kernel-2.6.11-1.1202 hangs

[D. Stolte]

dragoran wrote:
> D. Stolte wrote:
> 
>> Arjan van de Ven wrote:
>>  
>>
>>> On Sat, 2005-03-26 at 21:32 -0500, Dave Jones wrote:
>>>
>>>   
>>>
>>>> On Sat, Mar 26, 2005 at 01:44:03PM +0100, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
>>>>     
>>>>
>>>>>> 1191 and 1201 both lock.
>>>>>>         
>>>>>
>>>>> you're not using the binary nvidia kernel module I hope ?
>>>>>       
>>>>
>>>> He mentioned the new nvidiafb module thats part of the kernel tree.
>>>>
>>>>     
>>>
>>> doesn't rule out using the binary thing..
>>>
>>> in fact the binary thing is known to explode when the fb module is
>>> used...
>>>
>>>
>>>   
>>
>> I mentioned that i had to remove the nvidiafb module from the modulepath
>> because the initscripts try to modprobe this module during the hw
>> detection and the oops/hang happens.
>> After deleting this module everything is fine.
>>
>> /ds
>>
>>  
>>
> does the crash happen when NO nvidia binary module is used?
> if yes its a bug, if not its a known issue
> 
yes, the binary nvidia driver is *not* installed. the probing of the
nvidiafb module is enough to make the box crash.

/ds