Bug#613534: Seems to be rather a bug in nvidia, not the kernel

[Andreas Beckmann]

On 2011-05-12 21:54, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> I tested 270.41.06-1 with all the kernels I have installed:
> 
> $ dpkg -l linux-image-2.6.* | grep ^ii
> ii  linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64                    2.6.32-31                         Linux 2.6.32 for 64-bit PCs
> ii  linux-image-2.6.36-trunk-amd64                2.6.36-1~experimental.1           Linux 2.6.36 for 64-bit PCs
> ii  linux-image-2.6.37-2-amd64                    2.6.37-2                          Linux 2.6.37 for 64-bit PCs
> ii  linux-image-2.6.38-1-amd64                    2.6.38-1                          Linux 2.6.38 for 64-bit PCs
> ii  linux-image-2.6.38-2-amd64                    2.6.38-5                          Linux 2.6.38 for 64-bit PCs
> 
> With 2.6.36 it works, with 2.6.37 it doesn't. Anything else I can test?

Does this mean up to 2.6.36 all is fine, 2.6.37 and later fails?

What Xorg version are you using? There are three currently available:
1.7 (stable), 1.9 (testing), 1.10 (unstable). Does switching to a
different Xorg version change anything?

How does your /etc/X11/xorg.conf look like? Have you tried a minimal one
as described in /usr/share/doc/nvidia-glx/README.Debian.gz ?

2.6.39-rcX would be interesting, too.

Have you searched the nvidia forum whether someone has reported
something similar?

If none of these possibilities brings a solution, you should report this
directly to nvidia, following their instructions here:
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=46678

Andreas