Re: RE: rebooting nvidia + keyboard issues

Hi,

can you guys please ensure a PR is filed with all the information
you've just included?

the clang team would likely love to have this much information in a bug report.

Thanks!



adrian


On 3 April 2013 10:50, Waitman Gobble <uzimac_at_da3m0n8t3r.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 3 Apr 2013 10:35:47 +0100, "Thomas Sparrevohn" <Thomas.Sparrevohn_at_btinternet.com> wrote:
>>
>>I have had the same problem - it seems like a "sysctl" call provokes a
>>overrun in a strlen call. It is not reproducible with a GENERIC kernel with
>>debugging in my case. However a simple workaround is to compile
>>nvidia-driver with gcc.
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: owner-freebsd-current_at_freebsd.org
>>[mailto:owner-freebsd-current_at_freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Waitman Gobble
>>Sent: 31 March 2013 08:25
>>To: current_at_freebsd.org
>>Subject: rebooting nvidia + keyboard issues
>>
>>Hi,
>>
>>After updating my machine tonight with
>>> uname -a
>>FreeBSD dx.burplex.com 10.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 10.0-CURRENT #0 r248937: Sat Mar
>>30 21:53:14 PDT 2013     root_at_dx.burplex.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/FURAHA
>>amd64
>>
>>I noticed the machine rebooting randomly every 20 seconds to 5 minutes.
>>Disabling the nvidia driver seems to fix the problem, and I was able to
>>update after applying ports/177459 patch. The updated nvidia driver seems to
>>have solved the rebooting issue. (it could (also?) be related to linux.ko?)
>>If people are using the nvidia driver and are experiencing a constant reboot
>>issue, it might be good to pop in that patch ASAP.
>>
>>The problem I am noticing now is keyboard related. Booting to single user
>>mode, I cannot type anything at the login prompt with an attached USB
>>keyboard. However in single user mode a PS2 keyboard will allow me to login.
>>I would not say it's not working.. the keyboard functions fine until hitting
>>the login prompt. There are no errors and everything appears to be working
>>fine, however I cannot login. Numlock key lights on and off when pressed.
>>
>>Also, if I boot into multi user mode, I cannot type anything at the login
>>prompt when a PS2 keyboard is attached. But the USB keyboard will work in
>>mutli user mode.
>>
>>Thank you,
>>
>>--
>>Waitman Gobble
>>San Jose California USA
>>
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>
> Thank you for the information, I'll give it a try and see what happens. I noticed two other ports that don't even seem to build with clang, but generally everything else seems to be working.
>
> I noticed a previous message from a day or two ago regarding gcc and nvidia, but I lost the message. I'm in the middle of moving my mail system to a 'more' horizontally based system, so it's kind of like building a boat around you while floating down a river.
>
> Anyhow, I read an article this morning about AMD opening up drivers, that sounds cool, going to check it out.
>
> --
> Waitman Gobble
> San Jose California USA
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