Bug#690586: installation-reports: NVIDIA GF108 [Quadro 1000M] 10de:0dfa (rev a1) X fails with nouveau/linux-3.2
Hi Sven,
On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 10:01:05PM +0100, Sven Joachim wrote:
> Am 19.11.2012 um 21:38 schrieb Andreas B. Mundt:
> > On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 06:59:12PM +0100, Sven Joachim wrote:
> >> Am 15.10.2012 um 22:42 schrieb Andreas B. Mundt:
> >
> > The machine freezes when booting and I have to power off (Sys-Rq and
> > other key combinations do not help). The last line shown on the screen
> > (with "quiet" removed from the kernel boot stanza) differs. If it
> > helps I can run a series and report the final lines. However, I am
> > able to boot with "nomodeset" added to the boot parameters.
>
> Well, the problem is indeed in the graphics driver then, since
> "nomodeset" effectively disables it. Does it work with
> nouveau.noaccel=1 instead of nomodeset?
No, it freezes again with nouveau.noaccel=1.
> > I attached the output when started with "nomodeset" as kernel boot
> > parameter. The screen resolution is pretty bad (1024x768) compared to
> > the resolution when running kernel 3.5.
>
> Yes, because you then get to use the vesa driver for X which does not
> support modern wide screens.
OK
> Do you have another computer where you can capture kernel messages via
> netconsole? A short HOWTO for netconsole is on
> http://blog.mraw.org/2010/11/08/Debugging_using_netconsole, also see
> Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt in the kernel source.
OK, I will look into that tomorrow and report back.
Good night,
Andi
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