[TriLUG] FC1, nvidia, switch to console causes fatal system lock

[crimsun at fungus.sh.nu]

On Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 11:43:43AM -0500, Timothy A. Chagnon wrote:
> Here's the problem.  After having my computer running a couple days or
> more, if I try to switch to a console, logout, or shutdown the computer
> the screen goes black and stays black.

Check and make sure you're not using framebuffer for anything in the
kernel, eg. grep FB /path/to/kernel/config should return:
# CONFIG_FB is not set
(in 2.6.3+ it will return # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_OFFBOARD is not set as well).
If you have any entries besides those two, you will need to reconfigure
your kernel by disabling those entries, and then you will need to
recompile your kernel and the Nvidia kernel module.

Rivafb is a known no-go with the binary-only Nvidia drivers. The two
enjoy stepping on each other's toes. Vesafb is more problematic because
it "works" for some people some of the time. The last I looked at it I
was seeing register stomping, but that was several revisions ago.

HTH.

-- 
Daniel T. Chen          crimsun at fungus.sh.nu
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