Filip K.

Then why Spring BETA 1 works? ;) I tried IceWM. Crash almost in instant.

There is also freeze in Kubuntu Live and OpenSuse with nvidia driver. Good news is that Mandriva 2009.1 aka 2009 Spring BETA 1 works :D . That confirms my theory about freeze with any nvidia driver and kernel 2.6.27 regardless of used linux distribution . No response from Nvidia on forum and email . At Mandriva Bugzilla they really tried B) . So Spring, here I come :D.

Thanks Ian. For an idea to use newest driver :D . But not from 'Backports' which is the root of the problem . Forgot to mention it was "x11-driver-video-nvidia-current-177.82-1mdv2009.0.i586.rpm " So I'm testing again. Version "177.70-2.3mdv2009.0" from 'Non-free Updates'

Thanks to Adam Williamson's suggestion the culprit is located a little better now. With nv video driver there are no freezes for now B). Unfortunately this driver is barely usable for my setup (Twinview), so I use 2008.1 for now. I'll fill a bug. There is nothing in the logs. Also single user mode or in level 3 there were no crashes for a few hours. I use 'ksensors' with 2008.1. Nothing obvious just yet. I also successfully tested RAM and HDs just a while ago.

After I freshly installed Mandriva One 2009 with preserved /home I receive a regular kernel panic or even total freeze in one hour or even less. Blinking keyboard LEDs (Caps lock and Scroll) are the only information about kernel panic. I tried several things. Disconnected Webcam doesn't help. Also no significant change with different kernels: kernel-desktop586-2.6.27.7-1mnb kernel-desktop586-2.6.27.5-2mnb kernel-linus-2.6.27.10-1mdv It's not connected with X freeze mentioned in Errata. I search reported bugs but I was unable to find anything useful. uname -a Linux localhost 2.6.27.7-desktop586-1mnb #1 SMP Thu Dec 11 16:32:08 EST 2008 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2600+ GNU/Linux Motherboard is Asus A7V600-X. Graphic card is Nvidia GeForce 6200 type. I only have one PCI card (Leadtek Winfast 2000). I'm not sure what to do. And believe me that this is very annoying . I was very pleased overall with Mandriva One 2008.1 and earlier versions :D . Please suggest me :unsure: . I wish that 2009 will be without such freezes for all of us, Filip.

Thanks, Ian. DKMS modules problems solved. :D Is the reason for this "version incompatibility" in DKMS package(s) build options (kernel version) in this situation?

Thanks Adam. Forcing modprobe load those two modules :D . In those two cases I suppose this is not danger, is it? It seems that WebCam and nvidia driver works. How do I make it permanent?

Hi. let me start with my "CANYON CN-WCAM21 PC-Camera" problem. There are also others maybe or maybe not related. More about them later. That camera already worked in Mandriva ( 2007 or 2007.1), after fresh install of Mandriva 2008 I can't make it work. I guess the root of the problem is that modul is not properly loaded. I will be glad of any tips about it. Mandriva Control Center shows in Category: Uknown/Others Identification Vendor: ‎Pixart Imaging Inc. Description: ‎CIF Single Chip Media class: ‎ Connection Bus: ‎USB Bus PCI #: ‎2 PCI device #: ‎2 Vendor ID: ‎0x093a Device ID: ‎0x2468 Sub vendor ID: ‎0x0000 Sub device ID: ‎0x0000 Misc Module: ‎unknown This DKMS driver is installed: dkms-gspcav1 - DKMS-ready driver for spca5xx webcams​ This package contains a DKMS-ready driver for spca5xx webcams. Version: 1.00.18-3mdv2008.0 Currently installed version: 1.00.18-3mdv2008.0 Architecture: noarch Size: 1229 KB Medium: None Screen from modprobe: $modprobe gspca FATAL: Error inserting gspca (/lib/modules/2.6.22.12-desktop-1mdv/kernel/drivers/usb/media/gspca.ko): Invalid module format Details about kernel: $uname -a Linux localhost 2.6.22.12-desktop-1mdv #1 SMP Tue Nov 20 08:38:27 EST 2007 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2600+ GNU/Linux During bootup it tells me that gspca is already in kernel dmesg tells: $dmesg gspca: version magic '2.6.22.12-1mdvcustom SMP mod_unload 686 ' should be '2.6.22.12-desktop-1mdv SMP mod_unload 686 ' Screen from modinfo: $ modinfo gspca filename: /lib/modules/2.6.22.12-desktop-1mdv/kernel/drivers/usb/media/gspca.ko license: GPL description: GSPCA/SPCA5XX USB Camera Driver author: Michel Xhaard <mxhaard@users.sourceforge.net> based on spca50x driver by Joel Crisp <cydergoth@users.sourceforge.net>,ov511 driver by Mark McClelland <mwm@i.am> alias: usb:v0471p0322d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip* . . a lot more alias-es . alias: usb:v0733p0430d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip* depends: vermagic: 2.6.22.12-1mdvcustom SMP mod_unload 686 parm: autoexpo:Enable/Disable auto exposure (default=1: enabled) (PC-CAM 600/Zc03xx/spca561a/Etoms Only !!!) (int) parm: debug:Debug level: 0=none, 1=init/detection, 2=warning, 3=config/control, 4=function call, 5=max (int) parm: force_rgb:Read RGB instead of BGR (int) parm: gamma:gamma setting range 0 to 7 3-> gamma=1 (int) parm: OffRed:OffRed setting range -128 to 128 (int) parm: OffBlue:OffBlue setting range -128 to 128 (int) parm: OffGreen:OffGreen setting range -128 to 128 (int) parm: GRed:Gain Red setting range 0 to 512 /256 (int) parm: GBlue:Gain Blue setting range 0 to 512 /256 (int) parm: GGreen:Gain Green setting range 0 to 512 /256 (int) parm: compress:Turn on/off compression (not functional yet) (int) parm: usbgrabber:Is a usb grabber 0x0733:0x0430 ? (default 1) (int) parm: lightfreq:Light frequency banding filter. Set to 50 or 60 Hz, or zero to NoFliker (default=50) (int) $ Also I have problem with nvidia driver. X.org nv works, but nvidia can't load. Don't know why. During shutdown it says it cannot stop fuse deamon. Not sure if running but I do have one NTFS currently. I did try to uninstall and install related "dkms latest" packages, but no success. Thanks, Filip.