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    Re: Kernel 3.7-rc1

    Strange, my uptime is more then a day now, and still, I have good 2.26GB memory used with firefox, evolution, pidgin, deluge (with more then 180 torrents), and ktorrent running. Don't know what I did. Maybe it was nvidia driver issue all along. Before, for nv-mmap.c patch, I just remove VM_RESERVED, but now I'm replaced it with (VM_DONTEXPAND | VM_DONTDUMP). And I did changed drivers 3 times in that time. I was benchmarking new 304.64 vs 310.14 beta. And I'm sticking to 310.14, much better performance in Oil Rush and Fallout 3. I hope I will not jinx it.

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    Re: Kernel 3.7-rc1

    Quote Originally Posted by paul_in_london View Post
    Some good news for those of us who can only use the legacy nvida driver now (i.e. latest nvidia-current does not support our graphics cards).[...]

    With this version, the nvidia kernel module builds ok with kernel 3.7-rcN.
    Good news, indeed! I'll try it, after I hit the "Submit" button on this post.

    As an aside, I spent a whole day (last week) trying different combinations of various nVidia drivers & Linux kernels.

    I was successful in perfecting a hack, but it was so contrived, I never posted 'complete' details here. Explaining it would have been a nightmare!

    Proof-Of-Concept (as I type)...
    Code:
    vindsl@Zuul:~$ nvidia-smi -q | grep "Product Name" | sed -e 's/.*: /nVidia /'
    nVidia GeForce 7600 GT
    
    vindsl@Zuul:~$ uname -r
    3.7.0-030700rc4-generic
    
    vindsl@Zuul:~$ apt-cache policy nvidia-current
    nvidia-current:
      Installed: 304.51-0ubuntu1~xedgers~quantal1
      Candidate: 310.14-0ubuntu1~xedgers~quantal3
      Version table:
         310.14-0ubuntu1~xedgers~quantal3 0
            500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/xorg-edgers/ppa/ubuntu/ quantal/main i386 Packages
         304.60-0ubuntu1~precise~xup2 0
            500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/noobslab/nvidia-quantal/ubuntu/ quantal/main i386 Packages
         304.51.really.304.43-0ubuntu1 0
            500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/restricted i386 Packages
            500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring/restricted i386 Packages
     *** 304.51-0ubuntu1~xedgers~quantal1 0
            100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    Bottom line: The only driver I could find that worked on both kernel 3.6.X AND kernel 3.7-rcX was the edgers 304.51 drivers -- which 'they' deleted from their "pool", some time ago. Luckily, I happened to have it saved locally (been around the track a few times).

    Moreover, I had to patch two (2) files to install/update/remove kernel 3.7-rcX -- but, use the original files to install/update/remove kernel 3.6.X.

    If it works, as promised, this will make life much easier, all the way around!

    Hrm... Which way to proceed?!?!?!?

    I think I'll:
    • Boot into kernel 3.6.6
    • Wash, rinse, and restyle "nvidia-current/nvidia-settings"
    • Re-install kernel 3.7-rc4

    Er... they do have a new "nvidia-settings", too, yes?


    BBL...
    Last edited by VinDSL; November 8th, 2012 at 12:36 AM. Reason: Typo Demon Strikes Again
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    Re: Kernel 3.7-rc1

    Quote Originally Posted by Milos_SD View Post
    Strange, my uptime is more then a day now, and still, I have good 2.26GB memory used with firefox, evolution, pidgin, deluge (with more then 180 torrents), and ktorrent running. Don't know what I did. Maybe it was nvidia driver issue all along. Before, for nv-mmap.c patch, I just remove VM_RESERVED, but now I'm replaced it with (VM_DONTEXPAND | VM_DONTDUMP). And I did changed drivers 3 times in that time. I was benchmarking new 304.64 vs 310.14 beta. And I'm sticking to 310.14, much better performance in Oil Rush and Fallout 3. I hope I will not jinx it.
    Which nVidia card are you running?

    Legacy device, or currently supported?

    310.14 beta won't do shucks, on this GeForce 7600 GT...
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    Re: Kernel 3.7-rc1

    Quote Originally Posted by VinDSL View Post
    Good news, indeed! I'll try it, after I hit the "Submit" button on this post.

    As an aside, I spent a whole day (last week) trying different combinations of various nVidia drivers & Linux kernels.

    I was successful in perfecting a hack, but it was so contrived, I never posted 'complete' details here. Explaining it would have been a nightmare!

    Proof-Of-Concept (as I type)...
    Code:
    vindsl@Zuul:~$ nvidia-smi -q | grep "Product Name" | sed -e 's/.*: /nVidia /'
    nVidia GeForce 7600 GT
    
    vindsl@Zuul:~$ uname -r
    3.7.0-030700rc4-generic
    
    vindsl@Zuul:~$ apt-cache policy nvidia-current
    nvidia-current:
      Installed: 304.51-0ubuntu1~xedgers~quantal1
      Candidate: 310.14-0ubuntu1~xedgers~quantal3
      Version table:
         310.14-0ubuntu1~xedgers~quantal3 0
            500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/xorg-edgers/ppa/ubuntu/ quantal/main i386 Packages
         304.60-0ubuntu1~precise~xup2 0
            500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/noobslab/nvidia-quantal/ubuntu/ quantal/main i386 Packages
         304.51.really.304.43-0ubuntu1 0
            500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/restricted i386 Packages
            500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring/restricted i386 Packages
     *** 304.51-0ubuntu1~xedgers~quantal1 0
            100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    Bottom line: The only driver I could find that worked on both kernel 3.6.X AND kernel 3.7-rcX was the edgers 304.51 drivers -- which 'they' deleted from their "pool", some time ago. Luckily, I happened to have it saved locally (been around the track a few times).

    Moreover, I had to patch two (2) files to install/update/remove kernel 3.7-rcX -- but, use the original files to install/update/remove kernel 3.6.X.

    If it works, as promised, this will make life much easier, all the way around!

    Hrm... Which way to proceed?!?!?!?

    I think I'll:
    • Boot into kernel 3.6.6
    • Wash, rinse, and restyle "nvidia-current/nvidia-settings"
    • Re-install kernel 3.7-rc4

    Er... they do have a new "nvidia-settings", too, yes?


    BBL...
    Hi Vin,

    I did think about trying to patch the previous version based on your posts in this thread, but there seemed to be some conflicting views on the nv forums so I held out. This is the update that did the trick for me.

    Extract from /var/log/aptitude:

    Code:
    paul@raring-64:~$ grep -i nvidia /var/log/aptitude
    [UPGRADE] nvidia-current-updates:amd64 304.51-0ubuntu1 -> 304.64-0ubuntu1
    paul@raring-64:~$
    Now I'm using:

    Code:
    paul@raring-64:~$ uname -a
    Linux raring-64 3.7.0-030700rc4-generic #201211041435 SMP Sun Nov 4 19:35:50 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
    paul@raring-64:~$
    Cheers,

    Paul

    EDIT: Originally when all this trouble started I pinned nvidia-current to 304.51.really.304.43-0ubuntu2, but I ended up removing nvidia-current and installing nvidia-current-updates instead.
    Last edited by paul_in_london; November 8th, 2012 at 01:06 AM. Reason: Typo and text added

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    Re: Kernel 3.7-rc1

    Quote Originally Posted by VinDSL View Post
    Which nVidia card are you running?

    Legacy device, or currently supported?

    310.14 beta won't do shucks, on this GeForce 7600 GT...
    It was 7600GT until few days ago. But had so much trouble with it on 1080p monitor, so I have bought a new nVidia GT640 2GB. Running 310.14 beta drivers.

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    Re: Kernel 3.7-rc1

    Quote Originally Posted by Milos_SD View Post
    It was 7600GT until few days ago. But had so much trouble with it on 1080p monitor, so I have bought a new nVidia GT640 2GB. Running 310.14 beta drivers.
    Oh, okay. Wish I could use a modern GPU.

    Unfortunately, I'm stuck with AGP on this mobo...
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    Re: Kernel 3.7-rc1

    Alrighty, then...

    Exceedingly scary, nasty, and ugly looking splash, on restart, but the 304.64 module built fine, on kernel 3.7-rc4!


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    Re: Kernel 3.7-rc1

    I see the 3.7.0 linux-headers-generic and linux-image-generic are in synaptic...
    Waiting fro the rest...

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    Re: Kernel 3.7-rc1

    Quote Originally Posted by paul_in_london View Post
    This is the update that did the trick for me.

    Extract from /var/log/aptitude:

    Code:
    paul@raring-64:~$ grep -i nvidia /var/log/aptitude
    [UPGRADE] nvidia-current-updates:amd64 304.51-0ubuntu1 -> 304.64-0ubuntu1
    paul@raring-64:~$
    Hi Paul,

    That's what I'm running, too...

    Code:
    vindsl@Zuul:~$ apt-cache policy nvidia-current-updates
    nvidia-current-updates:
      Installed: 304.64-0ubuntu1
      Candidate: 304.64-0ubuntu1
      Version table:
     *** 304.64-0ubuntu1 0
            500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring/restricted i386 Packages
            100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
         304.51-0ubuntu1 0
            500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/restricted i386 Packages
    vindsl@Zuul:~$

    I tried to install the proprietary nVidia drivers, but the installer didn't like 3.7-rc4 -- with, or without DKMS.

    So, I'm back to "nvidia-current-updates"...
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    Re: Kernel 3.7-rc1

    After 2 days uptime, it happend again. Maybe it's use of some specific software that makes kernel leak memory.

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