[Nouveau] nouveau driver is not loading

[Younes Manton]

On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 2:54 PM, Lars Callenbach <lars.callenbach at gmx.de> wrote:
> Thank you for your answer. I have restartet the computer and have not loaded nvidiafb. This is the output for the latest git-nouveau kernel module (error code -12):
> ---
> [    6.971517] [drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810

> [    7.037917] [drm] nouveau 0000:06:00.0: Detected an NV40 generation card (0x043000a4)

> [    7.073400] [drm] nouveau 0000:06:00.0: 0 MiB GART (aperture)

That's strange...

> [    7.170138] [drm] nouveau 0000:06:00.0: ntfy -12
> [    7.170288] [drm] nouveau 0000:06:00.0: 0xD642: Parsing digital output script table
> [    7.220570] [drm] nouveau 0000:06:00.0: Restoring VGA fonts
> [    7.221181] [drm] nouveau 0000:06:00.0: PMC - unhandled INTR 0x01000000
> [    7.221584] [drm] nouveau 0000:06:00.0: PMC - unhandled INTR 0x01000000
> [    7.221980] [drm] nouveau 0000:06:00.0: PMC - unhandled INTR 0x01000000
> [    7.222372] [drm] nouveau 0000:06:00.0: PMC - unhandled INTR 0x01000000
> [    7.222760] [drm] nouveau 0000:06:00.0: PMC - unhandled INTR 0x01000000
> [    7.223127] [drm] nouveau 0000:06:00.0: PMC - unhandled INTR 0x01000000
> [    7.223516] [drm] nouveau 0000:06:00.0: PMC - unhandled INTR 0x01000000
> [    7.223905] [drm] nouveau 0000:06:00.0: PMC - unhandled INTR 0x01000000
> [    7.224310] [drm] nouveau 0000:06:00.0: PMC - unhandled INTR 0x01000000
> [    7.224707] [drm] nouveau 0000:06:00.0: PMC - unhandled INTR 0x01000000
> [    7.225097] [drm] nouveau 0000:06:00.0: PMC - unhandled INTR 0x01000000
> [    7.225486] [drm] nouveau 0000:06:00.0: PMC - unhandled INTR 0x01000000
> [    7.225875] [drm] nouveau 0000:06:00.0: PMC - unhandled INTR 0x01000000
> [    7.226263] [drm] nouveau 0000:06:00.0: PMC - unhandled INTR 0x01000000
> [    7.226656] [drm] nouveau 0000:06:00.0: PMC - unhandled INTR 0x01000000
> [    7.227048] [drm] nouveau 0000:06:00.0: PMC - unhandled INTR 0x01000000
> [    7.227445] [drm] nouveau 0000:06:00.0: PMC - unhandled INTR 0x01000000
> [    7.227842] [drm] nouveau 0000:06:00.0: PMC - unhandled INTR 0x01000000
> [    7.228253] [drm] nouveau 0000:06:00.0: PMC - unhandled INTR 0x01000000
> [    7.228625] [drm] nouveau 0000:06:00.0: PMC - unhandled INTR 0x01000000

This is also strange...

> [    7.232989] [drm:drm_sysfs_connector_remove], removing "VGA-1" from sysfs
> [    7.233027] [drm:drm_sysfs_connector_remove], removing "DVI-I-1" from sysfs
> [    7.233054] [drm:drm_sysfs_connector_remove], removing "TV-1" from sysfs
> [    7.233099] [drm:drm_irq_uninstall], irq=16
> [    7.233118] [drm:drm_mm_takedown] *ERROR* Memory manager not clean. Delaying takedown
> [    7.233260] [drm:drm_mm_takedown] *ERROR* Memory manager not clean. Delaying takedown
> [    7.233401] [TTM] Finalizing pool allocator.
> [    7.233437] [TTM] Zone  kernel: Used memory at exit: 0 kiB.
> [    7.235221] [drm:drm_put_minor], release secondary minor 0
> [    7.235330] [drm:drm_put_minor], release secondary minor 64
> [    7.235507] nouveau 0000:06:00.0: PCI INT A disabled
> [    7.235529] nouveau: probe of 0000:06:00.0 failed with error -12

Not sure what's going on with your card. Is this a regression? Did
nouveau ever work for you? Does Nvidia's official driver work?