[arch-general] X doesn't start for 3.0-rt, X 1.12, nv 2.1.18-5

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Thu, 2012-03-15 at 01:30 +0100, Martti Kühne wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 10:42:54PM +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> > Perhaps the current X update has broken my install. At least in
> > 2012-Feb-21 this kernel-rt worked with X and the nv driver. I tried to
> > boot the kernel-rt to build a new module for VBox.
> > 
> > # pacman -Qi linux-rt xorg-server xf86-video-nv | grep Version
> > Version        : 3.0.14_rt31-1
> > Today updated:
> > Version        : 1.12.0-1
> > Version        : 2.1.18-5
> > 
> > This does work with X 1.12:
> > # uname -r
> > 3.2.9-1-ARCH
> > # pacman -Qi nvidia | grep Version
> > Version        : 295.20-3
> > 
> > Anybody using current nv driver with kernel-rt 3.0 or current version
> > 3.2.9_rt17-1 from AUR?
> > 
> > -Ralf
> > 
> 
> Similar here;
> setup with geforce 210 (gt218) and nvidia-rt does not show anything on the
> screen. however I switched to nouveau which works acceptably for me.
> another, newer nvidia card I could get to work with nvidia-rt, which built fine
> with bumping current linux-rt to 3.2.11-rt20
> 
> tbh, the gt218 related problems here started somewhere around 3.2.>4?
> so I haven't actually tested said config with the most current rt patch yet,
> although I've seen funny stuff going on on the other setup, as well
> (deactivating irq errors and such).
> 
> tl;dr, nvidia proprietary and rt kernel aren't really working atm.
> 
> cheers!
> mar77i

A misunderstanding. I tried to use the nv driver, not the proprietary
nvidia driver. On startup I run a script, it's switching between nv for
kernel-rt and nvidia for the default kernel. The kernel-rt worked with
the nv driver, but it doesn't work now. I can't use nouveau for my
setup.

Regards,
Ralf