nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: Pointer to flat panel table invalid

[Mohd Imran Jamadar]

I get this error message, printed when using a upstream kernel 4.10.8, which i know is not support by Ubuntu but wanted to report anyways.

nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: Pointer to flat panel table invalid.

Please advise.
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ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8.2
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-03-19 (15 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Release amd64 (20161012.2)
Package: nouveau-kernel-source
Tags: yakkety
Uname: Linux 4.10.8-041008-generic x86_64
UnreportableReason: The running kernel is not an Ubuntu kernel
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups:

_MarkForUpload: True

[Brad Figg (brad-figg)]

This bug is missing log files that will aid in diagnosing the problem. From a terminal window please run:

apport-collect 1679634

and then change the status of the bug to 'Confirmed'.

If, due to the nature of the issue you have encountered, you are unable to run this command, please add a comment stating that fact and change the bug status to 'Confirmed'.

This change has been made by an automated script, maintained by the Ubuntu Kernel Team.

[Joseph Salisbury (jsalisbury)]

Does the bug not happen with 4.10.7?

Also, can you give the latest mainline kernel a try:
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.11-rc5/

[Mohd Imran Jamadar (imranmohd72)]

apport information

[Mohd Imran Jamadar (imranmohd72)]

apport information

[Mohd Imran Jamadar (imranmohd72)]

#2 sure i will give both kernels a try and report back. let me install them and get back.

Regards.

[Mohd Imran Jamadar (imranmohd72)]

Ref to your comment#2 i confirm the same error message being printed during bootup, for latest 4.11.RC5 kernel and 4.10.7-041007-generic.

Have attached a screenshot, please check and advise?

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1679634/comments/2

[Piotr Kołaczkowski (pkolaczk-u)]

I confirm the bug exists on kernel 4.11.1 and Dell precision 5520 with Nvidia Quadro 1200M:

[ 6.658188] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: fb: 4096 MiB GDDR5
[ 6.658219] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: bus: MMIO read of 00000000 FAULT at 10ac08 [ IBUS ]
[ 6.658271] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: priv: HUB0: 10ecc0 ffffffff (1f40822c)
[ 6.712256] vga_switcheroo: enabled
[ 6.712541] [TTM] Zone kernel: Available graphics memory: 8074088 kiB
[ 6.712541] [TTM] Zone dma32: Available graphics memory: 2097152 kiB
[ 6.712541] [TTM] Initializing pool allocator
[ 6.712544] [TTM] Initializing DMA pool allocator
[ 6.712553] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: VRAM: 4096 MiB
[ 6.712554] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: GART: 1048576 MiB
[ 6.712556] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: Pointer to TMDS table invalid
[ 6.712558] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: DCB version 4.0
[ 6.712559] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: Pointer to flat panel table invalid
[ 6.743347] sed_opal:OPAL: Error on step function: 0 with error -95: Unknown Error
[ 6.745832] nvme0n1: p1 p2 p3 p4
[ 6.754218] random: fast init done
[ 6.766581] usb 1-1: new full-speed USB device number 2 using xhci_hcd
[ 6.770591] usb 3-1: new high-speed USB device number 2 using xhci_hcd
[ 6.792129] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: hwmon_device_register() is deprecated. Please convert the driver to use hwmon_device_register_with_info().
[ 6.838098] ata2: SATA link down (SStatus 4 SControl 300)
[ 6.855030] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: MM: using COPY for buffer copies

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Que mas da (yetro69)]

I have the same problem in debian 9 with optimus laptop with:

Linux debian-p 4.9.0-3-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.30-2+deb9u2 (2017-06-26) x86_64 GNU/Linux

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 06)
 Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller
 Kernel driver in use: i915
 Kernel modules: i915

01:00.0 3D controller: NVIDIA Corporation GM107M [GeForce GTX 860M] (rev a2)
 Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer GM107M [GeForce GTX 860M]
 Kernel driver in use: nouveau
 Kernel modules: nouveau

[ 4.426265] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: enabling device (0006 -> 0007)
[ 4.426363] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: NVIDIA GM107 (117120a2)
[ 4.577739] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: bios: version 82.07.27.00.0d
[ 4.682139] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: fb: 2048 MiB GDDR5
[ 4.682195] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: priv: HUB0: 10ecc0 ffffffff (1f40822c)
[ 6.223147] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: VRAM: 2048 MiB
[ 6.223148] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: GART: 1048576 MiB
[ 6.223150] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: Pointer to TMDS table invalid
[ 6.223172] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: DCB version 4.0
[ 6.223173] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: Pointer to flat panel table invalid
[ 6.354290] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: MM: using COPY for buffer copies
[ 6.354295] [drm] Initialized nouveau 1.3.1 20120801 for 0000:01:00.0 on minor 1
[ 11.999017] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: evicting buffers...
[ 11.999018] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: waiting for kernel channels to go idle...
[ 11.999032] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: suspending client object trees...
[ 12.001747] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: suspending kernel object tree...
[ 13.482763] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: resuming kernel object tree...
[ 13.616386] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: priv: HUB0: 10ecc0 ffffffff (1940822c)
[ 13.636763] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: resuming client object trees...
[ 20.959400] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: evicting buffers...
[ 20.959404] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: waiting for kernel channels to go idle...
[ 20.959425] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: suspending client object trees...
[ 20.962348] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: suspending kernel object tree...
[ 98.386653] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: resuming kernel object tree...
[ 98.524256] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: priv: HUB0: 10ecc0 ffffffff (1940822c)
[ 98.544654] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: resuming client object trees...
[ 103.823552] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: evicting buffers...
[ 103.823556] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: waiting for kernel channels to go idle...
[ 103.823578] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: suspending client object trees...
[ 103.826577] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: suspending kernel object tree...
[ 448.704642] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: resuming kernel object tree...
[ 448.838020] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: priv: HUB0: 10ecc0 ffffffff (1940822c)
[ 448.858646] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: resuming client object trees...
[ 454.709394] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: evicting buffers...
[ 454.709398] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: waiting for kernel channels to go idle...
[ 454.709420] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: suspending client object trees...
[ 454...