[CentOS] Nvidia card fails with new kernel 2.6.9-42.EL

Mon Aug 28 20:36:42 UTC 2006
Richard E Miles <r.godzilla at comcast.net>

On Fri, 25 Aug 2006 23:05:46 -0400
"Jim Perrin" <jperrin at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 8/25/06, Richard E Miles <r.godzilla at comcast.net> wrote:
> > I have a NVIDIA 5200 FX graphics card. After reinstalling the nvidia driver for kernel 2.6.9-42-EL and doing a startx command from lvl 3, the x window software issues a failed to get interupt from graphics driver. I tried to reinstall the graphics driver again and got the same results. I changed back to the previous kernel and reinstalled the nvidia driver and the problem went away. I am at wonder why this would happen with a kernel upgrade from centos.
> 
> At the risk of cliche, it works for me, though I'm using a Geforce 3
> ti-500. the Xrender extension was causing some locking issues though.
> Removing the optional xrender stopped module from causing kernel
> panics. Check your config.
> 
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I solved the problem after reviewing the FAQ for nvidia driver. I added pci=noacpi pci=biosirq to the kernel in the grub.conf. The kernel now loads without the lost interupt message. Thanks for all your suggestions.

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Richard Miles
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