Nouveau - Sep 2012 - Testing nouveau on C51PV [GeForce 6150] (rev a2)

Dear all,

after having bad experiences with nouveau (using fedora 15,16,17) , 
which resulted in an immediate
lockup of my old server machine, i have given noveau another chance to 
run on kernel

The good is news is - it doesn't lead to immediate lockup of the machine 
anymore.

The bad news. It still leads to a scrambled console screen, which does 
not contain any useful information.

It seems that there is an "invalid cmd" issued by the noveau driver.

Can anybody help me to resolve this problem?

The hopefully useful information i have compiled in the attachements

dmesg |grep nouveau >nouveau-grep.txt
lspci |grep -i vga >vga-grep.txt
  cat /proc/version >version-grep.txt


Kind Regards
Dietmar



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00:05.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation C51PV [GeForce 6150] (rev
a2)
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[   15.210273] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: setting latency timer to 64
[   15.210326] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: Detected an NV40 generation card
(0x04e000a2)
[   15.211087] fb: conflicting fb hw usage nouveaufb vs VESA VGA - removing
generic driver
[   15.218667] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: Checking PRAMIN for VBIOS
[   15.261581] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: ... appears to be valid
[   15.261586] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: Using VBIOS from PRAMIN
[   15.261594] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: BIT BIOS found
[   15.261600] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: Bios version 05.51.22.33
[   15.261606] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: TMDS table version 1.1
[   15.261794] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: MXM: no VBIOS data, nothing to do
[   15.261799] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: DCB version 3.0
[   15.261805] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: DCB outp 00: 02000300 00000023
[   15.261810] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: DCB outp 01: 03011312 00000000
[   15.261814] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: DCB outp 02: 020023f1 0040c080
[   15.261819] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: DCB conn 00: 0000
[   15.261824] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: DCB conn 01: 0131
[   15.261828] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: DCB conn 02: 0210
[   15.261832] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: DCB conn 03: 0211
[   15.261836] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: DCB conn 04: 0213
[   15.261846] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: Parsing VBIOS init table 0 at offset
0xDD1D
[   15.261961] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: Parsing VBIOS init table 1 at offset
0xDE74
[   15.261965] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: Parsing VBIOS init table 2 at offset
0xDE75
[   15.262666] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: Parsing VBIOS init table 3 at offset
0xDFF7
[   15.262675] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: Parsing VBIOS init table 4 at offset
0xE040
[   15.262998] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: Detected 32MiB VRAM (stolen system
memory)
[   15.272560] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: 512 MiB GART (aperture)
[   15.435031] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: 1 available performance level(s)
[   15.435036] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: 0: core 475MHz shader 475MHz fanspeed
100%
[   15.435038] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: c:
[   15.435664] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: MM: using M2MF for buffer copies
[   15.435670] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: 0xD186: Parsing digital output script
table
[   15.487039] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: Setting dpms mode 3 on vga encoder
(output 0)
[   15.487045] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: Setting dpms mode 3 on tmds encoder
(output 1)
[   15.487049] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: Setting dpms mode 3 on TV encoder
(output 2)
[   15.521028] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: Load detected on output B
[   15.535181] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: allocated 1024x768 fb: 0x49000, bo
ffff8800b6271c00
[   15.535377] fbcon: nouveaufb (fb0) is primary device
[   15.535438] fb0: nouveaufb frame buffer device
[   15.535446] [drm] Initialized nouveau 1.0.0 20120316 for 0000:00:05.0 on
minor 0
[   54.099534] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: Setting dpms mode 0 on vga encoder
(output 0)
[   54.099538] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: Output VGA-1 is running on CRTC 0
using output B
[   54.102935] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: PFIFO_DMA_PUSHER - Ch 0 Get
0x00011000 Put 0x00001890 State 0x80000000 (err: INVALID_CMD) Push 0x00000000
[   59.130732] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: PFIFO_DMA_PUSHER - Ch 0 Get
0x00011000 Put 0x0000168c State 0x80000000 (err: INVALID_CMD) Push 0x00000000
[   59.130945] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: PFIFO_DMA_PUSHER - Ch 0 Get
0x00011000 Put 0x0000168c State 0x80000000 (err: INVALID_CMD) Push 0x00000000
[  125.141760] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: PFIFO_DMA_PUSHER - Ch 0 Get
0x00011000 Put 0x00001284 State 0x80000000 (err: INVALID_CMD) Push 0x00000000
[  125.142166] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: PFIFO_DMA_PUSHER - Ch 0 Get
0x00011000 Put 0x00001284 State 0x80000000 (err: INVALID_CMD) Push 0x00000000
[  125.163079] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: PFIFO_DMA_PUSHER - Ch 0 Get
0x00011000 Put 0x00001284 State 0x80000000 (err: INVALID_CMD) Push 0x00000000
[  125.643539] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: PFIFO_DMA_PUSHER - Ch 0 Get
0x00011000 Put 0x0000168c State 0x80000000 (err: INVALID_CMD) Push 0x00000000
[  125.643943] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: PFIFO_DMA_PUSHER - Ch 0 Get
0x00011000 Put 0x0000168c State 0x80000000 (err: INVALID_CMD) Push 0x00000000
[  125.669258] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: PFIFO_DMA_PUSHER - Ch 0 Get
0x00011000 Put 0x0000168c State 0x80000000 (err: INVALID_CMD) Push 0x00000000
[  125.676339] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: PFIFO_DMA_PUSHER - Ch 0 Get
0x00011000 Put 0x000011b8 State 0x80000000 (err: INVALID_CMD) Push 0x00000000
[  167.303065] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: PFIFO_DMA_PUSHER - Ch 0 Get
0x00011000 Put 0x000010b4 State 0x80000000 (err: INVALID_CMD) Push 0x00000000
[  187.929590] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: PFIFO_DMA_PUSHER - Ch 0 Get
0x00011000 Put 0x000018b0 State 0x80000000 (err: INVALID_CMD) Push 0x00000000
[  187.954018] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: PFIFO_DMA_PUSHER - Ch 0 Get
0x00011000 Put 0x00001890 State 0x80000000 (err: INVALID_CMD) Push 0x00000000
[  187.954404] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: PFIFO_DMA_PUSHER - Ch 0 Get
0x00011000 Put 0x00001890 State 0x80000000 (err: INVALID_CMD) Push 0x00000000

Dear all,

after having bad experiences with nouveau (using fedora 15,16,17) ,
which resulted in an immediate lockup of my old server machine,
i have given noveau another chance to run on a fedora kernel:

Linux version 3.5.3-1.fc17.x86_64 (mockbuild@)


The good is news is - it doesn't lead to immediate lockup of the machine
anymore.

The bad news. It still leads to a scrambled console screen, which does
not contain any useful information.

It seems that there is an "INVALID_CMD" issued by the noveau driver.

Can anybody help me to resolve this problem?



The hopefully useful information i have compiled in the attachements

dmesg |grep nouveau >nouveau-grep.txt
lspci |grep -i vga >vga-grep.txt
   cat /proc/version >version-grep.txt


Kind Regards
Dietmar







-------------- next part --------------
00:05.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation C51PV [GeForce 6150] (rev
a2)

-------------- next part --------------
[   15.210273] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: setting latency timer to 64
[   15.210326] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: Detected an NV40 generation card
(0x04e000a2)
[   15.211087] fb: conflicting fb hw usage nouveaufb vs VESA VGA - removing
generic driver
[   15.218667] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: Checking PRAMIN for VBIOS
[   15.261581] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: ... appears to be valid
[   15.261586] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: Using VBIOS from PRAMIN
[   15.261594] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: BIT BIOS found
[   15.261600] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: Bios version 05.51.22.33
[   15.261606] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: TMDS table version 1.1
[   15.261794] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: MXM: no VBIOS data, nothing to do
[   15.261799] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: DCB version 3.0
[   15.261805] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: DCB outp 00: 02000300 00000023
[   15.261810] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: DCB outp 01: 03011312 00000000
[   15.261814] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: DCB outp 02: 020023f1 0040c080
[   15.261819] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: DCB conn 00: 0000
[   15.261824] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: DCB conn 01: 0131
[   15.261828] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: DCB conn 02: 0210
[   15.261832] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: DCB conn 03: 0211
[   15.261836] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: DCB conn 04: 0213
[   15.261846] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: Parsing VBIOS init table 0 at offset
0xDD1D
[   15.261961] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: Parsing VBIOS init table 1 at offset
0xDE74
[   15.261965] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: Parsing VBIOS init table 2 at offset
0xDE75
[   15.262666] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: Parsing VBIOS init table 3 at offset
0xDFF7
[   15.262675] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: Parsing VBIOS init table 4 at offset
0xE040
[   15.262998] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: Detected 32MiB VRAM (stolen system
memory)
[   15.272560] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: 512 MiB GART (aperture)
[   15.435031] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: 1 available performance level(s)
[   15.435036] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: 0: core 475MHz shader 475MHz fanspeed
100%
[   15.435038] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: c:
[   15.435664] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: MM: using M2MF for buffer copies
[   15.435670] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: 0xD186: Parsing digital output script
table
[   15.487039] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: Setting dpms mode 3 on vga encoder
(output 0)
[   15.487045] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: Setting dpms mode 3 on tmds encoder
(output 1)
[   15.487049] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: Setting dpms mode 3 on TV encoder
(output 2)
[   15.521028] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: Load detected on output B
[   15.535181] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: allocated 1024x768 fb: 0x49000, bo
ffff8800b6271c00
[   15.535377] fbcon: nouveaufb (fb0) is primary device
[   15.535438] fb0: nouveaufb frame buffer device
[   15.535446] [drm] Initialized nouveau 1.0.0 20120316 for 0000:00:05.0 on
minor 0
[   54.099534] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: Setting dpms mode 0 on vga encoder
(output 0)
[   54.099538] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: Output VGA-1 is running on CRTC 0
using output B
[   54.102935] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: PFIFO_DMA_PUSHER - Ch 0 Get
0x00011000 Put 0x00001890 State 0x80000000 (err: INVALID_CMD) Push 0x00000000
[   59.130732] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: PFIFO_DMA_PUSHER - Ch 0 Get
0x00011000 Put 0x0000168c State 0x80000000 (err: INVALID_CMD) Push 0x00000000
[   59.130945] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: PFIFO_DMA_PUSHER - Ch 0 Get
0x00011000 Put 0x0000168c State 0x80000000 (err: INVALID_CMD) Push 0x00000000
[  125.141760] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: PFIFO_DMA_PUSHER - Ch 0 Get
0x00011000 Put 0x00001284 State 0x80000000 (err: INVALID_CMD) Push 0x00000000
[  125.142166] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: PFIFO_DMA_PUSHER - Ch 0 Get
0x00011000 Put 0x00001284 State 0x80000000 (err: INVALID_CMD) Push 0x00000000
[  125.163079] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: PFIFO_DMA_PUSHER - Ch 0 Get
0x00011000 Put 0x00001284 State 0x80000000 (err: INVALID_CMD) Push 0x00000000
[  125.643539] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: PFIFO_DMA_PUSHER - Ch 0 Get
0x00011000 Put 0x0000168c State 0x80000000 (err: INVALID_CMD) Push 0x00000000
[  125.643943] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: PFIFO_DMA_PUSHER - Ch 0 Get
0x00011000 Put 0x0000168c State 0x80000000 (err: INVALID_CMD) Push 0x00000000
[  125.669258] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: PFIFO_DMA_PUSHER - Ch 0 Get
0x00011000 Put 0x0000168c State 0x80000000 (err: INVALID_CMD) Push 0x00000000
[  125.676339] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: PFIFO_DMA_PUSHER - Ch 0 Get
0x00011000 Put 0x000011b8 State 0x80000000 (err: INVALID_CMD) Push 0x00000000
[  167.303065] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: PFIFO_DMA_PUSHER - Ch 0 Get
0x00011000 Put 0x000010b4 State 0x80000000 (err: INVALID_CMD) Push 0x00000000
[  187.929590] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: PFIFO_DMA_PUSHER - Ch 0 Get
0x00011000 Put 0x000018b0 State 0x80000000 (err: INVALID_CMD) Push 0x00000000
[  187.954018] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: PFIFO_DMA_PUSHER - Ch 0 Get
0x00011000 Put 0x00001890 State 0x80000000 (err: INVALID_CMD) Push 0x00000000
[  187.954404] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:05.0: PFIFO_DMA_PUSHER - Ch 0 Get
0x00011000 Put 0x00001890 State 0x80000000 (err: INVALID_CMD) Push 0x00000000