Bug 57211

Since Ubuntu/Mint 11.04 and every version thereafter when booting I see only artifacts on the screen. I need to blacklist nouveau to boot to the desktop and install nvidia-current. I rather would use nouveau of course. 

In Ubuntu 12.10 this is the output during boot:

[   68.480329] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: PGRAPH  TLB flush idle timout fail: 0x011fde03 0x00145b4d 0x0000002d 0X0034db40
[   70.481621] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: PGRAPH  TLB flush idle timout fail: 0x011fde03 0x00145b4d 0x0000002d 0X0034db40
[   73.482102] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: failed to idle channel 3.
[   122.606202] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: failed to idle channel 2.


I found that a lot of users with the same grahpical card have the same issue during several releases of ubuntu and linux mint. Here are some related links:  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XBN3qXfjcA&noredirect=1
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-nouveau/+bug/689507
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/657736
https://bugs.launchpad.net/wubi/+bug/775552	
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1838567
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1838842



My system details


General

ASUS G51J
GeForce GTS 360M
NVA3 (GT215)
NV50 Family


Details

Graphics
	Monitor
			Name	Generic PnP Monitor on NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M
			Current Resolution	1920x1080 pixels
			Work Resolution	1920x1032 pixels
			State	enabled, primary
			Monitor Width	1920
			Monitor Height	1080
			Monitor BPP	32 bits per pixel
			Monitor Frequency	60 Hz
			Device	\\.\DISPLAY1\Monitor0
		GeForce GTS 360M
			GPU	GT215
			Device ID	10DE-0CB1
			Revision	A3
			Subvendor	ASUStek Computer Inc (1043)
			Current Performance Level	Level 3
			Current GPU Clock	550 MHz
			Current Memory Clock	1800 MHz
			Current Shader Clock	1323 MHz
			Die Size	133 nm²
			Release Date	Nov 17, 2009
			DirectX Support	10.1
			OpenGL Support	4.1
			Bus Interface	PCI Express x1
			Temperature	79 °C
			ForceWare version	187.66
			BIOS Version	70.15.39.00.04
			ROPs	8
			Shaders	96 unified
			Physical Memory	1024 MB
			Virtual Memory	2816 MB
				Count of performance levels : 3
						Level 1 - "Default"
							GPU Clock	135 MHz
							Memory Clock	135 MHz
							Shader Clock	270 MHz
						Level 2 - "2D Desktop"
							GPU Clock	405 MHz
							Memory Clock	324 MHz
							Shader Clock	810 MHz
						Level 3 - "3D Applications"
							GPU Clock	550 MHz
							Memory Clock	1800 MHz
							Shader Clock	1323 MHz
		OpenGL
			Version	3.1 NVIDIA 187.66
			Vendor	NVIDIA Corporation
			Renderer	GeForce GTS 360M/PCI/SSE2
			GLU Version	1.2.2.0 Microsoft Corporation
				Values
					GL_MAX_LIGHTS	8
					GL_MAX_TEXTURE_SIZE	8192
					GL_MAX_TEXTURE_STACK_DEPTH	10
				GL Extensions
					GL_ARB_color_buffer_float
					GL_ARB_copy_buffer
					GL_ARB_compatibility
					GL_ARB_depth_buffer_float
					GL_ARB_depth_texture
					GL_ARB_draw_buffers
					GL_ARB_draw_instanced
					GL_ARB_fragment_program
					GL_ARB_fragment_program_shadow
					GL_ARB_fragment_shader
					GL_ARB_half_float_pixel
					GL_ARB_half_float_vertex
					GL_ARB_framebuffer_object
					GL_ARB_geometry_shader4
					GL_ARB_imaging
					GL_ARB_map_buffer_range
					GL_ARB_multisample
					GL_ARB_multitexture
					GL_ARB_occlusion_query
					GL_ARB_pixel_buffer_object
					GL_ARB_point_parameters
					GL_ARB_point_sprite
					GL_ARB_shadow
					GL_ARB_shader_objects
					GL_ARB_shading_language_100
					GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp
					GL_ARB_texture_buffer_object
					GL_ARB_texture_compression
					GL_ARB_texture_cube_map
					GL_ARB_texture_env_add
					GL_ARB_texture_env_combine
					GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3
					GL_ARB_texture_float
					GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat
					GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two
					GL_ARB_texture_rectangle
					GL_ARB_texture_rg
					GL_ARB_transpose_matrix
					GL_ARB_vertex_array_object
					GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object
					GL_ARB_vertex_program
					GL_ARB_vertex_shader
					GL_ARB_window_pos
					GL_ATI_draw_buffers
					GL_ATI_texture_float
					GL_ATI_texture_mirror_once
					GL_S3_s3tc
					GL_EXT_texture_env_add
					GL_EXT_abgr
					GL_EXT_bgra
					GL_EXT_blend_color
					GL_EXT_blend_equation_separate
					GL_EXT_blend_func_separate
					GL_EXT_blend_minmax
					GL_EXT_blend_subtract
					GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array
					GL_EXT_Cg_shader
					GL_EXT_bindable_uniform
					GL_EXT_depth_bounds_test
					GL_EXT_direct_state_access
					GL_EXT_draw_buffers2
					GL_EXT_draw_instanced
					GL_EXT_draw_range_elements
					GL_EXT_fog_coord
					GL_EXT_framebuffer_blit
					GL_EXT_framebuffer_multisample
					GL_EXT_framebuffer_object
					GL_EXTX_framebuffer_mixed_formats
					GL_EXT_framebuffer_sRGB
					GL_EXT_geometry_shader4
					GL_EXT_gpu_program_parameters
					GL_EXT_gpu_shader4
					GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays
					GL_EXT_packed_depth_stencil
					GL_EXT_packed_float
					GL_EXT_packed_pixels
					GL_EXT_pixel_buffer_object
					GL_EXT_point_parameters
					GL_EXT_provoking_vertex
					GL_EXT_rescale_normal
					GL_EXT_secondary_color
					GL_EXT_separate_specular_color
					GL_EXT_shadow_funcs
					GL_EXT_stencil_two_side
					GL_EXT_stencil_wrap
					GL_EXT_texture3D
					GL_EXT_texture_array
					GL_EXT_texture_buffer_object
					GL_EXT_texture_compression_latc
					GL_EXT_texture_compression_rgtc
					GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc
					GL_EXT_texture_cube_map
					GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp
					GL_EXT_texture_env_combine
					GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3
					GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic
					GL_EXT_texture_integer
					GL_EXT_texture_lod
					GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias
					GL_EXT_texture_mirror_clamp
					GL_EXT_texture_object
					GL_EXT_texture_sRGB
					GL_EXT_texture_swizzle
					GL_EXT_texture_shared_exponent
					GL_EXT_timer_query
					GL_EXT_vertex_array
					GL_EXT_vertex_array_bgra
					GL_IBM_rasterpos_clip
					GL_IBM_texture_mirrored_repeat
					GL_KTX_buffer_region
					GL_NV_blend_square
					GL_NV_copy_depth_to_color
					GL_NV_depth_buffer_float
					GL_NV_conditional_render
					GL_NV_depth_clamp
					GL_NV_explicit_multisample
					GL_NV_fence
					GL_NV_float_buffer
					GL_NV_fog_distance
					GL_NV_fragment_program
					GL_NV_fragment_program_option
					GL_NV_fragment_program2
					GL_NV_framebuffer_multisample_coverage
					GL_NV_geometry_shader4
					GL_NV_gpu_program4
					GL_NV_half_float
					GL_NV_light_max_exponent
					GL_NV_multisample_coverage
					GL_NV_multisample_filter_hint
					GL_NV_occlusion_query
					GL_NV_packed_depth_stencil
					GL_NV_parameter_buffer_object
					GL_NV_parameter_buffer_object2
					GL_NV_pixel_data_range
					GL_NV_point_sprite
					GL_NV_primitive_restart
					GL_NV_register_combiners
					GL_NV_register_combiners2
					GL_NV_texgen_reflection
					GL_NV_texture_compression_vtc
					GL_NV_texture_env_combine4
					GL_NV_texture_expand_normal
					GL_NV_texture_rectangle
					GL_NV_texture_shader
					GL_NV_texture_shader2
					GL_NV_texture_shader3
					GL_NV_transform_feedback
					GL_NV_transform_feedback2
					GL_NV_vertex_array_range
					GL_NV_vertex_array_range2
					GL_NV_vertex_program
					GL_NV_vertex_program1_1
					GL_NV_vertex_program2
					GL_NV_vertex_program2_option
					GL_NV_vertex_program3
					GL_NVX_conditional_render
					GL_NV_vertex_buffer_unified_memory
					GL_NV_shader_buffer_load
					GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap
					GL_SGIS_texture_lod
					GL_SGIX_depth_texture
					GL_SGIX_shadow
					GL_SUN_slice_accum
					GL_WIN_swap_hint
					WGL_EXT_swap_control
					GL_EXT_bgra