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[drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: no space while unhiding cursor

Bug #583714 reported by tdn on 2010-05-21

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #583760: [PATCH] Mouse cursor dissappears with nouveau. Edit Remove

This bug affects 3 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	libdrm (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

I have recently installed Kubuntu 10.04 LTS with the new nouveau driver. Most things work fine, but sometimes I keep getting thousands of lines in the logs. Lines like these:
2010-05-21T11:17:56.040003+02:00 malbec.vineyard.sikkerhed.org kernel: [11256.546898] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: no space while unhiding cursor
2010-05-21T11:17:56.108013+02:00 malbec.vineyard.sikkerhed.org kernel: [11256.614798] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: no space while unhiding cursor
2010-05-21T11:17:56.184975+02:00 malbec.vineyard.sikkerhed.org kernel: [11256.692352] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: no space while unhiding cursor
2010-05-21T11:17:56.263973+02:00 malbec.vineyard.sikkerhed.org kernel: [11256.771752] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: no space while unhiding cursor
2010-05-21T11:17:56.331997+02:00 malbec.vineyard.sikkerhed.org kernel: [11256.839417] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: no space while unhiding cursor
2010-05-21T11:17:56.412977+02:00 malbec.vineyard.sikkerhed.org kernel: [11256.918600] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: no space while unhiding cursor
2010-05-21T11:17:56.920040+02:00 malbec.vineyard.sikkerhed.org kernel: [11257.425675] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: no space while unhiding cursor
2010-05-21T11:17:57.003908+02:00 malbec.vineyard.sikkerhed.org kernel: [11257.505313] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: no space while unhiding cursor
2010-05-21T11:17:57.121062+02:00 malbec.vineyard.sikkerhed.org kernel: [11257.628917] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: no space while unhiding cursor
2010-05-21T11:17:57.203994+02:00 malbec.vineyard.sikkerhed.org kernel: [11257.709972] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: no space while unhiding cursor
2010-05-21T11:17:57.289004+02:00 malbec.vineyard.sikkerhed.org kernel: [11257.795416] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: no space while unhiding cursor
2010-05-21T11:18:05.832018+02:00 malbec.vineyard.sikkerhed.org kernel: [11266.336542] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: no space while unhiding cursor
2010-05-21T11:18:05.912998+02:00 malbec.vineyard.sikkerhed.org kernel: [11266.419666] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: no space while unhiding cursor
2010-05-21T11:18:08.477003+02:00 malbec.vineyard.sikkerhed.org kernel: [11268.984764] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: no space while unhiding cursor
2010-05-21T11:18:08.552967+02:00 malbec.vineyard.sikkerhed.org kernel: [11269.059488] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: no space while unhiding cursor
2010-05-21T11:18:08.636492+02:00 malbec.vineyard.sikkerhed.org kernel: [11269.140201] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: no space while unhiding cursor
2010-05-21T11:18:08.713007+02:00 malbec.vineyard.sikkerhed.org kernel: [11269.219484] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: no space while unhiding cursor
2010-05-21T11:18:09.317045+02:00 malbec.vineyard.sikkerhed.org kernel: [11269.822693] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: no space while unhiding cursor
2010-05-21T11:18:20.277065+02:00 malbec.vineyard.sikkerhed.org kernel: [11280.783405] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: no space while unhiding cursor
2010-05-21T11:18:23.749030+02:00 malbec.vineyard.sikkerhed.org kernel: [11284.255490] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: no space while unhiding cursor
2010-05-21T11:18:23.816978+02:00 malbec.vineyard.sikkerhed.org kernel: [11284.324128] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: no space while unhiding cursor
2010-05-21T11:18:23.925018+02:00 malbec.vineyard.sikkerhed.org kernel: [11284.430220] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: no space while unhiding cursor
2010-05-21T11:18:24.003980+02:00 malbec.vineyard.sikkerhed.org kernel: [11284.510062] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: no space while unhiding cursor
2010-05-21T11:18:24.100977+02:00 malbec.vineyard.sikkerhed.org kernel: [11284.606407] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: no space while unhiding cursor

PS.
When I use ubuntu-bug to report a bug, I get this error:
http://paste.adora.dk/P1578.html

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: libdrm-nouveau1 2.4.18-1ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.33-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri May 21 11:16:29 2010
DkmsStatus:
virtualbox-ose, 3.1.6, 2.6.32-21-generic, i686: installed
virtualbox-ose, 3.1.6, 2.6.32-22-generic, i686: installed
GdmLog:
Error: command ['kdesudo', '--', 'cat', '/var/log/gdm/:0.log'] failed with exit code 1: QInotifyFileSystemWatcherEngine::addPaths: inotify_add_watch failed: No such file or directory
QFileSystemWatcher: failed to add paths: /home/tdn/.config/ibus/bus
Bus::open: Can not get ibus-daemon's address.
IBusInputContext::createInputContext: no connection to ibus-daemon
cat: /var/log/gdm/:0.log: No such file or directory
GdmLog1: Error: command ['kdesudo', '--', 'cat', '/var/log/gdm/:0.log.1'] failed with exit code 1: cat: /var/log/gdm/:0.log.1: No such file or directory
GdmLog2: Error: command ['kdesudo', '--', 'cat', '/var/log/gdm/:0.log.2'] failed with exit code 1: cat: /var/log/gdm/:0.log.2: No such file or directory
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100427)
MachineType: LENOVO 6460D8G
PccardctlIdent:
Socket 0:
no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
Socket 0:
no card
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-2.6.32-22-generic root=/dev/mapper/hostname-root ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_DK.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/zsh
SourcePackage: libdrm
dmi.bios.date: 11/14/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: 7LETC5WW (2.25 )
dmi.board.name: 6460D8G
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: Not Available
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr7LETC5WW(2.25):bd11/14/2008:svnLENOVO:pn6460D8G:pvrThinkPadT61p:rvnLENOVO:rn6460D8G:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
dmi.product.name: 6460D8G
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad T61p
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
system:
distro: Ubuntu
codename: lucid
architecture: i686
kernel: 2.6.32-22-generic

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tdn (spam-thomasdamgaard) wrote on 2010-05-21:

BootDmesg.txt Edit (60.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CurrentDmesg.txt Edit (51.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (500 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (18.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb.txt Edit (774 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
PciDisplay.txt Edit (751 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfo.txt Edit (1.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcInterrupts.txt Edit (1.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcModules.txt Edit (3.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
RelatedPackageVersions.txt Edit (231 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevDb.txt Edit (124.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevLog.txt Edit (254.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLog.txt Edit (50.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLogOld.txt Edit (31.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Xrandr.txt Edit (9.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
glxinfo.txt Edit (18.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
setxkbmap.txt Edit (253 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xdpyinfo.txt Edit (17.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xkbcomp.txt Edit (47.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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tdn (spam-thomasdamgaard) wrote on 2010-05-21:

I should add that when this happens, my computer almost grinds to a halt. Everything becomes very slow and it feels unresponsive. Moving the mouse becomes very slow. CPU utilization seems low in top though.

Bryce Harrington (bryce) on 2010-05-21

tags:

added: kubuntu

Bryce Harrington (bryce) on 2010-06-20

Changed in libdrm (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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tdn (spam-thomasdamgaard) wrote on 2010-06-21:

Is there any hope this will be fixed soon? Or should I just install the proprietary nvidia driver? (are there other alternatives?)

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John Clemens (clemej) wrote on 2010-11-24:

The Fedora bug for this problem has a patch here: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=537065#c53 . I've been running with the patch on my work machine which had the same problem for the past week and no problems with disappearing mouse pointers or "no space" kernel messages. Fedora is now including this patch in their kernel according to the last comment in that bug (however, the last time I checked upstream, they weren't yet).

Please consider applying the patch from the fedora bug to the Ubuntu kernel. This is also a duplicate bug about mouse problems with nouveau which i believe is the same problems, butI can't find the bug right now. If I can, I'll post this there as well.

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John Clemens (clemej) wrote on 2010-11-24:

For the record, the stock maverick kernel on the same box would start showing messages almost immediately, so this patch really does seem to fix the issue. Whether it's the correct fix (seems reasonable enough to me, it just leaves a little more space at the top of a buffer) I leave up to the developers,