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aantipop

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Registered: 2008-02-15

Posts: 46

[x86_64] nvidia >180.29: kde4 plasma and others use 100% cpu

i have a problem with the latest beta drivers from nvidia (185 series):
plasma uses 100% cpu, when i kill it, krunner uses 100% ..  deleted plasma configs and kdm configs but that didnt change a thing..i also switched from kdemod to kde from extra, same problem..
nay idea what else i can try?
do you guys have success with this (propably outstanding) driver and kde4 ?

Last edited by aantipop (2009-04-09 15:13:28)

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aantipop

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Registered: 2008-02-15

Posts: 46

Re: [x86_64] nvidia >180.29: kde4 plasma and others use 100% cpu

ok same thing with 180.44 and kernel 2.6.29..any driver >180.29 makes plasma go nuts

help please!

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Fackamato

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Registered: 2006-03-31

Posts: 579

Re: [x86_64] nvidia >180.29: kde4 plasma and others use 100% cpu

Add a new user to the system and login to kde with that, which should make all configs for kde default. Still same problem then?

aantipop

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Registered: 2008-02-15

Posts: 46

Re: [x86_64] nvidia >180.29: kde4 plasma and others use 100% cpu

yes, same problem with a new user..  any other ideas ?

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Fackamato

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Registered: 2006-03-31

Posts: 579

Re: [x86_64] nvidia >180.29: kde4 plasma and others use 100% cpu

What xorg version do you use? You could try upgrading to Xorg 1.6 to see if that helps. If it doesn't just downgrade again.

aantipop

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Registered: 2008-02-15

Posts: 46

Re: [x86_64] nvidia >180.29: kde4 plasma and others use 100% cpu

i was using xorg-server 1.5.3..
after upgrading to 1.6 i can use 180.44.

but still 185.19 + xorg 1.6 does not work here , but the errors were not kde related this time:

dlopen: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//nvidia_drv.so: invalid ELF header
(EE) Failed to load /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//nvidia_drv.so
(EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (loader failed, 7)
(EE) No drivers available.
Fatal server error:
no screens found

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MoonSwan

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From: Great White North

Registered: 2008-01-23

Posts: 881

Re: [x86_64] nvidia >180.29: kde4 plasma and others use 100% cpu

There was a thread or news item not long ago about "stale" drivers when running the nvidia driver from pacman's repos then switching to the "official" drivers.  Try a search for "stale driver" or similar & see what turns up maybe?  Long shot I know but what the hell, you have nothing to lose except 10mins of search time.