Re: nvidia nouveau problems

[Ed Greshko]

On 07/08/17 16:47, Paul Allen Newell wrote:
>  On 07/08/2017 12:29 AM, François Patte wrote:
> > Bonjour,
> >
> > I have an nvidia graphic card (NVIDIA Corporation G92 [GeForce 8800 GT]
> > (rev a2)) and sometimes, with the nouveau driver, the X system freeze
> > and I have to reboot.
> >
> > I get these messages in the logs:
> >
> > nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for nouveau/nv84_xuc00f
> > failed with error -2 ...:  2 Time(s)
> >     nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for nouveau/nv84_xuc103
> > failed with error -2 ...:  2 Time(s)
> >     nouveau 0000:01:00.0: gr: DATA_ERROR 00000004 [INVALI ...:  12 Time(s)
> >     nouveau 0000:01:00.0: gr: DATA_ERROR 0000000d [BEGIN_ ...:  210 Time(s)
> >     nouveau 0000:01:00.0: gr: DATA_ERROR 00000034 [] ...:  399 Time(s)
> >
> > Where to report this?
> >
> > I recently changed for the proprietary driver from rpm-fusion and --- I
> > cross my fingers --- this problem did not occur till now....
> >
> > Thank you
> >
> >
>
>
>
>  I can't begin to figure out what is happening and where to report as I am too much
>  of a newbie regarding NVidia on Linux 
Problems with nouveau, like all packages actually supplied by fedora project, should
be filed at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/
If you have problems with nouveau and you report them you must continue to run
nouveau since as part of the bugzilla process you may be asked to perform additional
tests and/or provide more information.

If you report a nouveau problem, switch to nVidia drivers, and are then asked for
more information but are unable/unwilling to supply it you can expect the bugzilla to
be closed without getting fixed.


>  What I can offer is that I installed NVidia drivers from ElRepo repository on
>  Centos 7 and have seen no problems except for some noise between SELinux and the
>  NVidia install. This repository was suggested to me from Autodesk which clearly has
>  an interest in trying to run on NVidia. When I mentioned rpm-fusion, they
> "hinted"
>  that I might be better off on ElRepo. 
The advice you've been given "may" be appropriate for Centos7 which is a
long-life
distribution.  If one would check ELRepo's website they'd find that the latest
driver
is version 346.35.

When it comes to Fedora, and/or the desire for quicker bug fixes and support for the
latest video HW, then RPMFusion is a better choice.  They package the latest released
(not beta) nVidia drivers.  They are currently at  375.66.

RPMFusion also provides you with "akmod" support.  This is beneficial as it
allows
the kmod-nvidia packages/drivers to be rebuilt for newly released kernel updates
which can happen frequently with Fedora.


>  For what it is worth, I have not gotten "great response" out of RHEL/Centos on
>  issues regarding the introduction of NVidia drivers ... I think that once one
>  installs them "one is on one's own" in that RHEL/Centos world
>
>  
Once you install any package which "taints" the kernel you can expect
little help
from Fedora or Red Hat in resolving kernel related issues.  You also won't get help
with any packages not supplied by them.

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