Bug#626279: Displays black screen when binutils-gold is installed

[Andreas Beckmann]

On 2011-05-10 16:10, Yuri D'Elia wrote:
> Package: nvidia-kernel-dkms
> Version: 270.41.06-1

> nvidia-kernel-dkms dropped the Conflicts with binutils-gold some time ago,
That time I had tested the problem (oops when loading a moduled linked
by gold) again and could no longer reproduce it.

> but it still seems that using gold with nvidia-kernel-dkms does not work.

> I tried installing binutils-gold package (2.21.51.20110421-4). The driver
> builds fine, but then all I get is a black screen. Xorg is completely
> unresponsive, zapping doesn't work, switching consoles is impossible.
> The monitor doesn't even switch to the native resolution: it simply turns
> black. xorg.log is empty.

Thanks for testing this in detail. Could you try the binutils-gold from
stable, too?

Is there a message in dmesg about the module being loaded?

> I see there is already a bug (see #617391) reported on binutils-gold, but I
> feel that nvidia-kernel-dkms should conflict with gold with at least a
> versioned dependency until someone gets a working module out of it.

OK, I'll reinstate the conflicts in the next upload.

> I'm using a Quadro NVS 290 (G86) -- if that matters, but I got the same
> problem with other quadro cards.

I'm looking for someone who can help me with comparing the kernel
modules produced by traditional ld and gold. Eventually we can give the
binutils developers some insight when we can show them what is wrong.


Andreas