I installed openSUSE 12.3 sometime last week. Ran all updates. Things seemed fine for a few days. Then suddenly within 24 hours I had two desktop crashes, where the desktop reloaded itself immediately. Apps kept chugging along, so I wasn't TOO concerned.
Then yesterday while playing back videos of TV shows in VLC I had two hard lockups within half an hour. Since I was downloading a 1GB file via Firefox at the top this was annoying as hell. The system was completely frozen and required a hard boot. Clearly there is an issue with the video subsystem.
Remember this is a new clean install on a new hard drive plus all current updates.
Last year with 12.2 I had problems with excessive Xorg CPU consumption. I was never able to figure out the problem as indicated here:
https://forums.opensuse.org/english/...install-5.html
However, with the 12.3 install, all this seemed to go away: I no longer had issues with Firefox freezing for 10-20 seconds on image downloads, and there was no indication of excessive Xorg CPU use. Since I'm running the default nouveau drivers, I am loathe to convert to the proprietary Nvidia drivers since that was what I was running in 12.2. However, last year the nouveau drivers were crashing the system on video playback. If there is still a problem with them this year causing the current crashes, I suppose I'll have to switch back to the proprietary ones.
So the question really is: What drivers should I use for an NVidia GeForce 9800 GT running on an AMD system with an ASUS M3N78 PRO mobo? Will the nouveau work (once the current problem is fixed, if it can be fixed) or should I dump nouveau and run proprietary? And if I run proprietary, should I use the opensuse nvidia repositories and YAST or the current NVidia driver from the NVidia Web site?
My system info is as follows:
Then yesterday while playing back videos of TV shows in VLC I had two hard lockups within half an hour. Since I was downloading a 1GB file via Firefox at the top this was annoying as hell. The system was completely frozen and required a hard boot. Clearly there is an issue with the video subsystem.
Remember this is a new clean install on a new hard drive plus all current updates.
Last year with 12.2 I had problems with excessive Xorg CPU consumption. I was never able to figure out the problem as indicated here:
https://forums.opensuse.org/english/...install-5.html
However, with the 12.3 install, all this seemed to go away: I no longer had issues with Firefox freezing for 10-20 seconds on image downloads, and there was no indication of excessive Xorg CPU use. Since I'm running the default nouveau drivers, I am loathe to convert to the proprietary Nvidia drivers since that was what I was running in 12.2. However, last year the nouveau drivers were crashing the system on video playback. If there is still a problem with them this year causing the current crashes, I suppose I'll have to switch back to the proprietary ones.
So the question really is: What drivers should I use for an NVidia GeForce 9800 GT running on an AMD system with an ASUS M3N78 PRO mobo? Will the nouveau work (once the current problem is fixed, if it can be fixed) or should I dump nouveau and run proprietary? And if I run proprietary, should I use the opensuse nvidia repositories and YAST or the current NVidia driver from the NVidia Web site?
My system info is as follows:
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System: Host: spectrum2.site Kernel: 3.7.10-1.16-desktop x86_64 (64 bit)
Desktop: KDE 4.10.5 Distro: openSUSE 12.3 (Dartmouth)
Machine: Mobo: ASUSTeK model: M3N78 PRO version: 1.XX Bios: Phoenix version: ASUS M3N78 PRO 0403 date: 08/26/2008
CPU: Quad core AMD Phenom 9650 (-MCP-) cache: 2048 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4a svm)
Clock Speeds: 1: 1150.00 MHz 2: 2300.00 MHz 3: 1150.00 MHz 4: 1150.00 MHz
Graphics: Card: NVIDIA G92 [GeForce 9800 GT]
X.Org: 1.13.2 drivers: nouveau (unloaded: fbdev,nv,vesa) Resolution: 1600x900@60.0hz
GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on NV92 GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 9.0.2
Audio: Card: NVIDIA MCP72XE/MCP72P/MCP78U/MCP78S High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: k3.7.10-1.16-desktop
Network: Card: NVIDIA MCP77 Ethernet driver: forcedeth
IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full
Drives: HDD Total Size: 5001.0GB (38.0% used) 1: id: /dev/sda model: TOSHIBA_DT01ACA2 size: 2000.4GB
2: id: /dev/sdb model: WDC_WD1001FALS size: 1000.2GB 3: USB id: /dev/sdd model: My_Book_1130 size: 2000.4GB
Partition: ID: / size: 15G used: 8.7G (62%) fs: ext4 ID: /home size: 15G used: 1.1G (8%) fs: ext4
ID: swap-1 size: 2.15GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap
RAID: No RAID devices detected - /proc/mdstat and md_mod kernel raid module present
Sensors: None detected - is lm-sensors installed and configured?
Info: Processes: 161 Uptime: 1:19 Memory: 1492.2/3959.5MB Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 1.9.7
Linux spectrum2.site 3.7.10-1.16-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri May 31 20:21:23 UTC 2013 (97c14ba) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
00:00.0 RAM memory: NVIDIA Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] Memory Controller (rev a2)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] LPC Bridge (rev a2)
00:01.1 SMBus: NVIDIA Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] SMBus (rev a1)
00:01.2 RAM memory: NVIDIA Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:01.3 Co-processor: NVIDIA Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] Co-Processor (rev a2)
00:01.4 RAM memory: NVIDIA Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:02.0 USB controller: NVIDIA Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] OHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a1)
00:02.1 USB controller: NVIDIA Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] EHCI USB 2.0 Controller (rev a1)
00:04.0 USB controller: NVIDIA Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] OHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a1)
00:04.1 USB controller: NVIDIA Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] EHCI USB 2.0 Controller (rev a1)
00:06.0 IDE interface: NVIDIA Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] IDE (rev a1)
00:07.0 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation MCP72XE/MCP72P/MCP78U/MCP78S High Definition Audio (rev a1)
00:08.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] PCI Bridge (rev a1)
00:09.0 IDE interface: NVIDIA Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] SATA Controller (non-AHCI mode) (rev a2)
00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: NVIDIA Corporation MCP77 Ethernet (rev a2)
00:10.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] PCI Express Bridge (rev a1)
00:12.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] PCI Express Bridge (rev a1)
00:13.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] PCI Bridge (rev a1)
00:14.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP78S [GeForce 8200] PCI Bridge (rev a1)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor HyperTransport Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor Miscellaneous Control
00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor Link Control
01:0a.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): LSI Corporation FW322/323 [TrueFire] 1394a Controller (rev 70)
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G92 [GeForce 9800 GT] (rev a2)
# | Alias | Name | Enabled | Refresh | Priority | Type | URI | Service
---+---------------------------+------------------------------------+---------+---------+----------+--------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------
1 | Java | Java | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Java:/packages/openSUSE_12.3/ |
2 | KDE_Extra | KDE Extra | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Extra/openSUSE_12.3/ |
3 | KDE_Updated_Apps | KDE Updated Apps | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/UpdatedApps/openSUSE_12.3/ |
4 | Mozilla | Mozilla Firefox | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/mozilla/openSUSE_12.3/ |
5 | Packman_Essentials | Packman Essentials | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://packman.inode.at/suse/openSUSE_12.3/Essentials |
6 | Packman_Multimedia | Packman Multimedia | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://packman.inode.at/suse/openSUSE_12.3/Multimedia |
7 | Security | Security | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/security:/passwordmanagement/openSUSE_12.3/ |
8 | WINE | WINE | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Emulators:/Wine/openSUSE_12.3/ |
9 | openSUSE_12.3_ISO | openSUSE 12.3 ISO | Yes | No | 99 | yast2 | iso:///?iso=openSUSE-12.3-DVD-x86_64.iso&url=file:///LinuxData2/LinuxPrograms2/OpenSUSEISO/ |
10 | repo-debug | openSUSE-12.3-Debug | No | Yes | 99 | NONE | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/distribution/12.3/repo/oss/ |
11 | repo-debug-update | openSUSE-12.3-Update-Debug | No | Yes | 99 | NONE | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/update/12.3/ |
12 | repo-debug-update-non-oss | openSUSE-12.3-Update-Debug-Non-Oss | No | Yes | 99 | NONE | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/update/12.3-non-oss/ |
13 | repo-non-oss | openSUSE-12.3-Non-Oss | Yes | Yes | 99 | yast2 | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/12.3/repo/non-oss/ |
14 | repo-oss | openSUSE-12.3-Oss | Yes | Yes | 99 | yast2 | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/12.3/repo/oss/ |
15 | repo-source | openSUSE-12.3-Source | No | Yes | 99 | NONE | http://download.opensuse.org/source/distribution/12.3/repo/oss/ |
16 | repo-update | openSUSE-12.3-Update | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/12.3/ |
17 | repo-update-non-oss | openSUSE-12.3-Update-Non-Oss | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/12.3-non-oss/ |
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DOMU_INITRD_MODULES="xennet xenblk"