xorg + nvidia = bad news

[Bob Chiodini]

On Wed, 2004-03-24 at 07:49, Doncho N. Gunchev wrote:
> On Wednesday 24 March 2004 04:45, Tommy McNeely wrote:
> > Followup to my own post :)
> > 
> > I switched back to kernel 2.6.1 (listed below) and the kudzu hangs.. but I
> > went interactive, skipped kudzu.. recompiled my kernel module for 2.6.1
> > and voila :) I am back to using my fancy closed source video driver..
> > looks like 2.6.3 is what made it unhappy, not xorg
> > 
>     2.6.4 does not work with nvidia driver too. AFAIK there's a discussion
> about this problem on the nvidia forum. Hope they fix it soon.
> 
> -- 
> Regards,
>   Doncho N. Gunchev    Registered Linux User #291323 at counter.li.org
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I have the nvidia video drivers running under a stock (kernel.org) 2.6.4
kernel w/o problems and using Xorg-x11.  I did have to go through the
minor hoops described around the list to get xorg-x11 installed.  The
2.6.4 kernel and the nvidia driver were running before the xorg-x11
installation.

The 4KSTACKS and the CONFIG_REGPARM options break the nvidia driver.  I
don't see the 4KSTACKS option in the stock kernel, but the
CONFIG_REGPARM is in the "Processor type and features" section.

Bob...