# Open kernel module crashes on startup with \`Chipset Setup Function Error!\`

**URL:** <https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/open-kernel-module-crashes-on-startup-with-chipset-setup-function-error/227290>\
**Category:** Linux\
**Tags:** kernel, boot\
**Created:** [September 7, 2022, 2:05pm UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/open-kernel-module-crashes-on-startup-with-chipset-setup-function-error/227290 "2022-09-07T14:05:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![goldsteine](https://developer.download.nvidia.com/images/forums/profile-default-devtalk-84.png) [@goldsteine](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/goldsteine)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2022, 2:05pm UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/open-kernel-module-crashes-on-startup-with-chipset-setup-function-error/227290/1 "2022-09-07T14:05:12Z")

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After that laptop has black screen, with small static white rectangle in the top-left corner.

[dmesg](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/uploads/short-url/vAJGywEecIctGZGfLvlgsqDA4oR) (120.3 KB)

I can’t attach nvidia-bug-report, since computer won’t boot at all with this driver.

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**Author:** ![generix](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/nvidia/user_avatar/forums.developer.nvidia.com/generix/32/16024_2.png) [@generix](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/generix)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2022, 2:19pm UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/open-kernel-module-crashes-on-startup-with-chipset-setup-function-error/227290/2 "2022-09-07T14:19:27Z")

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Bugs for the open kernel modules are best posted on github. There’s also already an issue opened:  
[https://github.com/NVIDIA/open-gpu-kernel-modules/issues/331](https://github.com/NVIDIA/open-gpu-kernel-modules/issues/331)

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**Author:** ![goldsteine](https://developer.download.nvidia.com/images/forums/profile-default-devtalk-84.png) [@goldsteine](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/goldsteine)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2022, 2:22pm UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/open-kernel-module-crashes-on-startup-with-chipset-setup-function-error/227290/3 "2022-09-07T14:22:54Z")

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Thanks, I’ll look into it