Bug 117644

Summary:	kernel-smp-2.6.3-2.1.238 breaks NVIDIA 1.0-5336 drivers
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	John Ellson <john.ellson>
Component:	kernel	Assignee:	Arjan van de Ven <arjanv>
Status:	CLOSED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:	Brian Brock <bbrock>
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Description John Ellson 2004-03-06 03:17:15 UTC

Description of problem:
NVIDIA 1.0-5336 drivers compile OK with kernel-smp-2.6.3-2.1.238,
but sytem hangs completely with blank screen after startx.
Reverting to kernel-smp-2.6.3-1.118 clears problem.
No errors found in /var/log/XFree86.0.log or in $HOME/.xssesion-errors

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
kernel-smp-2.6.3-2.1.238.i686.rpm
NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg1.run

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. as root, build NVIDIA drivers
2. as regular user, startx
3.
  
Actual results:
total system hang requiring power-cycle to clear

Expected results:
working system 

Additional info:
Yes, I know NVIDIA taints the kernel.

Comment 1 Arjan van de Ven 2004-03-06 08:33:27 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 73733 ***

Comment 2 Red Hat Bugzilla 2006-02-21 19:01:51 UTC

Changed to 'CLOSED' state since 'RESOLVED' has been deprecated.