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* PROBLEM: kernel BUG at page_alloc.c:117!
@ 2002-08-07 13:09 Sergio Avila
  2002-08-07 13:47 ` Adam Kropelin
  2002-08-07 15:33 ` Alan Cox
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Sergio Avila @ 2002-08-07 13:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel

[1.] One line summary of the problem:

        kernel BUG at page_alloc.c:117!


[2.] Full description of the problem/report:

        cat /var/log/messages
        ...
        Aug  7 04:17:25 lordvaider kernel: NVRM: AGPGART: freed 16 
pages
        Aug  7 04:17:25 lordvaider kernel: NVRM: AGPGART: backend 
released
        Aug  7 04:17:26 lordvaider kernel: NVRM: AGPGART: Intel 
440BX chipset
        Aug  7 04:17:26 lordvaider kernel: NVRM: AGPGART: aperture: 
256M @ 0xe0000000
        Aug  7 04:17:26 lordvaider kernel: NVRM: AGPGART: aperture 
mapped from 0xe0000000 to 0xd5add000
        Aug  7 04:17:26 lordvaider kernel: NVRM: AGPGART: mode 2x
        Aug  7 04:17:26 lordvaider kernel: NVRM: AGPGART: allocated 
16 pages
        Aug  7 04:19:46 lordvaider ntpd[825]: synchronisation lost
        Aug  7 04:37:57 lordvaider ntpd[825]: time reset 2.821400 s
        Aug  7 04:37:57 lordvaider ntpd[825]: synchronisation lost
        Aug  7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel: ------------[ cut here 
]------------
        Aug  7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel: kernel BUG at 
page_alloc.c:117!
        Aug  7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel: invalid operand: 0000
        Aug  7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel: tuner bttv i2c-algo-bit 
i2c-core videodev sr_mod es1371 ac97_codec gameport so
        Aug  7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel: CPU:    0
        Aug  7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel: EIP:    0010:[<c0131107>]    
Tainted: P
        Aug  7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel: EFLAGS: 00010296
        Aug  7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel:
        Aug  7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel: EIP is at __free_pages_ok 
[kernel] 0x57 (2.4.18-5)
        Aug  7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel: eax: 00000020   ebx: 
c12fa968   ecx: 00000001   edx: 00002cf6
        Aug  7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel: esi: 00000000   edi: 
00000010   ebp: 00000000   esp: d3fc7f5c
        Aug  7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel: ds: 0018   es: 0018   ss: 
0018
        Aug  7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel: Process kswapd (pid: 5, 
stackpage=d3fc7000)
        Aug  7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel: Stack: c02251dc 00000075 
d39af8a0 c12fa968 c013c833 d3e8e200 c12a4748 00000030
        Aug  7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel:        c013a9ca c12fa968 
c12fa984 00000010 d39af8a0 c012e994 c12fa968 00000030
        Aug  7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel:        c12fa968 c12fa984 
00000010 c02c7304 c0130126 c02c732c 00000000 00001246
        Aug  7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel: Call Trace: [<c013c833>] 
try_to_free_buffers [kernel] 0xa3
        Aug  7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel: [<c013a9ca>] 
try_to_release_page [kernel] 0x3a
        Aug  7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel: [<c012e994>] drop_page 
[kernel] 0x34
        Aug  7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel: [<c0130126>] 
refill_inactive_zone [kernel] 0x276
        Aug  7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel: [<c0130ab0>] kswapd 
[kernel] 0x280
        Aug  7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel: [<c0105000>] stext 
[kernel] 0x0
        Aug  7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel: [<c0107136>] 
kernel_thread [kernel] 0x26
        Aug  7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel: [<c0130830>] kswapd 
[kernel] 0x0
        Aug  7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel:
        Aug  7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel:
        Aug  7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel: Code: 0f 0b 5d 58 8b 3d 
d0 54 33 c0 89 d8 29 f8 69 c0 b7 6d db b6
        Aug  7 14:07:14 lordvaider syslogd 1.4.1: restart.
        ago  7 14:07:15 lordvaider syslog: Iniciación de syslogd 
succeeded
        Aug  7 14:07:15 lordvaider kernel: klogd 1.4.1, log source = 
/proc/kmsg started.
        Aug  7 14:07:15 lordvaider kernel: Linux version 2.4.18-5 
(bhcompile@daffy.perf.redhat.com) (gcc version 2.96 20
        000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.3 2.96-110)) #1 Mon Jun 10 15:31:48 
EDT 2002
        ...


[3.] Keywords (i.e., modules, networking, kernel):
[4.] Kernel version (from /proc/version):

        Linux version 2.4.18-5 (bhcompile@daffy.perf.redhat.com) 
(gcc version 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.3 2.96-110)) #1 Mon Jun 
10 15:31:48 EDT 2002


[5.] Output of Oops.. message (if applicable) with symbolic 
information
     resolved (see Documentation/oops-tracing.txt)
[6.] A small shell script or example program which triggers the
     problem (if possible)
[7.] Environment
[7.1.] Software (add the output of the ver_linux script here)

        [root@lordvaider linux-2.4.18-5]# sh scripts/ver_linux
        If some fields are empty or look unusual you may have an old 
version.
        Compare to the current minimal requirements in 
Documentation/Changes.

        Linux lordvaider.evoto.org 2.4.18-5 #1 Mon Jun 10 15:31:48 
EDT 2002 i686 unknown

        Gnu C                  2.96
        Gnu make               3.79.1
        util-linux             2.11n
        mount                  2.11n
        modutils               2.4.14
        e2fsprogs              1.27
        reiserfsprogs          3.x.0j
        Linux C Library        2.2.5
        Dynamic linker (ldd)   2.2.5
        Procps                 2.0.7
        Net-tools              1.60
        Console-tools          0.3.3
        Sh-utils               2.0.11
        Modules Loaded         sr_mod es1371 ac97_codec gameport 
soundcore agpgart NVdriver binfmt_misc autofs eepro100 3c59x 
iptable_nat ip_conntrack iptable_mangle iptable_filter ip_tables 
ide-scsi scsi_mod ide-cd cdrom mousedev hid input usb-uhci usbcore 
ext3 jbd

[7.2.] Processor information (from /proc/cpuinfo):

        [root@lordvaider linux-2.4.18-5]# cat /proc/cpuinfo
        processor       : 0
        vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
        cpu family      : 6
        model           : 5
        model name      : Pentium II (Deschutes)
        stepping        : 2
        cpu MHz         : 350.802
        cache size      : 512 KB
        fdiv_bug        : no
        hlt_bug         : no
        f00f_bug        : no
        coma_bug        : no
        fpu             : yes
        fpu_exception   : yes
        cpuid level     : 2
        wp              : yes
        flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 sep 
mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr
        bogomips        : 699.59


[7.3.] Module information (from /proc/modules):

        [root@lordvaider linux-2.4.18-5]# cat /proc/modules
        sr_mod                 16920   2 (autoclean)
        es1371                 29024   1 (autoclean)
        ac97_codec             12320   0 (autoclean) [es1371]
        gameport                3488   0 (autoclean) [es1371]
        soundcore               6500   4 (autoclean) [es1371]
        agpgart                39680   3 (autoclean)
        NVdriver             1022272  10 (autoclean)
        binfmt_misc             7460   1
        autofs                 11972   0 (autoclean) (unused)
        eepro100               20336   1
        3c59x                  28680   1
        iptable_nat            21460   1 (autoclean)
        ip_conntrack           21836   1 (autoclean) [iptable_nat]
        iptable_mangle          3136   0 (autoclean) (unused)
        iptable_filter          2752   1 (autoclean)
        ip_tables              13792   5 [iptable_nat iptable_mangle 
iptable_filter]
        ide-scsi                9664   1
        scsi_mod              109424   2 [sr_mod ide-scsi]
        ide-cd                 30272   0
        cdrom                  32032   0 [sr_mod ide-cd]
        mousedev                5120   1
        hid                    20832   0 (unused)
        input                   5792   0 [mousedev hid]
        usb-uhci               24484   0 (unused)
        usbcore                71904   1 [hid usb-uhci]
        ext3                   67328   3
        jbd                    49496   3 [ext3]


[7.4.] Loaded driver and hardware information (/proc/ioports, 
/proc/iomem)
[7.5.] PCI information ('lspci -vvv' as root)

        00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX 
Host bridge (rev 02)
            Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- 
VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
            Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium 
>TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ >SERR- <PERR-
            Latency: 32
            Region 0: Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) 
[size=256M]
            Capabilities: [a0] AGP version 1.0
                Status: RQ=31 SBA+ 64bit- FW- Rate=x1,x2
                Command: RQ=0 SBA- AGP+ 64bit- FW- Rate=x2

        00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX 
AGP bridge (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
            Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- 
VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
            Status: Cap- 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium 
>TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
            Latency: 64
            Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, 
sec-latency=32
            I/O behind bridge: 0000f000-00000fff
            Memory behind bridge: f0000000-f1ffffff
            Prefetchable memory behind bridge: f2000000-f2ffffff
            BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- NoISA- VGA+ MAbort- >Reset- 
FastB2B+

        00:07.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 
02)
            Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle+ MemWINV- 
VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
            Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium 
>TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
            Latency: 0

        00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE 
(rev 01) (prog-if 80 [Master])
            Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- 
VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
            Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium 
>TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
            Latency: 32
            Region 4: I/O ports at f000 [size=16]

        00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB 
(rev 01) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
            Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- 
VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
            Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium 
>TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
            Latency: 32
            Interrupt: pin D routed to IRQ 11
            Region 4: I/O ports at 9000 [size=32]

        00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 
02)
            Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- 
VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
            Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium 
>TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
            Interrupt: pin ? routed to IRQ 9

        00:09.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c900B-TPO 
[Etherlink XL TPO] (rev 04)
            Subsystem: 3Com Corporation 3C900B-TPO Etherlink XL TPO 
10Mb
            Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- 
VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
            Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium 
>TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
            Latency: 32 (2500ns min, 12000ns max), cache line size 
08
            Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11
            Region 0: I/O ports at 9400 [size=128]
            Region 1: Memory at f5100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) 
[size=128]
            Expansion ROM at f3000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
            Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 1
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA 
PME(D0-,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold-)
                Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-

        00:0a.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq ES1371 
[AudioPCI-97] (rev 08)
            Subsystem: Ensoniq Creative Sound Blaster AudioPCI64V, 
AudioPCI128
            Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- 
VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
            Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=slow 
>TAbort- <TAbort+ <MAbort+ >SERR- <PERR-
            Latency: 32 (3000ns min, 32000ns max)
            Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 10
            Region 0: I/O ports at 9800 [size=64]
            Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 1
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1- D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA 
PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
                Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-

        00:0c.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82557/8/9 [Ethernet 
Pro 100] (rev 08)
            Subsystem: Intel Corp. EtherExpress PRO/100+ Management 
Adapter
            Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- 
VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
            Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium 
>TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
            Latency: 32 (2000ns min, 14000ns max), cache line size 
08
            Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 12
            Region 0: Memory at f5101000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) 
[size=4K]
            Region 1: I/O ports at 9c00 [size=64]
            Region 2: Memory at f5000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) 
[size=1M]
            Expansion ROM at f4000000 [disabled] [size=1M]
            Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA 
PME(D0+,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold-)
                Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=2 PME-

        00:0d.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation 
Bt848 Video Capture (rev 12)
            Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- 
VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
            Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium 
>TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
            Latency: 32 (4000ns min, 10000ns max)
            Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11
            Region 0: Memory at f5102000 (32-bit, prefetchable) 
[size=4K]

        01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV4 
[Riva TnT] (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
            Subsystem: STB Systems Inc: Unknown device 273e
            Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- 
VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
            Status: Cap+ 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium 
>TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
            Latency: 248 (1250ns min, 250ns max)
            Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 12
            Region 0: Memory at f0000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) 
[size=16M]
            Region 1: Memory at f2000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) 
[size=16M]
            Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] [size=64K]
            Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 1
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA 
PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
                Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
            Capabilities: [44] AGP version 1.0
                Status: RQ=15 SBA+ 64bit- FW- Rate=x1,x2
                Command: RQ=15 SBA- AGP+ 64bit- FW- Rate=x2


[7.6.] SCSI information (from /proc/scsi/scsi)

        [root@lordvaider linux-2.4.18-5]# cat /proc/scsi/scsi
        Attached devices:
        Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
        Vendor: COMPAQ   Model: DVD-ROM GD-2500  Rev: 0011
        Type:   CD-ROM                           ANSI SCSI revision: 
02
        Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 01 Lun: 00
        Vendor: HP       Model: CD-Writer+ 8100  Rev: 1.0g
        Type:   CD-ROM                           ANSI SCSI revision: 
02


[7.7.] Other information that might be relevant to the problem
       (please look in /proc and include all information that you
       think to be relevant):
[X.] Other notes, patches, fixes, workarounds:


-- 
Sergio Avila Jiménez <sergio@evoto.org>
EVoto Team - http://evoto.org
--

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* Re: PROBLEM: kernel BUG at page_alloc.c:117!
  2002-08-07 13:09 PROBLEM: kernel BUG at page_alloc.c:117! Sergio Avila
@ 2002-08-07 13:47 ` Adam Kropelin
  2002-08-07 15:33 ` Alan Cox
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Adam Kropelin @ 2002-08-07 13:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Sergio Avila; +Cc: linux-kernel

On Wed, Aug 07, 2002 at 03:09:08PM +0200, Sergio Avila wrote:
> 
>         kernel BUG at page_alloc.c:117!
> 
>         Aug  7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel: EIP:    0010:[<c0131107>]    Tainted: P
> 
>         NVdriver             1022272  10 (autoclean)

I'll play Alan for a moment...

Repeat after a cold boot having never loaded the NVidia driver. If you can do so,
repost the results here. Otherwise, contact NVidia since we cannot debug their
closed source driver.

--Adam


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* Re: PROBLEM: kernel BUG at page_alloc.c:117!
  2002-08-07 15:33 ` Alan Cox
@ 2002-08-07 14:31   ` Tomas Szepe
  2002-08-07 19:27     ` Bob_Tracy
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Tomas Szepe @ 2002-08-07 14:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Alan Cox; +Cc: Sergio Avila, linux-kernel

> > [1.] One line summary of the problem:
> > 
> >         kernel BUG at page_alloc.c:117!
> 
> >         Aug  7 04:17:25 lordvaider kernel: NVRM: AGPGART: freed 16 
> > pages
> >         Aug  7 04:17:25 lordvaider kernel: NVRM: AGPGART: backend 
> 
> Please report this to Nvidia. The linux community does not support or
> care about bugs reported on any boot when their binary only modules have
> been loaded

And in case you're wondering whether lkml people are being assholes about
binary-only drivers and don't really want to help, note that this particular
bug has been confirmed many times to indeed be caused by the Nvidia module.

T.

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* Re: PROBLEM: kernel BUG at page_alloc.c:117!
  2002-08-07 13:09 PROBLEM: kernel BUG at page_alloc.c:117! Sergio Avila
  2002-08-07 13:47 ` Adam Kropelin
@ 2002-08-07 15:33 ` Alan Cox
  2002-08-07 14:31   ` Tomas Szepe
  1 sibling, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Alan Cox @ 2002-08-07 15:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Sergio Avila; +Cc: linux-kernel

On Wed, 2002-08-07 at 14:09, Sergio Avila wrote:
> [1.] One line summary of the problem:
> 
>         kernel BUG at page_alloc.c:117!

>         Aug  7 04:17:25 lordvaider kernel: NVRM: AGPGART: freed 16 
> pages
>         Aug  7 04:17:25 lordvaider kernel: NVRM: AGPGART: backend 

Please report this to Nvidia. The linux community does not support or
care about bugs reported on any boot when their binary only modules have
been loaded


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* Re: PROBLEM: kernel BUG at page_alloc.c:117!
  2002-08-07 14:31   ` Tomas Szepe
@ 2002-08-07 19:27     ` Bob_Tracy
  2002-08-07 20:10       ` [OT] " J Sloan
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Bob_Tracy @ 2002-08-07 19:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel

Tomas Szepe wrote:
> > Please report this to Nvidia. The linux community does not support or
> > care about bugs reported on any boot when their binary only modules have
> > been loaded
> 
> And in case you're wondering whether lkml people are being assholes about
> binary-only drivers and don't really want to help, note that this particular
> bug has been confirmed many times to indeed be caused by the Nvidia module.

Worse...  When we outcast NVidia users trot over to the linux forum on
the NVidia website, the attitude of the fellow that responds to darned
near every posting might best be summarized as:

	"The 2.5.X series is for kernel developers.  If you fancy
	yourself a kernel developer, you can fix the OS interface
	routines yourself."

It's not clear from the limited amount of time I spend in that forum
whether that poster is an NVidia employee, but if so...  FEH!!!

I supposed it *might* be possible that the source code NVidia *does*
provide can be patched to workaround the braindamage that lurks within
the binary-only module.  Circumstantial evidence suggests the contrary,
or it would have already been done.  Enough has changed within the
2.5.X memory management code that I'm reasonably certain the NVidia
driver problems will require modifications to code we *don't* have
source for.

Consider this an invitation for any NVidia employee "in the know" (who
also reads this list) to comment.  Even a hearty "f*ck off" would beat
the world-class lettin' alone the linux community is currently getting.

Linux zealots who insist I should vote with my dollars are cordially
invited to suggest alternative video cards that (1) are fully
supported under Linux, and (2) perform as well as the NVidia cards do
(when the NVidia driver doesn't crash my system, that is).  I have two
informal benchmarks I care about: the OpenGL "lament" screensaver, and
Unreal Tournament.

-- 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Bob Tracy                   WTO + WIPO = DMCA? http://www.anti-dmca.org
rct@frus.com
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

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* [OT] Re: PROBLEM: kernel BUG at page_alloc.c:117!
  2002-08-07 19:27     ` Bob_Tracy
@ 2002-08-07 20:10       ` J Sloan
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: J Sloan @ 2002-08-07 20:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Bob_Tracy; +Cc: linux-kernel

My experience with NVidia drivers has
been all good -

However ATI is hopeful, we need some
competition. I found that a radeon worked
well, in terms of 3D screensavers, and
quake 3 arena - however starting RtCW
resulted in immediate hard lockup, every
time - no ping, no sysrq.

People are working on ATI drivers, who
knows, maybe there will be something
usable soon.

Joe

Bob_Tracy wrote:

>Consider this an invitation for any NVidia employee "in the know" (who
>also reads this list) to comment.  Even a hearty "f*ck off" would beat
>the world-class lettin' alone the linux community is currently getting.
>
>Linux zealots who insist I should vote with my dollars are cordially
>invited to suggest alternative video cards that (1) are fully
>supported under Linux, and (2) perform as well as the NVidia cards do
>(when the NVidia driver doesn't crash my system, that is).  I have two
>informal benchmarks I care about: the OpenGL "lament" screensaver, and
>Unreal Tournament.
>
>  
>


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2002-08-07 14:31   ` Tomas Szepe
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