Re: NVIDIA proprietary driver problem

[Samuel Flory]

Kyle Rose wrote:
> Maciej Soltysiak <solt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>
> > > Sep 11 23:37:57 nausicaa kernel: 0: nvidia: Can't find an IRQ for your NVIDIA card!
> > > Sep 11 23:37:57 nausicaa kernel: 0: nvidia: Please check your BIOS settings.
> > > Sep 11 23:37:57 nausicaa kernel: 0: nvidia: [Plug & Play OS   ] should be set to NO
> >
> > I wonder why pnp os should be off?
> > Linux does support pnp, and is a pnp os. Isn't it?
> >
> > Have you tried disabling apic? Maybe it's an apic or irq routing bug?
>
>
> SMP without APIC doesn't make sense, but I suppose I could try running
> a non-SMP kernel to see if the problem goes away.  Still, APIC is
> active in test4 and the driver works there.


   Try without ACPI support.  At boot do acpi=off.

> > What motherboard is it?
>
>
> Tyan Tiger MP, dual Athlon MP 1800's.
>
> Cheers,
> Kyle
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