[mythtv-users] Re: help - frontend crashing - atrpms nvidia problem?

[Mike Jasper]

Axel Thimm wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 26, 2004 at 10:46:47AM -0800, Mike Jasper wrote:
> 
>>I just did an apt-get upgrade on my mythtv box (FC1, atrpms), and now my 
>>frontend is crashing anytime I try to watch a recorded show, or live tv, 
>>and spits me back to the desktop.
>>
>>/var/log/messages shows the following error:
>>
>>Nov 26 09:55:34 loon kernel: NVRM: client supports wrong rm api version!!
>>Nov 26 09:55:34 loon kernel: NVRM:  aborting to avoid catastrophe!
>>
>>Seems to be a problem with the nvidia driver.  I started out with 6106, 
>>then also tried 6111 and 6129.  Same problem with all three sets.  Is it 
>>a problem with the nvidia packages, or something wrong with my system? 
> 
> 
> Looks like your system has still a different nvidia kernel module
> running than what you switched to. In general this message means that
> different components (kernel, X driver, GLX) don't match in their
> version.
> 
> Use nvidia-graphics-switch to ensure the right module is activated and
> also rmmod any nvidia modules (in case of doubt just reboot the
> system).

Thanks Axel.  I've tried using nvidia-graphics-switch and rmmod-ing, but 
lsmod has never shown that an incorrect nvidia module is loaded anyway, 
and there aren't any other nvidia packages installed beyond the current 
version that I'm using.  I've also rebooted when trying different nvidia 
versions, but I can't fix the problem.  I'm not sure how to tell whether 
the X driver and GLX are the correct versions.  Could someone please 
enlighten me?  Thanks.

I currently have XFree86-4.3.0-55 installed, but don't find any packages 
installed with 'glx' or 'GLX' in the name.

In /var/log/messages I still get:
Nov 26 21:10:57 loon kernel: NVRM: client supports wrong rm api version!!
Nov 26 21:10:57 loon kernel: NVRM:    aborting to avoid catastrophe!

$ lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by    Tainted: P
snd-pcm-oss            44072   0  (autoclean)
snd-mixer-oss          16184   0  (autoclean) [snd-pcm-oss]
snd-ice1712            54052   0  (autoclean)
snd-pcm                78912   0  (autoclean) [snd-pcm-oss snd-ice1712]
snd-timer              18692   0  (autoclean) [snd-pcm]
snd-ac97-codec         67408   0  (autoclean) [snd-ice1712]
snd-ice17xx-ak4xxx      2604   0  (autoclean) [snd-ice1712]
snd-cs8427              8136   0  (autoclean) [snd-ice1712]
snd-i2c                 4416   0  (autoclean) [snd-ice1712 snd-cs8427]
snd-mpu401-uart         5268   0  (autoclean) [snd-ice1712]
snd-rawmidi            16992   0  (autoclean) [snd-mpu401-uart]
snd-seq-device          5744   0  (autoclean) [snd-rawmidi]
snd-ak4xxx-adda         5212   0  (autoclean) [snd-ice1712 
snd-ice17xx-ak4xxx]
snd                    44548   0  (autoclean) [snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss 
snd-ice1712 snd-pcm snd-timer snd-ac97-codec snd-cs8427 snd-i2c 
snd-mpu401-uart snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device snd-ak4xxx-adda]
snd-page-alloc          7084   0  (autoclean) [snd-mixer-oss snd-pcm 
snd-timer snd-i2c snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device snd]
soundcore               6468   5  (autoclean) [snd]
joydev                  6656   0  (unused)
nfsd                   83824   8  (autoclean)
autofs4                14296   0  (autoclean) (unused)
nfs                    89488   2  (autoclean)
lockd                  57328   1  (autoclean) [nfsd nfs]
sunrpc                 83516   1  (autoclean) [nfsd nfs lockd]
sk98lin               159104   1
floppy                 57340   0  (autoclean)
sg                     35468   0  (autoclean)
microcode               4220   0  (autoclean)
xfs                   617532   1  (autoclean)
keybdev                 2688   0  (unused)
hid                    23908   0  (unused)
ehci-hcd               20008   0  (unused)
usb-uhci               26156   0  (unused)
usbcore                78752   1  [hid ehci-hcd usb-uhci]
mousedev                5300   1  (autoclean)
input                   5888   0  (autoclean) [joydev keybdev hid mousedev]
lirc_i2c                4956   0  (autoclean)
lirc_dev                9972   2  (autoclean) [lirc_i2c]
tveeprom                7264   0  (autoclean) (unused)
ivtv                  779008   0  (autoclean)
msp3400-ivtv           22272   2  (autoclean)
saa7115                 9340   0  (autoclean) (unused)
tuner                  16672   2  (autoclean)
i2c-algo-bit            8744   0  (autoclean) [ivtv]
i2c-core               20932   0  (autoclean) [lirc_i2c tveeprom 
msp3400-ivtv saa7115 tuner i2c-algo-bit]
videodev                8928  10  (autoclean) [ivtv]
nvidia-1_0-6106      4765836   6  (autoclean)
ext3                   89640   4
jbd                    51496   4  [ext3]
ata_piix                4808   6
libata                 34692   0  [ata_piix]
sd_mod                 13388  12
scsi_mod              110248   3  [sg ata_piix libata sd_mod]