Re: Linux 2.6.28-rc7

["Alejandro Riveira Fernández" <ariveira@gmail.com>]

El Tue, 2 Dec 2008 16:11:58 +0300
pazke <pazke@ports.donpac.ru> escribió:

> On 337, 12 02, 2008 at 01:14:42PM +0100, Alejandro Riveira Fern??ndez wrote:
> > El Mon, 1 Dec 2008 20:11:55 -0800 (PST)
> > Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> escribi??:
> > 
> > > 
> > > I was gone for a week, and it wasn't quite as quiet as I was hoping for, 
> > > but there's a new -rc out there now with the merges of the fallout.
> > > 
> > > Almost all of it is various driver fixes, at least if you ignore the 
> > > (bulky) powerpc defconfig updates. The bulk being ACPI, DRM, input and 
> > > V4L, but with a smattering of usb, networking, infiniband and firewire.
> > > 
> > > Oh, and a number of section warning fixes.
> > > 
> > > The shortlog is about as informative as it gets - it's all about a lot of 
> > > small details.
> > > 
> > > 		Linus
> > > 
> > 
> >  Just tried it on my Ubuntu 8.10 install.
> >  Booted fine and the distro got to its safe graphics mode because i'm
> >  evil and use the nvidia kernel module. i switch to VT1 and the fun
> >  begins something weird happens with the terminal...
> >  I can not see the login: not the password: promts 
> >  I log in blindly
> >  When i type a command nothing appears on screen i have to hit enter twice
> >  one make the command appear the second actually executes
> >  After that i have to hit enter once more to get the shell promt again
> >  Also I couldn't use sudo the password promt did not get my password
> >  
> >  All of this happens without the nvidia module loaded (not even compiled) 
> 
> Realy ?
> 
> > [  101.744347] nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
> > [  102.003828] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 25 (level, low) -> IRQ 25
> > [  102.003838] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
> > [  102.004747] NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module  180.06  Sat Nov  8 17:50:38 PST 2008
> 		^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Where do these messages come from then ?

 I took the sanpshot of the dmesg after loading the module if my word is not
enough i can reboot with the module disabled but i do not see the point...
The truth is that the bug prevented me from loading/installing the nvidia
module becouse i could not use sudo. Only when i rebooted into single mode
where the problems went away i could build and install the module...