[drm] failed to load kernel module "nouveau"
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
xserver-xorg-video-nouveau (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: xserver-
I'm not using the nouveau PPA. Recently nouveau arrived in the lucid repository, and was working fine for me (well done!).
But after a recent update, when gdm starts I get the nv driver, not nouveau. In Xorg.0.log I see:
[drm] failed to load kernel module "nouveau"
I discovered the following work around: (1) stop gdm (2) modprobe lbm_nouveau (3) start gdm
Doing "modprobe lbm_nouveau" causes the screen to go black, so I actually do "sleep 1m; start gdm"
in another console before doing the modprobe. The result is that gdm starts up with the nouveau
driver, and all is well.
Here is the initial part of a diff of Xorg.0.log, between the one that failed to load nouveau, and the
other that did load nouveau:
16c16
< (==) Log file: "/var/log/
---
> (==) Log file: "/var/log/
23c23
< (++) using VT number 7
---
> (--) using VT number 7
107c107
< (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/
---
> (II) Open ACPI successful (/var/run/
207,208c207,214
< [drm] failed to load kernel module "nouveau"
< (EE) [drm] failed to open device
---
> drmOpenDevice: open result is 8, (OK)
> drmOpenByBusid: Searching for BusID pci:0000:01:00.0
> drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
> drmOpenDevice: open result is 8, (OK)
> drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns 8
> drmOpenByBusid: drmGetBusid reports pci:0000:01:00.0
> (II) [drm] nouveau interface version: 0.0.15
> (WW) Falling back to old probe method for vesa
216,225c222,315
< (II) Loading sub module "vbe"
< (II) LoadModule: "vbe"
< (II) Loading /usr/lib/
< (II) Module vbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
< compiled for 1.7.5, module version = 1.1.0
< ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 6.0
< (II) Loading sub module "int10"
...
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Feb 26 15:35:59 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
NonfreeKernelMo
Package: xserver-
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSign
SourcePackage: xserver-
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-14-generic x86_64
---
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
NonfreeKernelMo
Package: xserver-
PackageArchitec
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSign
Tags: lucid
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-14-generic x86_64
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout fuse lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
Changed in xserver-xorg-video-nouveau (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Incomplete |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
assignee: | nobody → Chris Halse Rogers (raof) |
We really need the kernel log for your boot to be able to debug this properly. Could you boot up, trigger this bug, and then run “apport-collect 528488”? This should attach enough information for us to get started.