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FS#15812 - Dell D630 with Nvidia Quadro NVS 135M does not function with this driver

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by tafryn (tafryn) - Wednesday, 05 August 2009, 14:17 GMT
Last edited by Roman Kyrylych (Romashka) - Wednesday, 05 August 2009, 14:59 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture i686
Severity High
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
When updated to version 185.18.31-1 of the nvidia driver X will consistantly lock up. The screen goes black and the keyboard and mouse are unresponsive.

Additional info:
==> List all installed packages
extra/xorg-server 1.6.3-2
extra/nvidia 185.18.31-1
extra/nvidia-utils 185.18.31-1
core/kernel26 2.6.30.4-1

Steps to reproduce:
1. Have a Dell D630
2. Upgrade to the above versions of nvidia and nvidia-utils
3. Reboot
4. No X :-(
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Closed by  Roman Kyrylych (Romashka)
Wednesday, 05 August 2009, 14:59 GMT
Reason for closing:  Upstream
Comment by tafryn (tafryn) - Wednesday, 05 August 2009, 14:18 GMT
Downgrading to

extra/nvidia 185.18.14-1
extra/nvidia-utils 185.18.14-1

solves the problem.
Comment by tafryn (tafryn) - Wednesday, 05 August 2009, 14:53 GMT
This appears to be relevant, http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=77119
Comment by Roman Kyrylych (Romashka) - Wednesday, 05 August 2009, 14:59 GMT
With every new version of nvidia drivers some hardware is fixed, some is broken.
We cannot help here. Please report all such bugs to Nvidia.
BTW, there is 190.xx series already, you may want to try them.

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