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Old 10-24-2013, 07:32 AM   #1
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slackware 14.1 from current tree 10/23 - kernel 3.10.17 bug (nouveau)


hi, I tested an home made iso from the current slackware tree. when I booted from the dvd there was no framebuffer console. Then I installed lilo and got nouveau and errors from the dmesg command. Now that I compiled the 3.4.67 kernel all is fine. The 3d grafik is now faster (KDE) and there is no nouveau boot errors. I will go back to slackware 14.0 and give you some log files later. Im ready to test 14.1 agin before its released. Have a nice day!! Happy Haloween!!!
 
Old 10-24-2013, 12:27 PM   #2
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I have an up to date -current installed with a nVidia card using nouveau and that works.

To try narrowing down the issue, please send output of
Code:
/sbin/lspci -vnn | grep -A10 VGA
and the error messages you had in dmesg.

That could possibly help debug something before release of Slackware-14.1

Last edited by Didier Spaier; 10-24-2013 at 02:17 PM. Reason: Typo corrected in 'lspci' command
 
Old 10-24-2013, 01:27 PM   #3
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Mine also seems to be working well, apart from glxgears thinking I'm "GLXVBlank true" when I'm clearly not.
 
Old 10-24-2013, 02:10 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by Didier Spaier View Post
To try narrowing down the issue, please send output of
Code:
/sbin/lspci --vnn | grep -A10 VGA
The correct syntax would be

Code:
/sbin/lspci -vnn | grep -A10 VGA


By the way, here the nouveau driver is working fine with latest Slackware-current 32bit edition (at time of writing):

Code:
$/sbin/lspci -vnn | grep -A10 VGA
00:12.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation C67 [GeForce 7000M / nForce 610M] [10de:0533] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
	Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:0126]
	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
	Memory at f1000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
	Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
	Memory at f0000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
	[virtual] Expansion ROM at f2480000 [disabled] [size=128K]
	Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 2
	Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
	Kernel driver in use: nouveau
	Kernel modules: nvidiafb, nouveau

Last edited by gegechris99; 10-24-2013 at 02:15 PM. Reason: Added output of the lspci command
 
Old 10-24-2013, 02:19 PM   #5
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The correct syntax would be

Code:
/sbin/lspci -vnn | grep -A10 VGA
Thanks, typo corrected.
 
Old 10-25-2013, 09:51 AM   #6
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sorry for the delays
Code:
bash-4.2# /sbin/lspci -vnn | grep -A10 VGA
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation C77 [GeForce 8200M G] [10de:0845] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:360a]
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
        Memory at c1000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
        Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
        Memory at c4000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M]
        I/O ports at 4000 [size=128]
        [virtual] Expansion ROM at c6000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
        Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2
        Capabilities: [68] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
        Kernel driver in use: nouveau
Attached Files
File Type: log dmesg.log (54.3 KB, 9 views)
 
Old 10-25-2013, 10:02 AM   #7
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KDE doesn't feel slow with the 3.10.17 kernel anymore. But the error messages are still there. But the main problem is that I don't get nouveau to sett up the frame buffer console when using the live intsall iso as a boot loader, (boot into the localy installed system from usb)
 
Old 10-25-2013, 10:06 AM   #8
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do you want me to boot from the usb into the hard drive and get the dmesg from there too?
 
Old 10-25-2013, 11:50 AM   #9
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In dmesg output we see that handover doesn't occur as ther is no line like these (e.g.)
Code:
Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 160x64 
fb0: nouveaufb frame buffer device
About the error messages like this one:
Code:
[    5.770816] nouveau E[    PBUS][0000:02:00.0] MMIO read of 0x00000008 FAULT at 0x100238
I have no clue.

Still you can use kernel 3.4.6n on Slackware-14.1 as you know, a config file for it being provided in /testing. As kernel version is somehow frozen for 14.1 now and if you suspect a regression in nouveau support, I'd suggest you investigate further with help of this page and possibly file a bug.
 
  


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