CentOS - Aug 2006 - Nvidia card fails with new kernel 2.6.9-42.EL

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.

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Richard Miles
Federal Way WA. USA
registered linux user 46097

On Fri, Aug 25, 2006 at 02:17:13PM -0700, Richard E Miles
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.
Ask Nvidia. They're the only ones who can tell.

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Matthew Miller           mattdm at mattdm.org         
<http://mattdm.org/>
Boston University Linux      ------>             
<http://linux.bu.edu/>

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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