Is 4.9 kernel EOL?Nvidia GeForce4, NV17M issues with 4.19[Solved]

[Moderator caprea]

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To add a boot-parameter permanently you have to change the “GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT” in
/etc/default/grub

Example , mine looks like that
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet"
If I wanted to add your code , it would have to be changed to
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet nouveau.modeset=1"

After you saved the changes run
sudo update-grub

It’s better to first try a boot parameter. You can do this by pressing the letter e on the boot screen.
From the following screen go (with up and down, left and right arrows) to the line that starts with linux.
Add your boot-parameter to the end (possibly it’s running over two lines) (use a space character and then your parameter) of that line and then press F10
The PC will now boot for one time with the command for trying it out.

You should control if the system is booted with your changes with the command

cat /proc/cmdline

If the parameter helps you can add it to /etc/default/grub permanently. Don’t forget to update grub afterwards.

[Member andfree]

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$ cat /proc/cmdline
BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.19.0-256-antix.1-486-smp root=UUID=acc3c939-114e-4a66-a7a7-84666f9cfe27 ro quiet nouveau.modeset=1

Thank you, but it doesn’t seem to make any difference.

[Moderator caprea]

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Pity, did you do any attempts to install a nvidia driver on that system, this can cause sometimes backlistings of nouveau
Please check if an /etc/X11/xorg.conf file exists .
Could you post a inxi -Gxxx with that boot parameter active ?
We could try to write a xorg.conf or 20-nouveau.conf, let’s see if I can find a good template for nouveau on the net.
Does the newest antiX kernel 5.10.142 boot your system and did you already try it?

• This reply was modified 4 months, 1 week ago by caprea. Reason: fixed typo

[Member andfree]

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caprea wrote:

Does the newest antiX kernel 5.10.142 boot your system and did you already try it?

Unbelievable. It seems to be OK. I hadn’t tried it, because I couldn’t think such a possibility as realistic. Many thanks.

[Moderator caprea]

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This is a very pleasant solution.
Please inxi -Gxxx
or better inxi -zv7
Please for information, I assume the parameter is not needed for 5.10.142 ?

• This reply was modified 4 months, 1 week ago by caprea.

[Member sybok]

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‘inxi -Gxxx’ already present in https://www.antixforum.com/forums/topic/is-4-9-kernel-reaching-eol/#post-96590 (at the end of the code/quoted text).

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[Moderator caprea]

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Yes, I would like an inxi with the new 5.10.142-kernel, to see if the drivers are loaded correctly now.

[Member andfree]

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$ inxi -zv7
System:
  Kernel: 5.10.142-antix.2-486-smp arch: i686 bits: 32 compiler: gcc
    v: 10.2.1 Desktop: IceWM v: 3.3.0 dm: slimski v: 1.5.0
    Distro: antiX-21_386-base Grup Yorum 31 October 2021
    base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: TOSHIBA product: Satellite 2450 v: PS245E-03TE0-GK
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 v: Version 1.0
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: TOSHIBA model: Portable PC v: Version A0
    serial: <superuser required> BIOS: TOSHIBA v: Version 1.30 date: 03/20/2003
Memory:
  RAM: total: 997.7 MiB used: 525 MiB (52.6%)
  RAM Report:
    permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
  Info: single core model: Intel Pentium 4 bits: 32 arch: Netburst Northwood
    rev: 7 cache: 512 KiB note: check
  Speed (MHz): 2793 min/max: N/A core: 1: 2793 bogomips: 5586
  Flags: acpi bts cid clflush cmov cpuid cx8 de dts fpu fxsr ht mca mce mmx
    msr mtrr pae pat pbe pebs pge pse pse36 sep ss sse sse2 tm tsc vme xtpr
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA NV17M [GeForce4 420 Go] vendor: Toshiba driver: nouveau
    v: kernel arch: Kelvin ports: active: LVDS-1 empty: TV-1,VGA-1
    bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:0175 class-ID: 0300
  Display: server: X.Org v: 1.20.11 driver: X: loaded: nouveau
    unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa alternate: nv gpu: nouveau
    display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1024x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 270x203mm (10.63x7.99")
    s-diag: 338mm (13.3")
  Monitor-1: LVDS-1 res: 1024x768 hz: 60 size: N/A modes: max: 1024x768
    min: 640x350
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI nv17 x86/MMX/SSE2 v: 1.2 Mesa 20.3.5
    direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 82801DB/DBL/DBM AC97 Audio vendor: Toshiba
    driver: snd_intel8x0 v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1f.5 chip-ID: 8086:24c5
    class-ID: 0401
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.142-antix.2-486-smp running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL-8100/8101L/8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
    vendor: Toshiba driver: 8139too v: 0.9.28 port: ce00 bus-ID: 02:09.0
    chip-ID: 10ec:8139 class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros TP-Link TL-WN821N v2 / TL-WN822N v1 802.11n
    [Atheros AR9170]
    type: USB driver: carl9170 bus-ID: 1-3:2 chip-ID: 0cf3:1002
    class-ID: ff00 serial: <filter>
  IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> scope: global broadcast: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> type: dynamic mngtmpaddr scope: global
  IP v6: <filter> scope: link
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Message: No bluetooth data found.
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 93.16 GiB used: 31.81 GiB (34.1%)
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Toshiba model: MK1032GAX size: 93.16 GiB
    speed: <unknown> type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 1A scheme: MBR
  Optical-1: /dev/sr0 vendor: TOSHIBA model: DVD-ROM SD-R6012 rev: 1334
    dev-links: cdrom,cdrw,dvd,dvdrw
  Features: speed: 24 multisession: yes audio: yes dvd: yes
    rw: cd-r,cd-rw,dvd-r state: running
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 89.65 GiB used: 31.81 GiB (35.5%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
    label: rootantiX21 uuid: acc3c939-114e-4a66-a7a7-84666f9cfe27
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 1.5 GiB used: 3.5 MiB (0.2%)
    priority: -2 dev: /dev/sda2 label: swapantiX
    uuid: 79119e85-3abd-4361-991c-23c420848b20
Unmounted:
  Message: No unmounted partitions found.
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-3:2 info: Qualcomm Atheros TP-Link TL-WN821N v2 / TL-WN822N
    v1 802.11n [Atheros AR9170]
    type: Network driver: carl9170 interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
    power: 500mA chip-ID: 0cf3:1002 class-ID: ff00 serial: <filter>
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1
    speed: 12 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0001 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1
    speed: 12 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0001 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1
    speed: 12 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0001 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  Message: No sensor data found. Is lm-sensors configured?
Info:
  Processes: 122 Uptime: 22m wakeups: 2 Init: runit v: N/A runlevel: 2
  default: 5 Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 alt: 10 Packages: apt: 1555 Shell: Bash
  v: 5.1.4 running-in: urxvt inxi: 3.3.19

caprea wrote:

I assume the parameter is not needed for 5.10.142

Right.

This kernel is supported till December 2026, isn’t it?

• This reply was modified 4 months ago by andfree.

[Member andfree]

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A little more info:

andfree wrote:

Flags: acpi bts cid clflush cmov cpuid cx8 de dts fpu fxsr ht mca mce mmx msr mtrr pae pat pbe pebs pge pse pse36 sep ss sse sse2 tm tsc vme xtpr

This made me think to give a try to the pae version of the 5.10.142 kernel, but, when I booted it, the problem appeared again. So, I’ll stick with the non-pae version. I hope it will be OK till Dec, 2026. Once again, thanks for your help.

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Thanks andfree. So, if I understand you right, you say that the non-pae kernel boots in the right resolution( with the right driver nouveau) and the pae kernel doesn’t on this PAE laptop.
Makes no sense to me, strange. I would say the 5.10 kernel is a longterm kernel.Then the year 2026 would apply. But only anticapitalista knows for sure.

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caprea wrote:

you say that the non-pae kernel boots in the right resolution( with the right driver nouveau) and the pae kernel doesn’t on this PAE laptop.
Makes no sense to me, strange.

I actually said that the non-pae kernel is the only one that boots in the right resolution (with the right driver nouveau on its own; no need for me to do something for this).
I didn’t remember that this was a PAE laptop. I used non-pae kernels & I thought I had reasons to do so. I can’t explain it & I can’t find any older post of mine that would make it more sensible.

• This reply was modified 4 months ago by andfree.

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