Nouveau - May 2014 - Problem with kernels 3.15.0-rc and GF114 [GeForce, GTX 560 Ti] (rev a1) **FIXED**

Whatever the problem was, kernel 3.15.0-rc5 fixed it.
I am not in a position to do a git bisect at present.
Regards
Sid.

On 02/05/14 18:17, nouveau-request at lists.freedesktop.org
wrote:
> Subject: [Nouveau] Problem with kernels 3.15.0-rc and GF114 [GeForce
> 	GTX 560 Ti] (rev a1)
> Message-ID:<53638FA1.6020200 at blueyonder.co.uk>
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> On the slipstream box I have no problems with 3.14.0 kernel.
> With 3.15.0-rc kernels, in KDE some applications fail to start - e.g
> kmix, some like thunderbird come up but are not usable, e.g clicking to
> display a message text, nothing happens and sometimes screens won't
switch.
> slipstream:~ # lspci
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF114 [GeForce GTX
> 560 Ti] (rev a1)
> slipstream:~ # uname -r
> 3.14.0-smp+
>
> On the 2 other systems with the same openSUSE 13.2 Milestone 0 distro
> and identical software levels and packages but different video cards
> there is no problem - both up and running on vanilla kernel 3.15.0-rc3
> since Monday.
> sabre:~ # lspci
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G84 [GeForce 8600
> GT] (rev a1)
> sabre:~ # uname -r
> 3.15.0-rc3-smp+
>
> tindog:~ # lspci
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF119 [GeForce GT
> 610] (rev a1)
> tindog:~ # uname -r
> 3.15.0-rc3-smp+
>
> On all systems the kernel config is identical.
> Regards
> Sid.

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