Re: 2.6.12-rc1-mm2 -- nvidiafb driver gives black screen

[Miles Lane <miles.lane@gmail.com>]

On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 20:31:18 -0800, Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> wrote:
> 
> (Added the mailing list - trust that's ok)
> 
> Miles Lane <miles.lane@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=Linux ro root=306 video=nvidiafb
> > init=/etc/init lang=us apm=power-off nomce
> > nvidiafb: nVidia device/chipset 10DE0312
> > nvidiafb: nVidia Corporation NV31 [GeForce FX 5600]
> > nvidiafb: CRTC0 found
> > nvidiafb: CRTC1 not found
> > nvidiafb: EDID found from BUS1
> > nvidiafb: CRTC 0 appears to have a CRT attached
> > nvidiafb: Using CRT on CRTC 0
> >
> > >> I am wondering whether the following two lines point to the problem.
> >
> > allocation failed: out of vmalloc space - use vmalloc=<size> to increase size.
> > nvidiafb: cannot ioremap FB base
> 
> Quite possibly.
> 
> I'll do rc2-mm3 tonight - please test that.  It has fixes.

Hello Andrew,

mm3 did not fix the problem.  I still get a blank framebuffer console.
I still get these two errors:
allocation failed: out of vmalloc space - use vmalloc=<size> to increase size.
nvidiafb: cannot ioremap FB base
Also, I still get the /sys listing Oops when listing the i2c entries
for the nvidiafb.
Lastly, I get the Oops that halts booting if I include certain other
i2c drivers in the build.
Removing nvidiafb from the build allows me to get a completely usable
build of 2.6.12-rc1-mm3.

I haven't heard anything from the author of the nvidiafb driver about
the various issues I have reported.

Thanks,
               Miles


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