card after cursor disappears or card locks up Robert M. Riches Jr.
     [not found] ` <20120531035549.BBAEB23450-QrSMeLIW4KwXpj0+iOhflA@public.gmane.org>
2012-05-31  5:13   ` Ben Skeggs
2012-05-31 17:06   ` Pekka Paalanen [this message]
  -- 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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