[Nouveau] [Bug 23593] nouveau hangs after a few minutes

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http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23593





--- Comment #25 from Francisco Jerez <currojerez at riseup.net>  2009-09-17 03:09:51 PST ---
(In reply to comment #24)
> (In reply to comment #23)
> > (In reply to comment #22)
> > > I applied the patch and let it sit in X overnight. The machine was still up
> > > when I checked it this morning. This is definetly a good sign. I'll keep you
> > > posted.
> > > 
> > > Machine details:
> <snip>
> > > bogomips        : 601.32
> > > clflush size    : 32
> > > power management:
> > > 
> > Ok, so that's it.
> > 
> Hmm. What do you mean? That this is a relatively fast machine? 
> 
I meant your odds are worse with such a slow machine :-)

> 
> > Another annoying thing I realized:
> > > (II) NOUVEAU(0): Allocated 1MiB VRAM for offscreen pixmaps
> > 
> > FWIW you can just enable driver pixmaps if you want take advantage of the whole
> > VRAM.
> > 
> I'd be happy to do so. How? Searching the man pages & web gave me nothing.
> 

You need a newer X server, at least a 1.7.0 release candidate, if you're using
KMS it's then enabled automatically.


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