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[GeForce 7025 / nForce 630a] video flicker on any I/O activity with nouveau; OK with nv driver

Bug #549256 reported by Michael Schmitz on 2010-03-27

This bug affects 5 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	xserver-xorg-video-nouveau (Ubuntu)	Triaged	Low	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau

Expectation: Default Xorg driver should work with no video artifacts.

Observation: Bad screen flicker with default Xorg driver.

Details: I installed the 10.04 beta from CD on Wednesday (incidentially, compliments for the smooth install). Already upon installation, the display did flicker badly whenever the CD was read or even the mouse moved. Flicker did already start at the initial splash screen. The system was fully responsive otherwise. On reboot post-installation, gdm came up OK but with the same flicker problems. The 'Monitors' control panel only offered the 2048x1536 resolution at 80 Hz with no other options. Tried to install and use one of the non-free nvidia drivers, this failed because the nouveau kernel module was loaded always and could not be unloaded (drm loads nouveau before framebuffer console init. as near as I can make out). With nvidia-current unable to load, the X server could not use the 'nvidia' driver.

Kernel message buffer excerpt:
[ 4.777915] [drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810
[ 4.807773] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LMC9] enabled at IRQ 22
[ 4.807779] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LMC9] -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 22
[ 4.807783] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 4.809992] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: failed to evaluate _DSM: 5
[ 4.810217] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: Detected an NV40 generation card (0x04c000a2)
[ 4.810513] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: Attempting to load BIOS image from PROM
[ 4.810519] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: ... BIOS signature not found
[ 4.810520] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: Attempting to load BIOS image from PRAMIN
[ 4.854556] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: ... appears to be valid
[ 4.854559] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: BIT BIOS found
[ 4.854561] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: Bios version 05.61.32.28
[ 4.854563] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: BIT table 'd' not found
[ 4.854565] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: Found Display Configuration Block version 3.0
[ 4.854568] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: DCB connector table: VHER 0x30 5 10 2
[ 4.854571] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: 0: 0x00000000: type 0x00 idx 0 tag 0xff
[ 4.854573] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: 1: 0x00001131: type 0x31 idx 1 tag 0x07
[ 4.854575] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: 2: 0x00000110: type 0x10 idx 1 tag 0xff
[ 4.854577] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: 3: 0x00000111: type 0x11 idx 1 tag 0xff
[ 4.854579] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: 4: 0x00000113: type 0x13 idx 1 tag 0xff
[ 4.854581] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: Raw DCB entry 0: 01000310 00000023
[ 4.854583] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: Raw DCB entry 1: 00110204 942b0003
[ 4.854588] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: Parsing VBIOS init table 0 at offset 0xD9C9
[ 4.854591] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: ======= misaligned reg 0x0060081D =======
[ 4.854648] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: ======= misaligned reg 0x0060081D =======
[ 4.854748] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: Parsing VBIOS init table 1 at offset 0xDB17
[ 4.854749] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: Parsing VBIOS init table 2 at offset 0xDB18
[ 4.854799] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: Parsing VBIOS init table 3 at offset 0xDC9A
[ 4.854803] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: Parsing VBIOS init table 4 at offset 0xDCE3
[ 4.861274] lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven).
[ 4.865006] [TTM] Zone kernel: Available graphics memory: 444292 kiB.
[ 4.865009] [TTM] Zone highmem: Available graphics memory: 448232 kiB.
[ 4.865018] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: 128 MiB VRAM
[ 4.865912] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: 64 MiB GART (aperture)
[ 4.868624] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: Allocating FIFO number 0
[ 4.868891] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: nouveau_channel_alloc: initialised FIFO 0
[ 4.868896] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: Initial CRTC_OWNER is 0
[ 4.868901] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: Saving VGA fonts
[ 4.908706] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: DCB type 4 not known
[ 4.908710] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: Detected a VGA connector
[ 4.909936] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: Setting dpms mode 3 on vga encoder (output 0)
[ 5.037394] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: allocated 2048x1536 fb: 0x49000, bo f67bb400
[ 5.037515] fb0: nouveaufb frame buffer device
[ 5.037517] registered panic notifier
[ 5.037523] [drm] Initialized nouveau 0.0.15 20090420 for 0000:00:0d.0 on minor 0
[ 5.037985] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LAZA] enabled at IRQ 21
[ 5.037992] HDA Intel 0000:00:05.0: PCI INT B -> Link[LAZA] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
[ 5.038024] HDA Intel 0000:00:05.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 5.039464] vga16fb: initializing
[ 5.039467] vga16fb: mapped to 0xc00a0000
[ 5.039574] fb1: VGA16 VGA frame buffer device
[ 5.115037] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: Setting dpms mode 0 on vga encoder (output 0)
[ 5.115043] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: Output VGA-1 is running on CRTC 0 using output A
[ 5.135352] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 256x96

WORKAROUND: Switching xorg.conf to use the 'nv' driver results in a much better screen display (only occasional flicker) although the driver only supports 2048x1536 at 60 Hz. 1600x1200@85 Hz is useable.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
CheckboxSubmission: 249c39fafc7fdc4284046750da89b61e
CheckboxSystem: edda5d4f616ca792bf437989cb597002
Date: Sat Mar 27 13:39:30 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
DkmsStatus:
nvidia-current, 195.36.15, 2.6.32-16-generic, i686: installed
nvidia-173, 173.14.22, 2.6.32-16-generic, i686: installed
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Beta i386 (20100318)
Lsusb:
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 046d:c016 Logitech, Inc. M-UV69a/HP M-UV96 Optical Wheel Mouse
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name
Package: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.15+git20100219+9b4118d-0ubuntu4
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-2.6.32-16-generic root=UUID=41db8444-85be-4f70-835b-f083d9b4aed1 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_NZ.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-16.25-generic
SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-16-generic i686
dmi.bios.date: 06/29/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 0708
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: M2N68-AM Plus
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: Rev X.0x
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr0708:bd06/29/2009:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnM2N68-AMPlus:rvrRevX.0x:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: System Product Name
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer
glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
system:
distro: Ubuntu
codename: lucid
architecture: i686
kernel: 2.6.32-16-generic

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Michael Schmitz (schmitzmic) wrote on 2010-03-27:

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Bryce Harrington (bryce) on 2010-03-30

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

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penalvch (penalvch) wrote on 2014-01-09:

Michael Schmitz, this bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue? If so, could you please test for this with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ .

If it remains an issue, could you please run the following command in the development release from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal), as it will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report:

apport-collect -p xserver-xorg-video-nouveau REPLACE-WITH-BUG-NUMBER

Please note, given that the information from the prior release is already available, doing this on a release prior to the development one would not be helpful.

Thank you for your understanding.

Helpful bug reporting tips:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs

Changed in xserver-xorg-video-nouveau (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → Low
status:	Confirmed → Incomplete

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Michael Schmitz (schmitzmic) wrote on 2014-01-14: Re: [Bug 549256] Re: [GeForce 7025 / nForce 630a] video flicker on any I/O activity with nouveau; OK with nv driver

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Chris,

I'll do a test on the live system today - will that be sufficient?

Regards,

Michael

On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 2:25 PM, Christopher M. Penalver
<email address hidden> wrote:
> Michael Schmitz, this bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been
> any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an
> issue? If so, could you please test for this with the latest development
> release of Ubuntu? ISO images are available from
> http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ .
>
> If it remains an issue, could you please run the following command in
> the development release from a Terminal
> (Applications->Accessories->Terminal), as it will automatically gather
> and attach updated debug information to this report:
>
> apport-collect -p xserver-xorg-video-nouveau REPLACE-WITH-BUG-NUMBER
>
> Please note, given that the information from the prior release is
> already available, doing this on a release prior to the development one
> would not be helpful.
>
> Thank you for your understanding.
>
> Helpful bug reporting tips:
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs
>
> ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided => Low
>
> ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau (Ubuntu)
> Status: Confirmed => Incomplete
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/549256
>
> Title:
> [GeForce 7025 / nForce 630a] video flicker on any I/O activity with
> nouveau; OK with nv driver
>
> Status in “xserver-xorg-video-nouveau” package in Ubuntu:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
>
> System:
> Description: Ubuntu lucid (development branch)
> Release: 10.04 (beta 1)
> Package:
> xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.15+git20100219+9b4118d-0ubuntu4 (or one of its kernel module dependencies)
> Maybe related: #425372
>
> Expectation:
>
> Default Xorg driver should work with no video artifacts.
>
> Observation:
>
> Bad screen flicker with default Xorg driver.
>
> Details:
>
> I installed the 10.04 beta from CD on Wednesday (incidentially,
> compliments for the smooth install). Already upon installation, the
> display did flicker badly whenever the CD was read or even the mouse
> moved. Flicker did already start at the initial splash screen. The
> system was fully responsive otherwise.
>
> On reboot post-installation, gdm came up OK but with the same flicker
> problems. The 'Monitors' control panel only offered the 2048x1536
> resolution at 80 Hz with no other options.
>
> Tried to install and use one of the non-free nvidia drivers, this
> failed because the nouveau kernel module was loaded always and could
> not be unloaded (drm loads nouveau before framebuffer console init. as
> near as I can make out). With nvidia-current unable to load, the X
> server could not use the 'nvidia' driver.
>
> Switching xorg.conf to use the 'nv' driver results in a much better
> screen display (only occasional flicker) although the driver only
> supports 2048x1536 at 60 Hz. 1600x1200@85 Hz is useable.
>
> The main ...

Chris,

I'll do a test on the live system today - will that be sufficient?

Regards,

Michael

On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 2:25 PM, Christopher M. Penalver
<christopher.m.penalver@gmail.com> wrote:
> Michael Schmitz, this bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been
> any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an
> issue? If so, could you please test for this with the latest development
> release of Ubuntu? ISO images are available from
> http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ .
>
> If it remains an issue, could you please run the following command in
> the development release from a Terminal
> (Applications->Accessories->Terminal), as it will automatically gather
> and attach updated debug information to this report:
>
> apport-collect -p xserver-xorg-video-nouveau REPLACE-WITH-BUG-NUMBER
>
> Please note, given that the information from the prior release is
> already available, doing this on a release prior to the development one
> would not be helpful.
>
> Thank you for your understanding.
>
> Helpful bug reporting tips:
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs
>
> ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau (Ubuntu)
>    Importance: Undecided => Low
>
> ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau (Ubuntu)
>        Status: Confirmed => Incomplete
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/549256
>
> Title:
>   [GeForce 7025 / nForce 630a] video flicker on any I/O activity with
>   nouveau; OK with nv driver
>
> Status in “xserver-xorg-video-nouveau” package in Ubuntu:
>   Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
>   Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
>
>   System:
>   Description:  Ubuntu lucid (development branch)
>   Release:      10.04 (beta 1)
>   Package:
>   xserver-xorg-video-nouveau           1:0.0.15+git20100219+9b4118d-0ubuntu4 (or one of its kernel module dependencies)
>   Maybe related: #425372
>
>   Expectation:
>
>   Default Xorg driver should work with no video artifacts.
>
>   Observation:
>
>   Bad screen flicker with default Xorg driver.
>
>   Details:
>
>   I installed the 10.04 beta from CD on Wednesday (incidentially,
>   compliments for the smooth install). Already upon installation, the
>   display did flicker badly whenever the CD was read or even the mouse
>   moved. Flicker did already start at the initial splash screen. The
>   system was fully responsive otherwise.
>
>   On reboot post-installation, gdm came up OK but with the same flicker
>   problems. The 'Monitors' control panel only offered the 2048x1536
>   resolution at 80 Hz with no other options.
>
>   Tried to install and use one of the non-free nvidia drivers, this
>   failed because the nouveau kernel module was loaded always and could
>   not be unloaded (drm loads nouveau before framebuffer console init. as
>   near as I can make out). With nvidia-current unable to load, the X
>   server could not use the 'nvidia' driver.
>
>   Switching xorg.conf to use the 'nv' driver results in a much better
>   screen display (only occasional flicker) although the driver only
>   supports 2048x1536 at 60 Hz. 1600x1200@85 Hz is useable.
>
>   The main board is a dual Athlon X2 AMD M2N68-AM Plus with onboard
>   nVidia graphics chipset.
>
>   I append partial dmesg and lspci output. If there is any other
>   information that could be of help, let me know.
>
>     -- Michael
>
>
>   Kernel message buffer excerpt:
>
>   [    4.777915] [drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810
>   [    4.807773] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LMC9] enabled at IRQ 22
>   [    4.807779] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LMC9] -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 22
>   [    4.807783] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: setting latency timer to 64
>   [    4.809992] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: failed to evaluate _DSM: 5
>   [    4.810217] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: Detected an NV40 generation card (0x04c000a2)
>   [    4.810513] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: Attempting to load BIOS image from PROM
>   [    4.810519] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: ... BIOS signature not found
>   [    4.810520] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: Attempting to load BIOS image from PRAMIN
>   [    4.854556] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: ... appears to be valid
>   [    4.854559] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: BIT BIOS found
>   [    4.854561] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: Bios version 05.61.32.28
>   [    4.854563] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: BIT table 'd' not found
>   [    4.854565] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: Found Display Configuration Block version 3.0
>   [    4.854568] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: DCB connector table: VHER 0x30 5 10 2
>   [    4.854571] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0:   0: 0x00000000: type 0x00 idx 0 tag 0xff
>   [    4.854573] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0:   1: 0x00001131: type 0x31 idx 1 tag 0x07
>   [    4.854575] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0:   2: 0x00000110: type 0x10 idx 1 tag 0xff
>   [    4.854577] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0:   3: 0x00000111: type 0x11 idx 1 tag 0xff
>   [    4.854579] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0:   4: 0x00000113: type 0x13 idx 1 tag 0xff
>   [    4.854581] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: Raw DCB entry 0: 01000310 00000023
>   [    4.854583] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: Raw DCB entry 1: 00110204 942b0003
>   [    4.854588] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: Parsing VBIOS init table 0 at offset 0xD9C9
>   [    4.854591] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: ======= misaligned reg 0x0060081D =======
>   [    4.854648] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: ======= misaligned reg 0x0060081D =======
>   [    4.854748] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: Parsing VBIOS init table 1 at offset 0xDB17
>   [    4.854749] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: Parsing VBIOS init table 2 at offset 0xDB18
>   [    4.854799] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: Parsing VBIOS init table 3 at offset 0xDC9A
>   [    4.854803] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: Parsing VBIOS init table 4 at offset 0xDCE3
>   [    4.861274] lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven).
>   [    4.865006] [TTM] Zone  kernel: Available graphics memory: 444292 kiB.
>   [    4.865009] [TTM] Zone highmem: Available graphics memory: 448232 kiB.
>   [    4.865018] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: 128 MiB VRAM
>   [    4.865912] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: 64 MiB GART (aperture)
>   [    4.868624] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: Allocating FIFO number 0
>   [    4.868891] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: nouveau_channel_alloc: initialised FIFO 0
>   [    4.868896] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: Initial CRTC_OWNER is 0
>   [    4.868901] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: Saving VGA fonts
>   [    4.908706] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: DCB type 4 not known
>   [    4.908710] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: Detected a VGA connector
>   [    4.909936] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: Setting dpms mode 3 on vga encoder (output 0)
>   [    5.037394] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: allocated 2048x1536 fb: 0x49000, bo f67bb400
>   [    5.037515] fb0: nouveaufb frame buffer device
>   [    5.037517] registered panic notifier
>   [    5.037523] [drm] Initialized nouveau 0.0.15 20090420 for 0000:00:0d.0 on minor 0
>   [    5.037985] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LAZA] enabled at IRQ 21
>   [    5.037992] HDA Intel 0000:00:05.0: PCI INT B -> Link[LAZA] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
>   [    5.038024] HDA Intel 0000:00:05.0: setting latency timer to 64
>   [    5.039464] vga16fb: initializing
>   [    5.039467] vga16fb: mapped to 0xc00a0000
>   [    5.039574] fb1: VGA16 VGA frame buffer device
>   [    5.115037] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: Setting dpms mode 0 on vga encoder (output 0)
>   [    5.115043] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: Output VGA-1 is running on CRTC 0 using output A
>   [    5.135352] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 256x96
>
>
>   lspci -vv :
>   00:0d.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation C61 [GeForce 7025 / nForce 630a] (rev a2)
>           Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 83a4
>           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
>           Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 22
>           Region 0: Memory at de000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
>           Region 1: Memory at c0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
>           Region 3: Memory at dd000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
>           Expansion ROM at dffc0000 [disabled] [size=128K]
>           Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 2
>                   Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
>                   Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
>           Capabilities: [50] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable-
>                   Address: 0000000000000000  Data: 0000
>           Kernel driver in use: nouveau
>           Kernel modules: nvidia-173, nvidia-current, nvidiafb, nouveau
>
>   ProblemType: Bug
>   Architecture: i386
>   CheckboxSubmission: 249c39fafc7fdc4284046750da89b61e
>   CheckboxSystem: edda5d4f616ca792bf437989cb597002
>   Date: Sat Mar 27 13:39:30 2010
>   DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
>   DkmsStatus:
>    nvidia-current, 195.36.15, 2.6.32-16-generic, i686: installed
>    nvidia-173, 173.14.22, 2.6.32-16-generic, i686: installed
>   InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Beta i386 (20100318)
>   Lsusb:
>    Bus 002 Device 002: ID 046d:c016 Logitech, Inc. M-UV69a/HP M-UV96 Optical Wheel Mouse
>    Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
>    Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
>   MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name
>   Package: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.15+git20100219+9b4118d-0ubuntu4
>   ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-2.6.32-16-generic root=UUID=41db8444-85be-4f70-835b-f083d9b4aed1 ro quiet splash
>   ProcEnviron:
>    LANG=en_NZ.utf8
>    SHELL=/bin/bash
>   ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-16.25-generic
>   SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
>   Uname: Linux 2.6.32-16-generic i686
>   dmi.bios.date: 06/29/2009
>   dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
>   dmi.bios.version: 0708
>   dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
>   dmi.board.name: M2N68-AM Plus
>   dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
>   dmi.board.version: Rev X.0x
>   dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
>   dmi.chassis.type: 3
>   dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
>   dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
>   dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr0708:bd06/29/2009:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnM2N68-AMPlus:rvrRevX.0x:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
>   dmi.product.name: System Product Name
>   dmi.product.version: System Version
>   dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer
>   glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
>   system:
>    distro:             Ubuntu
>    codename:           lucid
>    architecture:       i686
>    kernel:             2.6.32-16-generic
>
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Michael Schmitz (schmitzmic) wrote on 2014-02-04:

Christopher,

I finally got around to test a recent daily build of trusty (dowloaded
on Jan 15th) and the issue still persists. It does start with the splash
screen on boot.

Even worse, after clicking the 'Try Ubuntu' button, the system locked up
hard within less than half a minute (when switching away from the
selection screen). DVD activity ceased, and I had to power down the
system to get it to restart (the reset switch failed to work).

For that reason, I could not run the apport-collect command you gave
below. Is there some way to collect the necessary information while
booting to a console instead of X, or chrooting into the live system image?

Cheers,

Michael

> Michael Schmitz, this bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been
> any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an
> issue? If so, could you please test for this with the latest development
> release of Ubuntu? ISO images are available from
> http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ .
>
> If it remains an issue, could you please run the following command in
> the development release from a Terminal
> (Applications->Accessories->Terminal), as it will automatically gather
> and attach updated debug information to this report:
>
> apport-collect -p xserver-xorg-video-nouveau REPLACE-WITH-BUG-NUMBER
>
> Please note, given that the information from the prior release is
> already available, doing this on a release prior to the development one
> would not be helpful.
>
> Thank you for your understanding.
>
> Helpful bug reporting tips:
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs
>
> ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided => Low
>
> ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau (Ubuntu)
> Status: Confirmed => Incomplete
>

penalvch (penalvch) on 2014-02-06

description:	updated
tags:	added: bios-outdated-1804 needs-apport-collect

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2014-04-08:

[Expired for xserver-xorg-video-nouveau (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in xserver-xorg-video-nouveau (Ubuntu):
status:	Incomplete → Expired

penalvch (penalvch) on 2014-04-10

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

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2018-05-13:

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

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

penalvch (penalvch) on 2018-05-18

no longer affects:

xserver-xorg-video-nouveau (Ubuntu)

Launchpad Janitor (janitor) on 2018-05-18

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

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penalvch (penalvch) wrote on 2018-05-18:

Michael Schmitz, to confirm this is still a problem in Ubuntu, could you please test http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ and advise to the results?

affects:	nouveau → xserver-xorg-video-nouveau (Ubuntu)
Changed in xserver-xorg-video-nouveau (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Incomplete
importance:	Undecided → Low
tags:	removed: needs-apport-collect

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Michael Schmitz (schmitzmic) wrote on 2018-05-18:

Will do - fortunately, I still have that PC. Give me a few days though.

Cheers,

Michael

Am 18.05.2018 um 16:58 schrieb Christopher M. Penalver:
> Michael Schmitz, to confirm this is still a problem in Ubuntu, could you
> please test http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ and advise to
> the results?
>
> ** Project changed: nouveau => xserver-xorg-video-nouveau (Ubuntu)
>
> ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
> ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided => Low
>
> ** Tags removed: needs-apport-collect
>

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Michael Schmitz (schmitzmic) wrote on 2018-05-21:

#10

Hi Christopher,

still the same problem as before.

Cheers,

Michael

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penalvch (penalvch) wrote on 2018-05-21:

#11

Michael Schmitz:

1) To clarify, you tested the 64-bit variant (not 32-bit)?

2) Is using the nv driver still a usable WORKAROUND?

description:	updated
tags:	added: cosmic trusty

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Michael Schmitz (schmitzmic) wrote on 2018-05-21:

#12

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Christopher,

Am 21.05.2018 um 15:58 schrieb Christopher M. Penalver:
> Michael Schmitz:
>
> 1) To clarify, you tested the 64-bit variant (not 32-bit)?

Correct.

> 2) Is using the nv driver still a usable WORKAROUND?
>

Sorry, didn't try that (is it even possible without installing from that
image?).

Cheers,

Michael

Christopher,

Am 21.05.2018 um 15:58 schrieb Christopher M. Penalver:
> Michael Schmitz:
> 
> 1) To clarify, you tested the 64-bit variant (not 32-bit)?

Correct.

> 2) Is using the nv driver still a usable WORKAROUND?
>

Sorry, didn't try that (is it even possible without installing from that
image?).

Cheers,

Michael

> ** Description changed:
> 
>   Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
>   
>   Expectation: Default Xorg driver should work with no video artifacts.
>   
>   Observation: Bad screen flicker with default Xorg driver.
>   
>   Details: I installed the 10.04 beta from CD on Wednesday (incidentially,
>   compliments for the smooth install). Already upon installation, the
>   display did flicker badly whenever the CD was read or even the mouse
>   moved. Flicker did already start at the initial splash screen. The
>   system was fully responsive otherwise. On reboot post-installation, gdm
>   came up OK but with the same flicker problems. The 'Monitors' control
>   panel only offered the 2048x1536 resolution at 80 Hz with no other
>   options. Tried to install and use one of the non-free nvidia drivers,
>   this failed because the nouveau kernel module was loaded always and
>   could not be unloaded (drm loads nouveau before framebuffer console
>   init. as near as I can make out). With nvidia-current unable to load,
> - the X server could not use the 'nvidia' driver. Switching xorg.conf to
> - use the 'nv' driver results in a much better screen display (only
> - occasional flicker) although the driver only supports 2048x1536 at 60
> - Hz. 1600x1200@85 Hz is useable.
> + the X server could not use the 'nvidia' driver.
>   
>   Kernel message buffer excerpt:
>   [    4.777915] [drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810
>   [    4.807773] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LMC9] enabled at IRQ 22
>   [    4.807779] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LMC9] -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 22
>   [    4.807783] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: setting latency timer to 64
>   [    4.809992] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: failed to evaluate _DSM: 5
>   [    4.810217] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: Detected an NV40 generation card (0x04c000a2)
>   [    4.810513] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: Attempting to load BIOS image from PROM
>   [    4.810519] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: ... BIOS signature not found
>   [    4.810520] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: Attempting to load BIOS image from PRAMIN
>   [    4.854556] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: ... appears to be valid
>   [    4.854559] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: BIT BIOS found
>   [    4.854561] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: Bios version 05.61.32.28
>   [    4.854563] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: BIT table 'd' not found
>   [    4.854565] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: Found Display Configuration Block version 3.0
>   [    4.854568] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: DCB connector table: VHER 0x30 5 10 2
>   [    4.854571] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0:   0: 0x00000000: type 0x00 idx 0 tag 0xff
>   [    4.854573] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0:   1: 0x00001131: type 0x31 idx 1 tag 0x07
>   [    4.854575] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0:   2: 0x00000110: type 0x10 idx 1 tag 0xff
>   [    4.854577] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0:   3: 0x00000111: type 0x11 idx 1 tag 0xff
>   [    4.854579] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0:   4: 0x00000113: type 0x13 idx 1 tag 0xff
>   [    4.854581] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: Raw DCB entry 0: 01000310 00000023
>   [    4.854583] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: Raw DCB entry 1: 00110204 942b0003
>   [    4.854588] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: Parsing VBIOS init table 0 at offset 0xD9C9
>   [    4.854591] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: ======= misaligned reg 0x0060081D =======
>   [    4.854648] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: ======= misaligned reg 0x0060081D =======
>   [    4.854748] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: Parsing VBIOS init table 1 at offset 0xDB17
>   [    4.854749] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: Parsing VBIOS init table 2 at offset 0xDB18
>   [    4.854799] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: Parsing VBIOS init table 3 at offset 0xDC9A
>   [    4.854803] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: Parsing VBIOS init table 4 at offset 0xDCE3
>   [    4.861274] lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven).
>   [    4.865006] [TTM] Zone  kernel: Available graphics memory: 444292 kiB.
>   [    4.865009] [TTM] Zone highmem: Available graphics memory: 448232 kiB.
>   [    4.865018] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: 128 MiB VRAM
>   [    4.865912] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: 64 MiB GART (aperture)
>   [    4.868624] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: Allocating FIFO number 0
>   [    4.868891] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: nouveau_channel_alloc: initialised FIFO 0
>   [    4.868896] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: Initial CRTC_OWNER is 0
>   [    4.868901] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: Saving VGA fonts
>   [    4.908706] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: DCB type 4 not known
>   [    4.908710] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: Detected a VGA connector
>   [    4.909936] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: Setting dpms mode 3 on vga encoder (output 0)
>   [    5.037394] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: allocated 2048x1536 fb: 0x49000, bo f67bb400
>   [    5.037515] fb0: nouveaufb frame buffer device
>   [    5.037517] registered panic notifier
>   [    5.037523] [drm] Initialized nouveau 0.0.15 20090420 for 0000:00:0d.0 on minor 0
>   [    5.037985] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LAZA] enabled at IRQ 21
>   [    5.037992] HDA Intel 0000:00:05.0: PCI INT B -> Link[LAZA] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
>   [    5.038024] HDA Intel 0000:00:05.0: setting latency timer to 64
>   [    5.039464] vga16fb: initializing
>   [    5.039467] vga16fb: mapped to 0xc00a0000
>   [    5.039574] fb1: VGA16 VGA frame buffer device
>   [    5.115037] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: Setting dpms mode 0 on vga encoder (output 0)
>   [    5.115043] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: Output VGA-1 is running on CRTC 0 using output A
>   [    5.135352] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 256x96
>   
> + WORKAROUND: Switching xorg.conf to use the 'nv' driver results in a much
> + better screen display (only occasional flicker) although the driver only
> + supports 2048x1536 at 60 Hz. 1600x1200@85 Hz is useable.
> + 
>   ProblemType: Bug
>   Architecture: i386
>   CheckboxSubmission: 249c39fafc7fdc4284046750da89b61e
>   CheckboxSystem: edda5d4f616ca792bf437989cb597002
>   Date: Sat Mar 27 13:39:30 2010
>   DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
>   DkmsStatus:
>    nvidia-current, 195.36.15, 2.6.32-16-generic, i686: installed
>    nvidia-173, 173.14.22, 2.6.32-16-generic, i686: installed
>   InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Beta i386 (20100318)
>   Lsusb:
>    Bus 002 Device 002: ID 046d:c016 Logitech, Inc. M-UV69a/HP M-UV96 Optical Wheel Mouse
>    Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
>    Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
>   MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name
>   Package: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.15+git20100219+9b4118d-0ubuntu4
>   ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-2.6.32-16-generic root=UUID=41db8444-85be-4f70-835b-f083d9b4aed1 ro quiet splash
>   ProcEnviron:
>    LANG=en_NZ.utf8
>    SHELL=/bin/bash
>   ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-16.25-generic
>   SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
>   Uname: Linux 2.6.32-16-generic i686
>   dmi.bios.date: 06/29/2009
>   dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
>   dmi.bios.version: 0708
>   dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
>   dmi.board.name: M2N68-AM Plus
>   dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
>   dmi.board.version: Rev X.0x
>   dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
>   dmi.chassis.type: 3
>   dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
>   dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
>   dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr0708:bd06/29/2009:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnM2N68-AMPlus:rvrRevX.0x:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
>   dmi.product.name: System Product Name
>   dmi.product.version: System Version
>   dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer
>   glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
>   system:
>    distro:             Ubuntu
>    codename:           lucid
>    architecture:       i686
>    kernel:             2.6.32-16-generic
> 
> ** Tags added: cosmic trusty
>

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penalvch (penalvch) wrote on 2018-05-21:

#13

Michael Schmitz, the problem you are reporting is an upstream one. Could you please gather the required debugging information from https://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/Bugs/ and report this to upstream via https://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=xorg :
Component: Driver/nouveau
Version: 7.7
OS: Linux (All)

Please post the URL of this new report here so it may be tracked.

Changed in xserver-xorg-video-nouveau (Ubuntu):
status:	Incomplete → Triaged

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