[pkg-nvidia-devel] Bug#499151: nvidia-kernel-2.6.26-1-amd64: Doesn't do suspend to ram with 4GB RAM

[Philipp Marek]

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Package: nvidia-kernel-2.6.26-1-amd64
Version: 173.14.09-5+2.6.26-5
Severity: normal

The currently installed modules don't work with software suspend.
On activating via
	echo mem > /sys/power/state
the screen goes dark, the fan slows down a bit, then runs again normally;
only the screen keeps dark.

Num-Lock doesn't work; SysRq-SAK works to kill the X server, then I can
go (blindly) to a tty and login to shutdown and similar.

Xorg.0.log says:
	(WW) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Failed to determine GPU name
	(EE) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Failed to determine chip capabilities
	(II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
	(II) UnloadModule: "wfb"
	(II) UnloadModule: "fb"
	(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
	Fatal server error:
	no screens found

Booting with mem=3200M works, so it seems to be some 4GB addressing#
problem in the driver.

I don't expect much help, as this is a proprietary module; but maybe
others find this message and see what can be done.

Part of my dmesg:
	Command line: root=/dev/md0 ro mem=3200M
	BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
	 BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009fc00 (usable)
	 BIOS-e820: 000000000009fc00 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved)
	 BIOS-e820: 00000000000e5000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved)
	 BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 00000000abfb0000 (usable)
	 BIOS-e820: 00000000abfb0000 - 00000000abfbe000 (ACPI data)
	 BIOS-e820: 00000000abfbe000 - 00000000abff0000 (ACPI NVS)
	 BIOS-e820: 00000000abff0000 - 00000000ac000000 (reserved)
	 BIOS-e820: 00000000fec00000 - 00000000fec01000 (reserved)
	 BIOS-e820: 00000000fee00000 - 00000000fef00000 (reserved)
	 BIOS-e820: 00000000ff780000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved)
	 BIOS-e820: 0000000100000000 - 0000000150000000 (usable)

If there's some other help, so that the RAM can be used, I'd like to hear it.

Thank you.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=de_AT.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_AT.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages nvidia-kernel-2.6.26-1-amd64 depends on:
ii  nvidia-kernel-common          20080825+1 NVIDIA binary kernel module common

Versions of packages nvidia-kernel-2.6.26-1-amd64 recommends:
ii  linux-image-2.6.26-1-amd64    2.6.26-5   Linux 2.6.26 image on AMD64

nvidia-kernel-2.6.26-1-amd64 suggests no packages.

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