Is this how you blacklist modules? (loud nvidia fan)

forkbomb · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 22 Apr 2009 Posts: 115

My fresh install of Gentoo has an issue with loud fans on my nvidia 8600GTS (EVGA card). It's an issue with the Linux drivers that nvidia has known about for something like two years but apparently won't fix. I'd rather not resort to third-party software (eg nvclock) to control the fans unless some folks can convince me it works well and without issues.

Anyway, on Arch, I had the same issue and managed to quiet the fans by blacklisting the "video" module in rc.conf. Is there a similar way to blacklist a module in Gentoo? I've tried "blacklist video" in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist but there seems to be no improvement.

It's definitely a driver issue. I've checked for the obvious stuff like dust. Not to mention the fan only goes into "jet engine mode" (top fan speed as far as I can tell) when I fire up an X session. Heat wise, according to nvidia-settings, it runs cool and stable at about 75 degrees Celsius (good enough for stock coolers).

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justinkb · Apprentice Joined: 23 Dec 2008 Posts: 161

75 degrees celcius under no load?

disi · Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 12:26 pm Post subject:

I have GF 7950 GT since about 3 years and they run also on about 70. Never had any problems and as I remember you have to start worrying at around 120.

forkbomb · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 22 Apr 2009 Posts: 115

PaulBredbury · Watchman Joined: 14 Jul 2005 Posts: 7310

justinkb · Apprentice Joined: 23 Dec 2008 Posts: 161

follow the instructions here

http://wccftech.com/forum/overclocking-modding-benchmarking-and-tweaking/19704-guide-to-ati-4870-bios-flash-top-asus-bios-flash-included.html

to make a usb boot 'disk' (pen), needs to be done under windows btw. obviously, instead of the atiflash etc. put another flash app on it.

M · Guru Joined: 12 Dec 2006 Posts: 432

So, if you are going to try to flash bios why not then try first nvclock? I remember when there was some buggy driver version that spinned fan on maximum all folks were using nvclock to set fan speed to normal. Anyway, is video module now loaded? You can always recompile kernel and turn off module, no need to blacklist anything.

forkbomb · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 22 Apr 2009 Posts: 115

Grr. This is getting frustrating.

I installed nvclock from CVS and in order to make it do anything I'd have to use the force flag and I'd rather not do that.
I'm not flashing my BIOS over this. Maybe it's me being stubborn but I'm not going to risk a BIOS flash because of something nvidia refuses to fix. Any way to install old nvidia drivers through portage (this issue has more or less been constant since about version 169 or so)?

I tried compiling out some video stuff but I'm a bit lost as to which module is the "video" one - there wasn't a part of the kernel in menuconfig labelled as just "video" so I have no idea what I'd compile out. After recompiling my kernel it would boot but I couldn't get an x session to start so I'm back with the genkernel build right now.

Either way it's all kind of moot because my X session doesn't have working mouse or keyboard - a problem I had before but fixed. I don't know why it resurfaced.

EDIT: no, the video module is not running according to lsmod but I'm still having the massive fan speed issue when I start an X session (that I must kill through ssh because my mouse and keyboard won't work :roll:

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forkbomb · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 22 Apr 2009 Posts: 115

Okay, last "update"...

I got my X server to run properly using my old Arch xorg.conf, which is odd because the mouse and keyboard sections were pretty much the same. Oh well. It works so I'm happy.

I've noticed the loud fan issue seems to stop after a few seconds to a few minutes. Whether that means the fan is completely stopping or just slowing down I can't tell. But I've been monitoring the temp and haven't seen it above 75 degrees Celsius.