[Nouveau] Nouveau on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Fri Oct 1 20:29:03 UTC 2021

On Fri, Oct 1, 2021 at 4:15 PM Ilia Mirkin <imirkin at alum.mit.edu> wrote:

> On Fri, Oct 1, 2021 at 3:58 PM Jerry Geis <jerry.geis at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Oct 1, 2021 at 3:40 PM Ilia Mirkin <imirkin at alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Fri, Oct 1, 2021 at 3:36 PM Jerry Geis <jerry.geis at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On Fri, Oct 1, 2021 at 3:27 PM Jerry Geis <jerry.geis at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> On Fri, Oct 1, 2021 at 3:20 PM Ilia Mirkin <imirkin at alum.mit.edu>
> wrote:
> >> >>>
> >> >>> On Fri, Oct 1, 2021 at 3:17 PM Jerry Geis <jerry.geis at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> >>> > On Fri, Oct 1, 2021 at 3:06 PM Ilia Mirkin <imirkin at alum.mit.edu>
> wrote:
> >> >>> >>
> >> >>> >> On Fri, Oct 1, 2021 at 3:00 PM Jerry Geis <jerry.geis at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> >>> >> > lsmod | grep nouveau
> >> >>> >> >
> >> >>> >> > What dont I have ?
> >> >>> >>
> >> >>> >> nouveau :)
> >> >>> >>
> >> >>> >> Other than that, you got everything...
> >> >>> >>
> >> >>> >> Check dmesg for errors.
> >> >>> >>
> >> >>> >> Cheers,
> >> >>> >>
> >> >>> >>   -ilia
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> > I see this:
> >> >>> > Oct  1 15:11:21 mediaport57 /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[1546]:
> (==) Matched nouveau as autoconfigured driver 0
> >> >>>
> >> >>> This is not dmesg. This is some log file. Please look in dmesg.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> > Oct  1 15:11:23 mediaport57 /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[1546]:
> (**) VESA(0): Using "Shadow Framebuffer"
> >> >>>
> >> >>> X is using the VESA driver because nouveau (nor any other DRM
> driver) is loaded.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> > So it seems like its loading .... but perhaps its not happy ????
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> > What do I do  ?
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Check dmesg for why nouveau didn't load.
> >> >>>
> >> >>>   -ilia
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>  grep -i nouveau /var/log/dmesg
> >> >> [   19.934733] kernel: fb0: switching to nouveaufb from VESA VGA
> >> >> [   20.013197] kernel: nouveau 0000:03:00.0: vgaarb: deactivate vga
> console
> >> >> [   20.013415] kernel: nouveau 0000:03:00.0: NVIDIA GT218 (0a8200b1)
> >> >> [   20.159472] kernel: nouveau 0000:03:00.0: bios: version
> 70.18.45.00.00
> >> >> [   20.162603] kernel: nouveau 0000:03:00.0: fb: 512 MiB DDR3
> >> >> [   21.552858] kernel: nouveau 0000:03:00.0: DRM: VRAM: 512 MiB
> >> >> [   21.552873] kernel: nouveau 0000:03:00.0: DRM: GART: 1048576 MiB
> >> >> [   21.552888] kernel: nouveau 0000:03:00.0: DRM: TMDS table version
> 2.0
> >> >> [   21.552900] kernel: nouveau 0000:03:00.0: DRM: DCB version 4.0
> >> >> [   21.552911] kernel: nouveau 0000:03:00.0: DRM: DCB outp 00:
> 01000302 00000030
> >> >> [   21.552924] kernel: nouveau 0000:03:00.0: DRM: DCB outp 01:
> 02000300 00000000
> >> >> [   21.552937] kernel: nouveau 0000:03:00.0: DRM: DCB outp 02:
> 02011362 00020010
> >> >> [   21.552950] kernel: nouveau 0000:03:00.0: DRM: DCB conn 00:
> 00001030
> >> >> [   21.552961] kernel: nouveau 0000:03:00.0: DRM: DCB conn 01:
> 00002161
> >> >> [   21.568834] kernel: nouveau 0000:03:00.0: DRM: MM: using COPY for
> buffer copies
> >> >> [   21.645206] kernel: nouveau 0000:03:00.0: DRM: allocated
> 1920x1080 fb: 0x70000, bo (____ptrval____)
> >> >> [   21.648681] kernel: fbcon: nouveaudrmfb (fb0) is primary device
> >> >> [   21.837701] kernel: nouveau 0000:03:00.0: [drm] fb0: nouveaudrmfb
> frame buffer device
> >> >> [   21.873290] kernel: [drm] Initialized nouveau 1.3.1 20120801 for
> 0000:03:00.0 on minor 0
> >>
> >> I was looking for you to just run "dmesg", BTW, not read a log file.
> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> lsmod | grep nouveau
> >> >> nouveau              1986560  30
> >> >> mxm_wmi                16384  1 nouveau
> >> >> i2c_algo_bit           16384  1 nouveau
> >> >> drm_ttm_helper         16384  1 nouveau
> >> >> ttm                    73728  2 drm_ttm_helper,nouveau
> >> >> drm_kms_helper        237568  1 nouveau
> >> >> drm                   548864  25
> drm_kms_helper,drm_ttm_helper,ttm,nouveau
> >> >> video                  53248  1 nouveau
> >> >> wmi                    32768  2 mxm_wmi,nouveau
> >> >>
> >> >> I took off ALL extra kernel command paramters - nothing specific to
> nouveau - and I got better results. however - video is still dropping
> frames.
> >>
> >> Perhaps you had a "nomodeset" in there? That would prevent nouveau
> >> from doing anything useful, although I think it'd still load in that
> >> case.
> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> So progress. but still no good.
> >>
> >> Check xorg log to make sure you see NOUVEAU lines, not modeset lines.
> >> If you see modeset lines, make sure you force the nouveau DDX driver
> >> to load. (Some distros think it's funny to prevent it from loading by
> >> default...)
> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> Jerry
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > I see this error:
> >> > nouveau 0000:03:00.0: Direct firmware load for nouveau/nva8_fuc084
> failed
> >> >
> >> > I did apt-file search nva8_fuc084
> >> > and it did not return anything.
> >>
> >> This is for video decoding acceleration (vdpau / va-api). You can set
> >> this up by following the instructions at
> >> https://nouveau.freedesktop.org/VideoAcceleration.html . Note that
> >> it's hardly perfect.
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >>
> >>   -ilia
> >
> >
> > These were the kernel command line items I removed.
> > acpi=off pci=nomsi
>
> Oh dear. Esp acpi=off is very bad for any post-2010 machine. (The
> cut-off is probably earlier, but def by 2010, ACPI is basically
> required for things to function.) pci=nomsi won't affect things too
> much either way, but I'm not aware of needing to turn off MSI except
> for very odd situations.
>
> >
> > The machine seems happier - now - althought I no longer have sound for
> some reason - but after installing the firmware - CPU % is way down.
>
> Nouveau will have registered a second sound adapter (whose sound would
> get piped out through HDMI / DP ports, if available). Make sure you're
> still using the "right" audio hardware in your settings.
>
> You can also check that pstate file I was talking about earlier to
> adjust the power levels of the GPU (either more power / more heat /
> less battery or less power / less heat / more battery...)
>
> Good luck,
>
>   -ilia
>

yes very weird on the sound. Using analog speakers at the moment
I got no test sound - and no video sound after getting nouveau to run
correctly ????
I was playing analog audio before ?
Does nouveau only do HDMI audio ?

jerry
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