Bug 38992 - GeForce 9500 GT: starts only with nouveau.noaccel=1
Summary: GeForce 9500 GT: starts only with nouveau.noaccel=1
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: xorg
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Driver/nouveau (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other Linux (All)
: medium normal
Assignee: Nouveau Project
QA Contact: Xorg Project Team
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Reported: 2011-07-05 23:18 UTC by Tobias Kaminsky
Modified: 2013-08-18 18:10 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Attachments
Kernel log (54.71 KB, text/plain)
2011-07-07 03:36 UTC, Tobias Kaminsky
no flags Details
Xorg.log (34.41 KB, text/plain)
2011-07-07 03:37 UTC, Tobias Kaminsky
no flags Details
Xorg.log with nofbaccel=1 (34.43 KB, text/plain)
2011-07-07 08:24 UTC, Tobias Kaminsky
no flags Details
Kernel log with nofbaccel=1 (53.32 KB, text/plain)
2011-07-07 08:24 UTC, Tobias Kaminsky
no flags Details

Description Tobias Kaminsky 2011-07-05 23:18:19 UTC
Hello,

I have this GPU:

02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G96 [GeForce 9500 GT] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
        Subsystem: ZOTAC International (MCO) Ltd. Device 7046
        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 18
        Region 0: Memory at fd000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
        Region 1: Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
        Region 3: Memory at fa000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32M]
        Region 5: I/O ports at d800 [size=128]
        Expansion ROM at fea80000 [disabled] [size=512K]
        Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 3
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
                Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
        Capabilities: [68] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
                Address: 0000000000000000  Data: 0000
        Capabilities: [78] Express (v1) Endpoint, MSI 00
                DevCap: MaxPayload 128 bytes, PhantFunc 0, Latency L0s <512ns, L1 <4us
                        ExtTag+ AttnBtn- AttnInd- PwrInd- RBE+ FLReset-
                DevCtl: Report errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal- Unsupported-
                        RlxdOrd- ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop+
                        MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 512 bytes
                DevSta: CorrErr- UncorrErr- FatalErr- UnsuppReq- AuxPwr- TransPend-
                LnkCap: Port #0, Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x16, ASPM L0s L1, Latency L0 <512ns, L1 <1us
                        ClockPM- Surprise- LLActRep- BwNot-
                LnkCtl: ASPM Disabled; RCB 128 bytes Disabled- Retrain- CommClk+
                        ExtSynch- ClockPM- AutWidDis- BWInt- AutBWInt-
                LnkSta: Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x16, TrErr- Train- SlotClk+ DLActive- BWMgmt- ABWMgmt-
        Capabilities: [b4] Vendor Specific Information: Len=14 <?>
        Capabilities: [100 v1] Virtual Channel
                Caps:   LPEVC=0 RefClk=100ns PATEntryBits=1
                Arb:    Fixed- WRR32- WRR64- WRR128-
                Ctrl:   ArbSelect=Fixed
                Status: InProgress-
                VC0:    Caps:   PATOffset=00 MaxTimeSlots=1 RejSnoopTrans-
                        Arb:    Fixed- WRR32- WRR64- WRR128- TWRR128- WRR256-
                        Ctrl:   Enable+ ID=0 ArbSelect=Fixed TC/VC=ff
                        Status: NegoPending- InProgress-
        Capabilities: [128 v1] Power Budgeting <?>
        Capabilities: [600 v1] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0001 Rev=1 Len=024 <?>
        Kernel driver in use: nouveau
        Kernel modules: nouveau

Xorg log says:
[    14.374] (EE) NOUVEAU(0): Error creating GPU channel: -19
[    14.374] (EE) NOUVEAU(0): Error initialising acceleration.  Falling back to NoAccel

If I do not set "nouveau.noaccel=1" on kernel line I just get a black screen and a segfault.

I am using Gentoo and the external drm driver.
Nouveau Feature Matrix says that 3d should work for my GPU.

What can I do to help? 
Do you need additional informations?

Thank you
Comment 1 Pekka Paalanen 2011-07-06 01:16:28 UTC
Please, provide complete kernel and X logs as instructed in http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/Bugs
for the black screen and segfault case.

Note, that while your aim may be 3D acceleration, your problem is not a Mesa or 3D bug. When working on the black screen issue, please remove the 3D driver (nouveau_dri.so, which belongs to Mesa) to reduce the possible points of failure.

Noaccel disables all 2D and 3D acceleration, and is merely a workaround to get to the desktop.
Comment 2 Tobias Kaminsky 2011-07-07 03:36:04 UTC
I am using built-in DRM, xf86-video-nouveau, staging nouveau and Kernel 3.0 on Gentoo.

Thank you
Comment 3 Tobias Kaminsky 2011-07-07 03:36:51 UTC
Created attachment 48845 [details]
Kernel log
Comment 4 Tobias Kaminsky 2011-07-07 03:37:13 UTC
Created attachment 48846 [details]
Xorg.log
Comment 5 Tobias Kaminsky 2011-07-07 03:44:43 UTC
I forgot to mention that I cannot reproduce the segfault.
Comment 6 Marcin Slusarz 2011-07-07 07:58:52 UTC
does it work if you boot with nouveau.nofbaccel=1?
Comment 7 Tobias Kaminsky 2011-07-07 08:23:39 UTC
(In reply to comment #6)
> does it work if you boot with nouveau.nofbaccel=1?

No.
I get a black screen with a cursor which I can move.
I attach the Xorg.log and the kernel-log.
Comment 8 Tobias Kaminsky 2011-07-07 08:24:18 UTC
Created attachment 48857 [details]
Xorg.log with nofbaccel=1
Comment 9 Tobias Kaminsky 2011-07-07 08:24:44 UTC
Created attachment 48858 [details]
Kernel log with nofbaccel=1
Comment 10 Ilia Mirkin 2013-08-18 18:10:19 UTC
It appears that this bug report has laid dormant for quite a while. Sorry we haven't gotten to it. Since we fix bugs all the time, chances are pretty good that your issue has been fixed with the latest software. Please give it a shot. (Linux kernel 3.10.7, xf86-video-nouveau 1.0.9, mesa 9.1.6, or their git versions.) If upgrading to the latest isn't an option for you, your distro's bugzilla is probably the right destination for your bug report.

In an effort to clean up our bug list, we're pre-emptively closing all bugs that haven't seen updates since 2011. If the original issue remains, please make sure to provide fresh info, see http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/Bugs/ for what we need to see, and re-open this one.

Thanks,

The Nouveau Team


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