Nouveau problem in F-16

[Itamar Reis Peixoto]

On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 3:02 PM, Kevin Martin <ktmdms at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 11/23/2011 10:54 AM, ergodic wrote:
>
> Nouveau problem. Multi-booting F-15 and F-16.  Nouveau works perfectly in in
> F15, but it does not wok in F-16.  I have filed a bug against it
> (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=755336).
>
> Excerpts from  bug report:
> -Four clean install attempts
> -The first boot crashes the system after the request to send hardware
> information. A hardware reset is needed to recover. Restarts in VESA mode
> only.
> -Installing nVidia proprietary drivers in F-16 allows Gnome3 operation.
>
> Have anyone had a similar experience?  Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Box:
> MoBo: ASUS P5K DELUXE
> CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.4GHz
> Mem: 6.0GB Corsair C13-2020
> HD: Maxtor 320GB and Seagate 1TB.
> Video: XFX PVT84GUDF3 GeForce 8600GTS 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16
> HDCP
> !
>
> Did you try setting nouveau.noaccel=1  on the kernel line?  I had problems
> with the nouveau drivers, posted repeatedly to bugzilla, but no luck.  Only
> turning off acceleration for nouveau seemed to let me run at all, but even
> then I would experience the occasional crash.
>
> Kevin
>

kevin

thanks  for the suggestion, its working better for me now.

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