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<b><a class="bz_bug_link
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title="NEW --- - [NVE7] GPU lockup"
href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=76818#c8">Comment # 8</a>
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title="NEW --- - [NVE7] GPU lockup"
href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=76818">bug 76818</a>
from <span class="vcard"><a class="email" href="mailto:jw.hendy@gmail.com" title="jw.hendy@gmail.com">jw.hendy@gmail.com</a>
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<pre>@Max: can you confirm that this was only an issue due to two minotors? I'm
trying to decide if my similar issue is a replicate or if not since I'm simply
on a laptop here, no additional monitor issue.
@Ilia: I was experiencing similar issues (GPU Lockup, switching to fbcon in
dmesg) and system failure on `startx` back in Oct 2013. Here's an example log
after issuing `startx`:
- <a href="http://pastebin.com/qVY7WznX">http://pastebin.com/qVY7WznX</a>
I'm on Arch Linux and tried nouveau + the AUR nouveau-fw package (basically a
packaged version of nouveau's VideoAcceleration instructions), but was still
getting issues. Here's two dmesg outputs:
- <a href="http://pastebin.com/dV7gHS61">http://pastebin.com/dV7gHS61</a>
- <a href="http://pastebin.com/ZsCQmEwQ">http://pastebin.com/ZsCQmEwQ</a>
I have been getting overheating cores and failure to suspend on lid close
lately, which prompted me to see about returning to nouveau and I found this
post. Your suggestion of:
nouveau.config=NvGrUseFw=1
Seems to have worked! I need to reboot once more to verify, as I'm on linux-lts
kernel (3.10.36) at the moment, but this was the first time I was able to
`startx` with nouveau and did not see the GPU lockup message in dmesg.
I'm trying to understand why this kernel line is necessary. I haven't seen it
at all before, either on the Arch Wiki or in the nouveau firmware instructions.
In fact, in googling it, I find primarily hits on bug reports regarding GPU
lockups! I'd think this would be more widespread in setup/debugging
instructions.
Thanks for any feedback -- I'd like to get information from someone who knows
and then update the Arch Wiki with this information in case it affects others.</pre>
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