[Nouveau] First post

[don fisher]

I am running Linux version 3.16.7-7 kernel, from the opensuse 3.2 
distribution. I think there also may be an Intel gpu that precedes the 
Nvidia 880M gpus in my computer. I have very little documentation on 
these computers, sold refurbished by Dell with no documentation. lspci 
lists the graphics card as "NVIDIA Corporation GK104M [GeForce GTX 880M] 
(rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]). No Intel mentioned. Google 
search found "integrated intel 4600 series with Nvidia GeForce GTX 880M. 
Different specs from different places:-(

I will try kernel 4.0 and compare the errors.

Thanks,
Don
On 04/27/2015 03:35 PM, Ilia Mirkin wrote:
> You could be hitting
> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=70354 although that's
> unclear to me... most of the people with that issue have GK106's and
> it's 99% reproducible for them, whereas it's 10% for you. And they
> have it as a secondary GPU, whereas I assume there's no intel gpu
> exposed in your system.
>
> That said, no additional words of wisdom from me =/
>
> What kernel are you using? There have been some fixes to the context
> switching logic recently (kernel 4.0), perhaps they affect your
> scenario?
>
> On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 6:15 PM, don fisher <hdf3 at comcast.net> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have an Alienware 8 laptop that contains dual GeForce GTX 880M graphics
>> GPUs with 16GB of video ram, as I understand it. I am running opensuse 3.2.
>> At some times, like once every 10 boots or so, my system will hang on boot.
>> Black screen shown.
>>
>> I looked at my /var/log/messages and there are numerous nouveau errors. I
>> have attached a section of this output. I am willing to perform any tests
>> that would be helpful. I have two of these computers and the error messages
>> appear the same on both, so it is probably not a hardware issue.
>>
>> Even with the error messages, after the system boots it runs well. I am
>> currently only running 2D windows, such as xterm and Firefox. I do not know
>> if the errors are just something to be ignored or should be investigated.
>> Also, on two occasions a random pattern has appeared superimposed on the
>> original display. The system is hung at this point and I must reboot.
>>
>> Please tell me if this is a proper type of post.
>> Don
>>
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