[arch-general] Kernel 3.2.1 woes

[Don Juan]

On 01/23/2012 03:10 PM, Norbert Zeh wrote:
> Michael Holmes [2012.01.23 1352 +0000]:
>> I can't reproduce either bug on 3.2.1, latest NVIDIA drivers, GTX 460 1 GB.
>> Are you sure the binary NVIDIA driver got rebuilt?
> I'm not sure, and this is something I should certainly try.  However, along with
> the upgrade from 3.1.9 to 3.2.1 came an nvidia package upgrade from 290.10-1 to
> 290.10-2.  Since the only difference is the arch package release number and the
> fact that 290.10-1 requires a kernel version<  3.2 and 290.10-2 requires a
> kernel version>= 3.2, I would think the 290.10-2 package is simply a rebuilt of
> this package against the new kernel.
>
> As I said, I don't see any issues on my Core i7 box with NVIDIA graphics, and
> the setups of these two boxes in terms of installed packages and configuration
> is pretty much identical.  So I really think there's something going on with
> this dual-Opteron board at the kernel level, but I should certainly rule out the
> simple fixes first.
>
> Cheers,
> Norbert
@Norbert
Do you have any shutdown or reboot issues? I have a similar setup to you 
only laptop, but if I run the nvidia driver X either gives a red screen 
when I try and shutdown or reboot, or just hangs with a cursor blinking. 
Just curious.

Thanks