Nouveau - Feb 2013 - Nouveau not working on second monitor

Hi,

I have a problem that my nouveau driver does not properly load every time I boot
my laptop.

It either:
- defaults to the vesa driver (always if my power cord is plugged into the
laptop
- starts nouveau but without the external monitor
- starts nouveau WITH the external monitor (as it should be)

(starting without the monitor attached and then connecting it always fails &
crashes X)

How/where can i find any help for this?

Details:
- Ubuntu 12.10.
- card:  VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G86 [GeForce 8400M GT]
(rev a1)
- kernel 3.5.0-25-generic
- X.Org X Server 1.13.0 Release Date: 2012-09-05
- all nv & nvidia drivers are blacklisted
- the problem has grown worse over the last 2 years



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Your kernel log shows that nouveau isn't loaded. Instead, an old version 
of the closed-source nVidia driver is brought up, possibly when X 
starts. Get rid of it and make sure to remove nouveau from the blacklist.

Op 27-02-13 20:48, rv0987 at aol.com schreef:
> Hi,
>
> I have a problem that my nouveau driver does not properly load every 
> time I boot my laptop.
>
> It either:
> - defaults to the vesa driver (always if my power cord is plugged into 
> the laptop
> - starts nouveau but without the external monitor
> - starts nouveau WITH the external monitor (as it should be)
>
> (starting without the monitor attached and then connecting it always 
> fails & crashes X)
>
> How/where can i find any help for this?
>
> Details:
> - Ubuntu 12.10.
> - card:  VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G86 [GeForce 
> 8400M GT] (rev a1)
> - kernel 3.5.0-25-generic
> - X.Org X Server 1.13.0 Release Date: 2012-09-05
> - all nv & nvidia drivers are blacklisted
> - the problem has grown worse over the last 2 years
>
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Nouveau mailing list
> Nouveau at lists.freedesktop.org
> http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/nouveau
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Anybody?
 

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: rv0987 <rv0987 at aol.com>
To: nouveau <nouveau at lists.freedesktop.org>
Sent: Thu, Feb 28, 2013 7:03 am
Subject: [Nouveau] Nouveau not working on second monitor


Hi,

I have a problem that my nouveau driver does not properly load every time I boot
my laptop.

It either:
- defaults to the vesa driver (always if my power cord is plugged into the
laptop
- starts nouveau but without the external monitor
- starts nouveau WITH the external monitor (as it should be)

(starting without the monitor attached and then connecting it always fails &
crashes X)

How/where can i find any help for this?

Details:
- Ubuntu 12.10.
- card:  VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G86 [GeForce 8400M GT]
(rev a1)
- kernel 3.5.0-25-generic
- X.Org X Server 1.13.0 Release Date: 2012-09-05
- all nv & nvidia drivers are blacklisted
- the problem has grown worse over the last 2 years




 
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On 27/02/13 19:48, rv0987 at aol.com wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have a problem that my nouveau driver does not properly load every time I
boot my laptop.
> 
> It either:
> - defaults to the vesa driver (always if my power cord is plugged into the
laptop
> - starts nouveau but without the external monitor
> - starts nouveau WITH the external monitor (as it should be)
> 
> (starting without the monitor attached and then connecting it always fails
& crashes X)
> 
> How/where can i find any help for this?
> 
A quick look at your dmesg indicates that the nvidia card is not
recognized. This can be caused by either one of
* Card is in a messed state(think kernel before nouveau)
* Your card is getting to the end of it's life (see [1])

With that said, does the system works correctly with the
blob(proprietary binary driver) ?
If so please file a bug following the instructions [2]


Emil

[1] http://news.cnet.com/8301-13554_3-10020782-33.html
[2] http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/Bugs
> Details:
> - Ubuntu 12.10.
> - card:  VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G86 [GeForce 8400M
GT] (rev a1)
> - kernel 3.5.0-25-generic
> - X.Org X Server 1.13.0 Release Date: 2012-09-05
> - all nv & nvidia drivers are blacklisted
> - the problem has grown worse over the last 2 years
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Nouveau mailing list
> Nouveau at lists.freedesktop.org
> http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/nouveau
>

On 02/27/2013 11:48 PM, rv0987 at aol.com wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a problem that my nouveau driver does not properly load every
> time I boot my laptop.
>
> It either:
> - defaults to the vesa driver (always if my power cord is plugged into
> the laptop
> - starts nouveau but without the external monitor
> - starts nouveau WITH the external monitor (as it should be)
>
> (starting without the monitor attached and then connecting it always
> fails & crashes X)
>
> How/where can i find any help for this?
>
> Details:
> - Ubuntu 12.10.
> - card:  VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G86 [GeForce
> 8400M GT] (rev a1)
> - kernel 3.5.0-25-generic
> - X.Org X Server 1.13.0 Release Date: 2012-09-05
> - all nv & nvidia drivers are blacklisted
 From the logs,

[   48.817085] nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
[   48.817093] Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint
[   48.844991] vgaarb: device changed decodes: 
PCI:0000:01:00.0,olddecodes=io+mem,decodes=none:owns=io+mem
[   48.845046] NVRM: The NVIDIA GPU 0000:01:00.0 (PCI ID: 10de:0426)
[   48.845046] NVRM: installed in this system is not supported by the 304.64
[   48.845046] NVRM: NVIDIA Linux driver release.  Please see 'Appendix
[   48.845046] NVRM: A - Supported NVIDIA GPU Products' in this
release's
[   48.845046] NVRM: README, available on the Linux driver download page
[   48.845046] NVRM: at www.nvidia.com.
[   48.845074] nvidia: probe of 0000:01:00.0 failed with error -1
[   48.845238] NVRM: The NVIDIA probe routine failed for 1 device(s).
[   48.845242] NVRM: None of the NVIDIA graphics adapters were initialized!

It seems nvidia proprietary driver is still being loaded.

-lijo