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

Sat Nov 27 09:53:01 UTC 2004

On Fri, Nov 26, 2004 at 09:21:04PM -0800, Mike Jasper wrote:
> 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.

Did you ever use non-packaged nvidia drivers and have now remnants of
them in your system?

check out with ldd which nvidia libs are linked against mythfrontend,
also check

/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/
/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/
/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/nvidia-graphics*

for any stray nvidia drivers that are not part of the package. Finally
your X logs will show up warnings at X start if GLX has not been found.

> 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]
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Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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