Noveau driver isn't loaded anymore since kernel 3.2.0-39

[Jan Rathmann]

Hello,

on this machine, since the newest kernel updates the Nouveau driver doesn't get loaded anymore (the graphic card is a Geforce 2 MX). The unfortunate consequence is that the screen resolution is limited to 1024x768.

The last kernel version where the Nouveau driver works is 3.2.0-38 . If I run 3.2.0-39, 3.2.0-40 or the Quantal kernel 3.5.x, the Nouveau kernel modules are obviously not loaded during boot (the output of 'lsmod | grep nouveau' is empty). If I inspect the log files like /var/log/kern.log or /var/log/dmesg, I can't find any reference to the Nouveau driver and no possible hints why it wasn't loaded.

Kind regards,
Jan

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20111201+b5534a1-1build3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-40.64-generic-pae 3.2.40
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-40-generic-pae i686
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: None
Date: Sat Apr 13 19:17:05 2013
DistUpgraded: 2012-09-09 13:25:23,873 DEBUG enabling apt cron job
DistroCodename: precise
DistroVariant: ubuntu
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, even including gdb or git bisection work if needed
GraphicsCard:
 NVIDIA Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX 400] [10de:0110] (rev b2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. AGP-V7100 Pro [1043:4015]
MarkForUpload: True
PlymouthDebug: Error: [Errno 13] Keine Berechtigung: '/var/log/plymouth-debug.log'
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-40-generic-pae root=UUID=21f9d629-6568-4a6b-9b16-6b51bcaa1693 ro quiet splash
SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-09-09 (216 days ago)
dmi.modalias: dmi:
version.compiz: compiz N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.39-0ubuntu0.1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 8.0.4-0ubuntu0.4
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 8.0.4-0ubuntu0.4
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.11.4-0ubuntu10.12
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.0-0ubuntu1.2
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99~git20111219.aacbd629-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.17.0-1ubuntu4.3
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20111201+b5534a1-1build3

[JNH (jordannh)]

I have a Geforce 500GT and occasionally get the same issue. I had to resort to using the NVidia binaries from the webiste.

[Jan Rathmann (kaiserclaudius)]

I have just tested the lastet version of the 3.2 kernel and Nouveau is working properly again, so at least for me this problem is fixed.

Kind regards,
Jan

[penalvch (penalvch)]

As per https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-nouveau/+bug/1168708/comments/3 .