Nouveau - Apr 2014 - Assistance in tracking a kernel/nouveau error

On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 6:08 PM, ~Stack~ <i.am.stack at gmail.com>
wrote:
>> On 04/06/2014 08:43 PM, Ilia Mirkin wrote:
>>> On Sun, Apr 6, 2014 at 7:16 PM, ~Stack~ <i.am.stack at
gmail.com> wrote:
> [snip]
>>> Can you test with a fresh kernel (e.g. some
>>> distro's livecd) rather than one based on a 5-year old release?
>
> Greetings,
>
> I tried Ubuntu 13.04 and 13.10 and had no problems with their live cd
> and the monitors. I then tried Fedora 19 (the only Fedora live CD I had)
> and it has the same problems as the RHEL kernel. The monitor output on
> the second display is jumbled colors. I will pull a new live CD down
> tonight and try again.
>
> If it happens on the new Fedora, maybe it might be worth it to try and
> contact them.
>
> Any other thoughts/suggestions?
You might mention what hardware you have (lspci output for the nvidia
card... just need the chip name), and what kernels the various distros
are using. (I think that Ubuntu/Fedora tend not to make frankenkernels
like RHEL does, so the version has some sort of correlation to actual
upstream versions.) That might help identify potential issues that
were fixed.

  -ilia

On 04/10/2014 05:14 PM, Ilia Mirkin wrote:
> You might mention what hardware you have (lspci output for the nvidia
> card... just need the chip name), and what kernels the various distros
> are using. (I think that Ubuntu/Fedora tend not to make frankenkernels
> like RHEL does, so the version has some sort of correlation to actual
> upstream versions.) That might help identify potential issues that
> were fixed.
Greetings,
Here is the lspci info. I will try and grab the kernel versions from the
discs tomorrow (I left them at work).
Thanks!
~Stack~
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF108GLM [Quadro
> 1000M] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
> 	Subsystem: Dell Device 04a3
> 	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: 64 bytes
> 	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 16
> 	Region 0: Memory at dc000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
> 	Region 1: Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
> 	Region 3: Memory at d8000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M]
> 	Region 5: I/O ports at 7000 [size=128]
> 	Expansion ROM at dd000000 [disabled] [size=512K]
> 	Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 3
> 		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 unlimited, L1
<64us
> 			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
> <256ns, L1 <4us
> 			ClockPM+ Surprise- LLActRep- BwNot-
> 		LnkCtl:	ASPM Disabled; RCB 64 bytes Disabled- Retrain- CommClk+
> 			ExtSynch- ClockPM- AutWidDis- BWInt- AutBWInt-
> 		LnkSta:	Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x16, TrErr- Train- SlotClk+ DLActive-
> BWMgmt- ABWMgmt-
> 	Capabilities: [b4] Vendor Specific Information: Len=14 <?>
> 	Capabilities: [100 v1] Virtual Channel
> 		Caps:	LPEVC=0 RefClk=100ns PATEntryBits=1
> 		Arb:	Fixed- WRR32- WRR64- WRR128-
> 		Ctrl:	ArbSelect=Fixed
> 		Status:	InProgress-
> 		VC0:	Caps:	PATOffset=00 MaxTimeSlots=1 RejSnoopTrans-
> 			Arb:	Fixed- WRR32- WRR64- WRR128- TWRR128- WRR256-
> 			Ctrl:	Enable+ ID=0 ArbSelect=Fixed TC/VC=ff
> 			Status:	NegoPending- InProgress-
> 	Capabilities: [128 v1] Power Budgeting <?>
> 	Capabilities: [600 v1] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0001 Rev=1
> Len=024 <?>
> 	Kernel driver in use: nouveau
> 	Kernel modules: nouveau, nvidiafb
>

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On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 10:59 PM, ~Stack~ <i.am.stack at gmail.com>
wrote:
> On 04/10/2014 05:14 PM, Ilia Mirkin wrote:
>> You might mention what hardware you have (lspci output for the nvidia
>> card... just need the chip name), and what kernels the various distros
>> are using. (I think that Ubuntu/Fedora tend not to make frankenkernels
>> like RHEL does, so the version has some sort of correlation to actual
>> upstream versions.) That might help identify potential issues that
>> were fixed.
>
> Greetings,
> Here is the lspci info. I will try and grab the kernel versions from the
> discs tomorrow (I left them at work).
> Thanks!
> ~Stack~
>
>> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF108GLM [Quadro
>> 1000M] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])

GF108 (NVC1) had some issues for a kernel release or two (3.11 and
3.12 iirc). The fix was backported to the -stable kernels, but who
knows whether the livecd you're trying has the relevant fixes or not
:(

  -ilia