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#1 2015-09-30 01:25:54

STREBLO
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After System Upgrade Screen Scrolling Nonstop

I just ran a system upgrade that upgraded the kernel (4.1.6-1 -> 4.2.1-1) and my nvidia drivers  (352.41-1 -> 355.11-2). After I rebooted the screen was just infinitely scrolling vertically extremely fast and I cant do anything.

For example:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
_________1_________    _________2_________    _________3_________
<-----------------------------> | <-----------------------------> | <----------------------------->
<-----------------------------> | <-----------------------------> | <----------------------------->
<--------- Screen ---------> | <-----------------------------> | <----------------------------->
<-----------------------------> | <--------- Screen ---------> | <----------------------------->
<-----------------------------> | <-----------------------------> | <--------- Screen --------->

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
_________4_________    _________5_________    _________6_________
<--------- Screen ---------> | <-----------------------------> | <----------------------------->
<-----------------------------> | <--------- Screen ---------> | <----------------------------->
<-----------------------------> | <-----------------------------> | <--------- Screen --------->
<-----------------------------> | <-----------------------------> | <----------------------------->
<-----------------------------> | <-----------------------------> | <----------------------------->
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I am chrooted into my install and I was going to downgrade nvidia but I got the message:

resolving dependencies...
warning: cannot resolve "linux<4.2", a dependency of "nvidia"
:: The following package cannot be upgraded due to unresolvable dependencies:
      nvidia

The packages upgraded were:

[2015-09-29 15:24] [ALPM] upgraded graphite (1:1.3.2-1 -> 1:1.3.3-1)
[2015-09-29 15:24] [ALPM] upgraded libsystemd (226-1 -> 226-3)
[2015-09-29 15:24] [ALPM] upgraded systemd (226-1 -> 226-3)
[2015-09-29 15:24] [ALPM] upgraded nvidia-utils (352.41-1 -> 355.11-1)
[2015-09-29 15:24] [ALPM] upgraded nvidia-libgl (352.41-1 -> 355.11-1)
[2015-09-29 15:24] [ALPM] upgraded llvm-libs (3.6.2-4 -> 3.7.0-4)
[2015-09-29 15:24] [ALPM] upgraded mesa (10.6.7-1 -> 11.0.1-1)
[2015-09-29 15:24] [ALPM] upgraded baloo (5.14.0-3 -> 5.14.0-4)
[2015-09-29 15:24] [ALPM] upgraded bluez (5.34-2 -> 5.35-1)
[2015-09-29 15:24] [ALPM] upgraded clang (3.6.2-4 -> 3.7.0-4)
[2015-09-29 15:24] [ALPM] upgraded git (2.5.3-1 -> 2.6.0-1)
[2015-09-29 15:24] [ALPM] upgraded kdepim-runtime (15.08.1-2 -> 15.08.1-3)
[2015-09-29 15:24] [ALPM] upgraded lib32-llvm-libs (3.6.2-1 -> 3.7.0-2)
[2015-09-29 15:24] [ALPM] upgraded lib32-mesa (10.6.7-1 -> 11.0.1-1)
[2015-09-29 15:24] [ALPM] upgraded lib32-nvidia-utils (352.41-1 -> 355.11-1)
[2015-09-29 15:24] [ALPM] upgraded lib32-nvidia-libgl (352.41-1 -> 355.11-1)
[2015-09-29 15:24] [ALPM] upgraded libindi (1.0.0-2 -> 1.1.0-1)
[2015-09-29 15:24] [ALPM] upgraded linux-firmware (20150722.e10097a-1 -> 20150904.6ebf5d5-1)
[2015-09-29 15:25] [ALPM] upgraded linux (4.1.6-1 -> 4.2.1-1)
[2015-09-29 15:25] [ALPM] upgraded nvidia (352.41-1 -> 355.11-2)
[2015-09-29 15:25] [ALPM] upgraded qtcreator (3.5.0-1 -> 3.5.0-3)
[2015-09-29 15:25] [ALPM] upgraded systemd-sysvcompat (226-1 -> 226-3)
[2015-09-29 15:25] [ALPM] upgraded virtualbox-host-modules (5.0.4-1 -> 5.0.4-2)
[2015-09-29 15:25] [ALPM] upgraded xfsprogs (3.2.4-1 -> 4.2.0-1)

I am currently attempting to restore, will I end up with the same problem when I update?

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#2 2015-09-30 02:16:26

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Re: After System Upgrade Screen Scrolling Nonstop

Is this an old CRT system, or is that an LCD display?   Is it an internal laptop display or an external monitor? What kind of cable is it? DVI? HDMI? VGA?

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#3 2015-09-30 02:23:49

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Re: After System Upgrade Screen Scrolling Nonstop

ewaller wrote:

Is this an old CRT system, or is that an LCD display?   Is it an internal laptop display or an external monitor? What kind of cable is it? DVI? HDMI? VGA?

It's a fairly new Panasonic 4K TV, i'm using HDMI.

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#4 2015-09-30 03:13:24

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Re: After System Upgrade Screen Scrolling Nonstop

Nice -- a 4K TV as a monitor.   I don't use NVidia, so I cannot help too much, but I do have a reasonable video background.    With HDMI, it is not going to be any of the traditional vsync problems.
Had this worked before?
Does this happen with Xorg, or does it happen from the console before Xorg starts?

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#5 2015-09-30 06:02:09

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Re: After System Upgrade Screen Scrolling Nonstop

So I just did a restore to an old image i had hoping that something had just been messed up on my system. But when I updated it did the same thing. Should I do a full reinstall or would I have the same problem?

I'm going to try downgrading the nvidia packages first and see if that helps.

ewaller wrote:

Nice -- a 4K TV as a monitor.   I don't use NVidia, so I cannot help too much, but I do have a reasonable video background.    With HDMI, it is not going to be any of the traditional vsync problems.
Had this worked before?
Does this happen with Xorg, or does it happen from the console before Xorg starts?

It's never happened. I get the normal bootup but I have it booting straight into kde so I don't see the console. It starts as soon as the kde splash appears.

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#6 2015-09-30 06:26:42

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Re: After System Upgrade Screen Scrolling Nonstop

Well I just downgraded nvidia and the kernel modules. Attempting to boot now.

Edit: I just booted up and downgrading has fixed the problem. So is it the kernel or the nvidia drivers?

Last edited by STREBLO (2015-09-30 07:07:40)

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#7 2015-10-01 05:43:12

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Re: After System Upgrade Screen Scrolling Nonstop

Most probably it is a problem in the nvidia drivers. There are a couple of threads describing (possibly related) issues with the latest nvidia driver. However, what is your current resolution and what is the native resolution of your monitor?

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#8 2015-10-01 20:49:28

STREBLO
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Re: After System Upgrade Screen Scrolling Nonstop

mauritiusdadd wrote:

Most probably it is a problem in the nvidia drivers. There are a couple of threads describing (possibly related) issues with the latest nvidia driver. However, what is your current resolution and what is the native resolution of your monitor?

It is set to 3840x2160. I think that's the native res.

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#9 2015-10-02 05:43:32

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Re: After System Upgrade Screen Scrolling Nonstop

Does it work if you change the resolution to a lower value?

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#10 2015-10-02 22:31:18

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Re: After System Upgrade Screen Scrolling Nonstop

mauritiusdadd wrote:

Does it work if you change the resolution to a lower value?

I cant do anything, i'ts not usable so I can't change the res. I had to freeze the kernel at 4.1 and nvidia drivers at v352.

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#11 2015-10-03 06:50:39

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Re: After System Upgrade Screen Scrolling Nonstop

STREBLO wrote:
mauritiusdadd wrote:

Does it work if you change the resolution to a lower value?

I cant do anything, i'ts not usable so I can't change the res. I had to freeze the kernel at 4.1 and nvidia drivers at v352.

I understand. I'm sorry but I have no other suggestion... it seems there are a few issues with the latest nvidia drivers and maybe your is related to them.
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#12 2015-10-03 20:04:03

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Re: After System Upgrade Screen Scrolling Nonstop

mauritiusdadd wrote:
STREBLO wrote:
mauritiusdadd wrote:

Does it work if you change the resolution to a lower value?

I cant do anything, i'ts not usable so I can't change the res. I had to freeze the kernel at 4.1 and nvidia drivers at v352.

I understand. I'm sorry but I have no other suggestion... it seems there are a few issues with the latest nvidia drivers and maybe your is related to them.
For the record, see:

Than's for the help.

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#13 2015-10-07 01:25:44

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Re: After System Upgrade Screen Scrolling Nonstop

What really sucks though is now I can't upgrade my kernel. Does anyone know a way around this?

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#14 2015-10-07 01:50:23

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Re: After System Upgrade Screen Scrolling Nonstop

STREBLO wrote:

What really sucks though is now I can't upgrade my kernel. Does anyone know a way around this?

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=57855

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