[Nouveau] GM206 [GeForce GTX 960] with 4k display

Karl Schmidt karl at xtronics.com
Tue May 9 03:52:22 UTC 2017


I was getting a glicthy checkerboard mess at the cursor in some programs (konsol+) with
# cat /proc/cmdline
BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.9.0-2-amd64 root=UUID=4107d1db-62a3-427c-8515-c954a103ce25 ro text quiet


changed the command line in a blind attempt to:

$ cat /proc/cmdline
BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.9.0-2-amd64 root=UUID=4107d1db-62a3-427c-8515-c954a103ce25 ro 
nouveau.config=NvForcePost=1 acpi_osi=Linux text quiet

The cursor bug disappeared. <grin>


My understanding of the command-line bits is not perfect - but I think that acpi_osi=Linux tells 
acpi to get along with linux - not understanding what nouveau.config=NvForcePost=1 does - google 
failed me.

If someone can explain what I did - you will make an old man smile..

nouveau still complains a bit - not sure it is important.


May  8 22:26:51 singapore kernel: [    6.410185] nouveau 0000:08:00.0: DRM: Pointer to flat panel 
table invalid
May  8 22:26:51 singapore kernel: [    6.418002] nouveau 0000:08:00.0: DRM: unknown connector type 70
May  8 22:26:51 singapore kernel: [    6.418054] nouveau 0000:08:00.0: DRM: failed to create encoder 
1/8/0: -19
May  8 22:26:51 singapore kernel: [    6.418056] nouveau 0000:08:00.0: DRM: Unknown-1 has no 
encoders, removing
May  8 22:26:51 singapore kernel: [    6.418098] [drm] Supports vblank timestamp caching Rev 2 
(21.10.2013).
May  8 22:26:51 singapore kernel: [    6.418099] [drm] Driver supports precise vblank timestamp query.
May  8 22:26:51 singapore kernel: [    6.448895] iTCO_vendor_support: vendor-support=0
May  8 22:26:51 singapore kernel: [    6.452446] iTCO_wdt: Intel TCO WatchDog Timer Driver v1.11
May  8 22:26:51 singapore kernel: [    6.452499] iTCO_wdt: unable to reset NO_REBOOT flag, device 
disabled by hardware/BIOS
May  8 22:26:51 singapore kernel: [    6.464947] kvm: VM_EXIT_LOAD_IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL does not 
work properly. Using workaround
May  8 22:26:51 singapore kernel: [    6.528616] nouveau 0000:08:00.0: DRM: MM: using COPY for 
buffer copies

I've attached bits if it might be of use.

Can dig up more if anyone needs it.

$ xrandr -q
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 3840 x 2160, maximum 16384 x 16384
DVI-I-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP-2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP-3 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI-1 connected primary 3840x2160+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 1085mm x 610mm
    1920x1080     60.00 +  50.00    59.94    59.93    30.00    24.00    29.97    23.98
    4096x2160     24.00    23.98
    3840x2160     30.00*   25.00    24.00    29.97    23.98
<snip>



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Karl Schmidt                                  EMail Karl at xtronics.com
Transtronics, Inc.                              WEB https://secure.transtronics.com
3209 West 9th Street                             Ph (785) 841-3089
Lawrence, KS 66049                              FAX (785) 841-3089

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EDID version: 1.3
Digital display
Maximum image size: 108 cm x 61 cm
Gamma: 2.20
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  1600x900 at 60Hz
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