Very poor performance with xserver-xorg-video-nouveau live bionic beta-1 session

Bug #1754072 reported by Richard Elkins
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xserver-xorg-video-nouveau (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
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Bug Description

Observations from using the Xubuntu bionic beta-1 (2018-03-06) installation image on a USB stick.

1) Sometimes during a boot from the USB stick, the video (Nvidea) is detected correctly and very quickly the expected first 2 screens appear (Language, Install/Try menu). While this happens and on into the installation or live session, performance is acceptable.

2) Sometimes during a boot from the USB stick, the video is not detected correctly and an alternate screen set is presented. While this happens and on into the installation or live session, performance is extremely slow.

Whether you get one or the other seems to be a matter of luck. Both cases are eventually reproducible.

Hardware:
   - Assembled 2009-04-15
   - Zotac IONITX-F-E Mini-ITX motherboard
      * CPU Intel Atom 330 (1.6GHz, dual-core)
      * NVIDIA GeForce 9400
   - RAM: 4GB DDR3
   - Graphics support auto-selected:
      * Kernel module - nvidiafb
      * Xorg video driver - nvidia-340
   - Permanent storage: SSD 60GB
   - RJ45 Ethernet: Nvidia forcedeth kernel module
   - Mini-ITX enclosure: Habey EMC-800S Silver

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.15-2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-10.11-generic 4.15.3
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-10-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.8-0ubuntu10
Architecture: amd64
BootLog: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/boot.log'
CasperVersion: 1.389
CompositorRunning: None
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Wed Mar 7 15:32:07 2018
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: bionic
DistroVariant: ubuntu
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes
GraphicsCard:
 NVIDIA Corporation ION VGA [10de:087d] (rev b1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: ZOTAC International (MCO) Ltd. ION VGA [19da:a108]
LiveMediaBuild: Xubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Alpha amd64 (20180306.1)
MachineType: To Be Filled By O.E.M. To Be Filled By O.E.M.
ProcKernelCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/hostname.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash --- maybe-ubiquity
SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 07/20/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 080015
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.board.vendor: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.board.version: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr080015:bd07/20/2009:svnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:rvnTobefilledbyO.E.M.:rnTobefilledbyO.E.M.:rvrTobefilledbyO.E.M.:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
dmi.product.family: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.product.name: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.product.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.sys.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
version.compiz: compiz N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.90-1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 18.0.0~rc4-1ubuntu3
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 18.0.0~rc4-1ubuntu3
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.19.6-1ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.10.0-1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20171229-1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.15-2

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Richard Elkins (texadactyl) wrote :
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Ubuntu QA Website (ubuntuqa) wrote :

This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu ISO testing tracker.

A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here:
http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/reports/bugs/1754072

tags: added: iso-testing
summary: - Very poor xserver-xorg-video-nouveau live bionic beta-1 session
+ Very poor performance with xserver-xorg-video-nouveau live bionic beta-1
+ session
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Kev Bowring (flocculant) wrote :

Is this bug the result of trying to test suspend in a virtual machine?

Changed in xserver-xorg-video-nouveau (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Richard Elkins (texadactyl) wrote :

This was a Live Session without VM.

The OEM screen report (#1754150) and this one are probably related.

Sometimes when I boot that machine with the installation USB stick, the video hardware is detected correctly and I see your mp4 sequence of screens.

Other times when I boot the same machine with the same installation USB stick, I see what I reported on #1754150.

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Richard Elkins (texadactyl) wrote :

I think that the slowness and the alternate screen sequence is related.

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Richard Elkins (texadactyl) wrote :

The attachment is what I see when video detection succeeds.

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Richard Elkins (texadactyl) wrote :

The attachment is the 1st screen when video detection fails.

description: updated
Changed in xserver-xorg-video-nouveau (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → New
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Richard Elkins (texadactyl) wrote :

No longer an issue but nobody updated this bug report.

Changed in xserver-xorg-video-nouveau (Ubuntu):
status: New → Fix Released
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