Comment 42 for bug 583760

Affects me too. 100% reproducible by doing the following:

1. Set close lid to blank screen
2. Close lid
3. Open lid

It also seems to happen after 30-60 minutes of general usage.

From that point on any cursor change (mouse over anything) creates the following messages and bursts of high CPU usage:

Nov 22 09:58:44 localhost kernel: [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: no space while unhiding cursor
Nov 22 09:58:44 localhost kernel: [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: no space while setting cursor image
Nov 22 09:58:44 localhost kernel: [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: no space while unhiding cursor
Nov 22 09:58:45 localhost kernel: [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: no space while setting cursor image
Nov 22 09:58:45 localhost kernel: [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: no space while unhiding cursor

Card is:
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Quadro NVS 130M (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
 Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device 0001
 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
 Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
 Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
 Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 16
 Region 0: Memory at fd000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
 Region 1: Memory at e0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
 Region 3: Memory at fa000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32M]
 Region 5: I/O ports at cf00 [size=128]
 [virtual] Expansion ROM at fc000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
 Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2
  Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
  Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
 Capabilities: [68] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
  Address: 0000000000000000 Data: 0000
 Capabilities: [78] Express (v1) Endpoint, MSI 00
  DevCap: MaxPayload 128 bytes, PhantFunc 0, Latency L0s <512ns, L1 <4us
   ExtTag+ AttnBtn- AttnInd- PwrInd- RBE+ FLReset-
  DevCtl: Report errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal- Unsupported-
   RlxdOrd+ ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop+
   MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 512 bytes
  DevSta: CorrErr- UncorrErr- FatalErr- UnsuppReq- AuxPwr- TransPend-
  LnkCap: Port #0, Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x16, ASPM L0s L1, Latency L0 <512ns, L1 <4us
   ClockPM- Surprise- LLActRep- BwNot-
  LnkCtl: ASPM L0s L1 Enabled; RCB 128 bytes Disabled- Retrain- CommClk+
   ExtSynch- ClockPM- AutWidDis- BWInt- AutBWInt-
  LnkSta: Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x16, TrErr- Train- SlotClk+ DLActive- BWMgmt- ABWMgmt-
 Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel <?>
 Capabilities: [128] Power Budgeting <?>
 Capabilities: [600] Vendor Specific Information <?>
 Kernel driver in use: nouveau
 Kernel modules: nouveau, nvidiafb

Rebooting clears this, and doesn't happen with proprietary driver.