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Linux karpov 4.10.11-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Apr 18 08:39:42 CEST 2017 x86_64 GNU/Linux


core/linux 4.10.11-1
extra/xorg-server 1.19.3-2
extra/xf86-video-nouveau 1.0.15-1
extra/libdrm 2.4.80-1
extra/mesa 17.0.4-2

Created attachment 130982 [details]
Xorg log

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GT216M [GeForce GT 230M] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 365c
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
        Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 29
        Region 0: Memory at d2000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
        Region 1: Memory at c0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
        Region 3: Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M]
        Region 5: I/O ports at 6000 [size=128]
        Expansion ROM at 000c0000 [disabled] [size=128K]
        Capabilities: <access denied>
        Kernel driver in use: nouveau
        Kernel modules: nouveau

[kevin@karpov ~]$ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-nouveau.conf

Section "Monitor"
          Identifier   "LVDS"
          Option "PreferredMode" "1600x900_60.0"
          Option "RightOf" "VGA"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
          Identifier   "VGA"
          Option "PreferredMode" "1680x1050_59.9"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier "nvidia"
    Driver "nouveau"
    Option  "Monitor-LVDS-1" "LVDS"
    Option  "Monitor-VGA-1" "VGA"
EndSection

After this crash, I rebooted and I'm currently running sway on wayland and things seem to work well, but I've been having trouble with X for weeks now.

I first noticed issues when the following messages started appearing in my boot logs:

nouveau 0000:01:00.0: bios: OOB 1 015f1901 015f1901
nouveau 0000:01:00.0: bios: OOB 1 b90900b8 b90900b8
nouveau 0000:01:00.0: bios: OOB 1 b90900b8 b90900b8
nouveau 0000:01:00.0: bios: OOB 1 b90900b8 b90900b8

I have a dual monitor setup and I was always running with no specific xorg.config files, just the following in my .xinitrc file:

xrandr --output LVDS-1 --preferred
xrandr --output HDMI-1 --preferred --primary --left-of LVDS-1

But suddenly after some updates, that was resulting in the same content being displayed on both screens, but I can still move my mouse cursor over onto the second screen.

I put in the xorg.conf file that I used to use (already pasted in) and it seemed to improve the situation, but there were still issues. The same content would still appear on both screens, but once I let the xfce power management shut off the monitors and then woke the computer back up, the screens would work correctly again.

Then this I installed a new kernel and nouveau driver, and after starting X everything froze and I found the Oops in my logs.

(In reply to Kevin Winchester from comment #5)
> After this crash, I rebooted and I'm currently running sway on wayland and
> things seem to work well, but I've been having trouble with X for weeks now.
> 
> I first noticed issues when the following messages started appearing in my
> boot logs:
> 
> nouveau 0000:01:00.0: bios: OOB 1 015f1901 015f1901
> nouveau 0000:01:00.0: bios: OOB 1 b90900b8 b90900b8
> nouveau 0000:01:00.0: bios: OOB 1 b90900b8 b90900b8
> nouveau 0000:01:00.0: bios: OOB 1 b90900b8 b90900b8

Those are "normal". By which I mean harmless. Should go away in some updated kernel.

> 
> I have a dual monitor setup and I was always running with no specific
> xorg.config files, just the following in my .xinitrc file:
> 
> xrandr --output LVDS-1 --preferred
> xrandr --output HDMI-1 --preferred --primary --left-of LVDS-1
> 
> But suddenly after some updates, that was resulting in the same content
> being displayed on both screens, but I can still move my mouse cursor over
> onto the second screen.
> 
> I put in the xorg.conf file that I used to use (already pasted in) and it
> seemed to improve the situation, but there were still issues. The same
> content would still appear on both screens, but once I let the xfce power
> management shut off the monitors and then woke the computer back up, the
> screens would work correctly again.
> 
> Then this I installed a new kernel and nouveau driver, and after starting X
> everything froze and I found the Oops in my logs.

Looks like your crash happened with 4.10.11. 4.10.12 includes a backport of a very important fix, https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=2efa4bd3b644f115befbd225f45fce936e19cf2c , which I believe accounts for the crash that you saw.

Thank you, I'm going to try 4.11-rc7 which is available in the Arch AUR.

The updated kernel fixed the Oops, but I still see the incorrect dual screen behaviour until I wait for the screens to enter power saving mode and then wake them up.

Is there any additional debugging info I can provide that might help?

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