nouveau configure problems

Kevin Martin ktmdms at gmail.com
Thu Jun 14 13:26:57 UTC 2012


nomodeset will *disallow* X11, not allow it.  If you remove nomodeset what happens?

Kevin

On 06/14/2012 12:50 AM, George R Goffe wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to use the nouveau driver on my FC 16 x86_64 system and need some help please.
> 
> lspci | grep vid gives: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Device 0df6 (rev a1)
> 
> Here is a snippit from /var/log/messages. This problem is readily re-creatable so if anyone needs more info, please just ask me.
> 
> I have "nomodeset" specified in my "kernel" line so I can have an X11.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> George...
> 
>     568 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [    2.988589] VGA switcheroo: detected Optimus DSM method \_SB_.PCI0.PEG0.GFX0 handle
>     569 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [    2.988622] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: power state changed by ACPI to D0
>     570 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [    2.988626] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: power state changed by ACPI to D0
>     571 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [    2.988634] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0003)
>     572 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [    2.990894] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Detected an NVc0 generation card (0x0c1b00a1)
>     573 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [    3.002431] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Attempting to load BIOS image from PRAMIN
>     574 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [    3.012377] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: ... BIOS signature not found
>     575 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [    3.012469] input: ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad as /devices/platform/i8042/serio4/input/input4
>     576 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [    3.012672] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Attempting to load BIOS image from PROM
>     577 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [    3.012825] usb 2-1: New USB device found, idVendor=8087, idProduct=0024
>     578 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [    3.012830] usb 2-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0
>     579 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [    3.013042] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: ... BIOS signature not found
>     580 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [    3.013141] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Attempting to load BIOS image from PCIROM
>     581 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [    3.013160] hub 2-1:1.0: USB hub found
>     582 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [    3.013314] hub 2-1:1.0: 6 ports detected
>     583 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [    3.023579] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Invalid ROM contents
>     584 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [    3.023785] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: ... BIOS signature not found
>     585 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [    3.023879] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Attempting to load BIOS image from ACPI
>     586 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [    3.176485] usb 3-1: new full-speed USB device number 2 using xhci_hcd
>     587 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [    3.193566] usb 3-1: New USB device found, idVendor=046d, idProduct=0a01
>     588 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [    3.193689] usb 3-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
>     589 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [    3.193802] usb 3-1: Product: Logitech USB Headset
>     590 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [    3.193908] usb 3-1: Manufacturer: Logitech
>     591 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [    3.210382] Refined TSC clocksource calibration: 2195.013 MHz.
>     592 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [    3.210504] Switching to clocksource tsc
>     593 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [    3.257507] usb 1-1.2: new high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci_hcd
>     594 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [    3.413378] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: ... appears to be valid
>     595 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [    3.413496] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: BIT BIOS found
>     596 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [    3.413604] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Bios version 70.08.45.00
>     597 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [    3.413715] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: TMDS table version 2.0
>     598 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [    3.414328] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: MXM: no VBIOS data, nothing to do
>     599 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [    3.414440] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DCB version 4.0
>     600 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [    3.414549] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DCB outp 00: 02000300 00000000
>     601 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [    3.414659] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DCB conn 00: 00000000
>     602 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [    3.414832] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Adaptor not initialised, running VBIOS init tables.
>     603 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [    3.414984] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Parsing VBIOS init table 0 at offset 0xD56E
>     604 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [    3.435642] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: 0xD518: i2c wr fail: -5
>     605 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [    3.476107] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Parsing VBIOS init table 1 at offset 0xDBBD
>     606 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [    3.503337] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Parsing VBIOS init table 2 at offset 0xEDC3
>     607 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [    3.503492] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Parsing VBIOS init table 3 at offset 0xEDC7
>     608 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [    3.503698] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Parsing VBIOS init table 4 at offset 0xEEAF
>     609 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [    3.503847] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Parsing VBIOS init table at offset 0xEF14
>     610 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [    3.524800] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: 3 available performance level(s)
>     611 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [    3.524917] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: 0: core 50MHz shader 101MHz memory 135MHz timing 4
> voltage 830mV
>     612 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [    3.525082] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: 1: core 202MHz shader 405MHz memory 324MHz timing 5
> voltage 830mV
>     613 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [    3.525241] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: 3: core 740MHz shader 1480MHz memory 900MHz timing
> 6 voltage 1080mV
>     614 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [    3.525479] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: c: core 202MHz shader 405MHz memory 324MHz voltage
> 980mV
>     615 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [    3.533002] [TTM] Zone  kernel: Available graphics memory: 3974806 kiB.
>     616 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [    3.533119] [TTM] Zone   dma32: Available graphics memory: 2097152 kiB.
>     617 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [    3.533230] [TTM] Initializing pool allocator.
>     618 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [    3.533340] [TTM] Initializing DMA pool allocator.
>     619 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [    3.533475] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Detected 1024MiB VRAM
>     620 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [    3.538694] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: 512 MiB GART (aperture)
>     621 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [    3.543894] [drm] Supports vblank timestamp caching Rev 1 (10.10.2010).
>     622 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [    3.543972] [drm] No driver support for vblank timestamp query.
>     623 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [    3.544136] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: ACPI backlight interface available, not registering
> our own
>     624 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [    3.601933] usb 1-1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=04f2, idProduct=b1bb
>     625 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [    3.602053] usb 1-1.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=1, SerialNumber=0
>     626 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [    3.602202] usb 1-1.2: Product: USB2.0 2.0M UVC WebCam
>     627 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [    3.602307] usb 1-1.2: Manufacturer: Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd.
>     628 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [    3.623912] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: allocated 1024x768 fb: 0x1a0000, bo ffff88023ea8e800
>     629 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [    3.624991] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: no native mode, forcing panel scaling
>     630 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [    3.643530] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 128x48
>     631 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [    3.645529] fb0: nouveaufb frame buffer device
>     632 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [    3.645547] drm: registered panic notifier
>     633 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [    3.645573] [drm] Initialized nouveau 0.0.16 20090420 for 0000:01:00.0 on minor 0
>     634 Jun 13 13:29:14 joker kernel: [    3.699999] usb 1-1.5: new full-speed USB device number 4 using ehci_hcd
> 
>  
> "It's not what you know that hurts you, It's what you know that ain't so." Will Rogers... Will would say, "STIFF THE FED"!!!
> 
> 


-- 

Regards,

------------------------
Kevin Martin
NetFuel, Inc.
mailto: kevinm at netfuel.com
mailto: tech-support at netfuel.com
U.S.). 312.698.9879
U.K.) 208.150.3609
U.S. Alternate). 847.231.3589
FAX) 866.654.3341

For access to our Software and Documentation
please login or register for access at:

http://www.netfuel.com
------------------------




More information about the users mailing list