nVidia binary driver problem

[Nikolay Mitev]

Adam Membrey wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 05:18 pm, Nikolay Mitev wrote:
> 
>>Hi. I'm having problems with the nVidia binary drivers. I'm running
>>kernel 2.6.10-5-amd64-k8 with the appropriate restricted modules, and I
>>get system lock-ups very often. The mouse is ususally moving, but
>>everything else is frozen. The nvidia kernel module is giving me a
>>warning about problems with this kernel version. Might this be the
>>problem? What do you suggest I do? I'm running on an Asus amd64 laptop
>>with an nVidia GeForce FX Go 5650.
>>Any suggestions?
>>Hmmm, I just realized that the lock-ups happen when I use the touchpad,
>>and if I don't touch it everything works properly. Could it be an IRQ
>>issue?
>>
>>Attached is my lspci output.
>>
>>
>>
>>cheers,
>>face
> 
> 
> 
> Nikolay,
> It's a known problem, see https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=7183.   
> easiest way to get around it is to disable renderaccel :(
> 

It fixed it just by booting with the noapic option as suggested in one 
of the nVidia forums. It's been running almost an hour now without any 
problems and with full 3d acceleration. glxgears 3200+ FPS. Yeah!

cheers,
face