Nouveau - Dec 2016 - [Bug 98980] New: GTX 980 (GM204)

https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=98980

            Bug ID: 98980
           Summary: GTX 980 (GM204)
           Product: xorg
           Version: unspecified
          Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64)
                OS: Linux (All)
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: medium
         Component: Driver/nouveau
          Assignee: nouveau at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: zwolfe21 at hotmail.com
        QA Contact: xorg-team at lists.x.org

Created attachment 128314
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dmesg output.

First, I suspect this is the same problem plaguing the 970 4GB cards however I
have lost track of the progress and can't tell anymore if the 980 4GB was
part
of this. If this is a duplicate I do apologizing. 

I run two GPUs and 3 monitors. The GTX 760 I keep in the 1st PCI slot so I can
boot up. The GTX 980 has never worked on LinuxMint (Linux version 4.4.0-51 to
date). The PC will boot, the monitor plugged into the GTX 980 will power on
however only a black screen is displayed (just as many of the 970 4GB stories
I've read). 

Attached is a DMESG log and a xorg.0 log. 

Line 881 in the dmesg log it picks up the primary card (GTX 760) and everything
proceeds smoothly. At line 1067 nouveau picks up the GTX 980 (GM204) there are
several errors in the log, but i'm no developer so its meaningless to me. I
just thought the line numbers might help someone.

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--- Comment #1 from Zach Wolfe <zwolfe21 at hotmail.com> ---
Created attachment 128315
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Zach Wolfe <zwolfe21 at hotmail.com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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            Summary|GTX 980 (GM204)             |GTX 980 (GM204) displays
                   |                            |only a black screen.

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--- Comment #2 from Zach Wolfe <zwolfe21 at hotmail.com> ---
My NVidia GTX 980 works on Ubuntu Mate 16.10 (kernel series 4.8) but not on
Mint 18.1 (kernel series 4.4).

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--- Comment #3 from Ilia Mirkin <imirkin at alum.mit.edu> ---
Kernel 4.4 did not have any acceleration support for GM20x, that support was
added in Kernel 4.6, in the presence of the nvidia-supplied firmware.

Nothing in your original logs seems wrong to me. Perhaps you never configured
offloading properly? (Sometimes the desktop manager will do it for you, depends
on ... the desktop manager, version, and, I'm sure, its configuration.)

See https://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/Optimus/ specifically the bit about
"using outputs on discrete gpu".

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--- Comment #4 from caguduzexi at sharklasers.com ---
I wont recommend using/keeping the GM204 (GTX 980). It cant ever run with free
software:
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/04/15/nvidia_gtx_900_linux_driver_roadbloack/
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Nouveau-XDC2017
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Nouveau-XDC2016-NVIDIA

Sell this crappy GM204 card away and go away from nvidia. Nvidia died with the
780ti card. Its the last end-user card that can be used normaly. Everything
else is in some countries even a legal problem. Because the manufacturer
(nvidia) blocks the users from beeing able to boot the software they want on
THEIR hardware - happyly illegal in some countries. Hopefully some layer would
sue the heck out of nvidia so that they would have to release the private
signing key or close their doors.
Blocking the freedom of the users on such way should not be accepted by anyone.

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--- Comment #5 from Martin Peres <martin.peres at free.fr> ---
(In reply to caguduzexi from comment #4)
> I wont recommend using/keeping the GM204 (GTX 980). It cant ever run with
> free software:
> https://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/04/15/
> nvidia_gtx_900_linux_driver_roadbloack/
> https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Nouveau-XDC2017
>
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Nouveau-XDC2016-NVIDIA
> 
> Sell this crappy GM204 card away and go away from nvidia. Nvidia died with
> the 780ti card. Its the last end-user card that can be used normaly.
> Everything else is in some countries even a legal problem. Because the
> manufacturer (nvidia) blocks the users from beeing able to boot the
software
> they want on THEIR hardware - happyly illegal in some countries. Hopefully
> some layer would sue the heck out of nvidia so that they would have to
> release the private signing key or close their doors.
> Blocking the freedom of the users on such way should not be accepted by
> anyone.
User banned

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Martin Peres <martin.peres at free.fr> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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         Resolution|---                         |MOVED
             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED

--- Comment #6 from Martin Peres <martin.peres at free.fr> ---
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