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