Re: Looking for video card recommendation
On 5/3/20, Alberto Sentieri <22t@tripolho.com> wrote:
>
> Lately, with Debian stretch (and Mate), things got sort of stable with
> the nouveau driver, and I was getting one frozen screen every few
> months, which was kind of acceptable. A couple of weeks ago I upgrade to
> Debian buster (GNOME3) and the nightmare is back: I get a frozen screen
> at leas once a day. A simple F11 pressed on Firefox could cause the
> freeze, but there other things, which I could not determine, that also
> cause the freeze. The freeze is only a graphic freeze, I mean, I can ssh
> into the machine from my laptop, stop all services and shut it down, or
> restart it. But I could not figure out a way of restarting the video
> without a reboot. And every freeze usually means losing something, and
> losing many minutes.
>
> I know that eventually the nouveau guys will get it stable again, and I
> admire their continuous work, but this time I do not want to wait for them.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Here is dmesg in one of the freezes:
>
> [23664.639186] WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 7223 at
> drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/include/nvkm/subdev/i2c.h:172
> init_rdauxr+0xf4/0x130 [nouveau]
> [23664.639187] Modules linked in: nfnetlink cfg80211 fuse rfcomm arc4
> md4 sha512_ssse3 sha512_generic nls_utf8 cifs ccm dns_resolver fscache
> 8021q garp mrp bridge stp llc vboxnetadp(OE) vboxnetflt(OE) vboxdrv(OE)
> cmac bnep intel_rapl snd_hda_codec_hdmi btusb btrtl btbcm
> x86_pkg_temp_thermal btintel intel_powerclamp bluetooth nls_ascii
> nls_cp437 coretemp vfat fat kvm_intel jitterentropy_rng kvm
> snd_hda_codec_realtek snd_hda_codec_generic drbg irqbypass
> crct10dif_pclmul ansi_cprng crc32_pclmul snd_hda_intel
> ghash_clmulni_intel joydev ecdh_generic snd_hda_codec intel_cstate
> snd_hda_core efi_pstore snd_hwdep snd_pcm eeepc_wmi asus_wmi snd_timer
> intel_uncore mei_me pcc_cpufreq snd sparse_keymap iTCO_wdt mei
> intel_rapl_perf rfkill efivars wmi_bmof pcspkr soundcore sg
> iTCO_vendor_support evdev firewire_sbp2
> [23664.639207] parport_pc ppdev lp parport efivarfs ip_tables x_tables
> autofs4 ext4 crc16 mbcache jbd2 crc32c_generic fscrypto ecb
> hid_logitech_hidpp hid_logitech_dj hid_generic usbhid hid sr_mod cdrom
> sd_mod nouveau crc32c_intel video i2c_algo_bit mxm_wmi xhci_pci ttm ahci
> xhci_hcd libahci drm_kms_helper ehci_pci aesni_intel ehci_hcd libata
> aes_x86_64 drm crypto_simd usbcore cryptd e1000e glue_helper scsi_mod
> firewire_ohci i2c_i801 firewire_core lpc_ich mfd_core crc_itu_t
> usb_common wmi button
> [23664.639224] CPU: 3 PID: 7223 Comm: kworker/u24:1 Tainted: G
> OE 4.19.0-8-amd64 #1 Debian 4.19.98-1+deb10u1
> [23664.639225] Hardware name: System manufacturer System Product
> Name/P9X79, BIOS 4502 10/15/2013
> [23664.639254] Workqueue: nvkm-disp gf119_disp_super [nouveau]
> [23664.639275] RIP: 0010:init_rdauxr+0xf4/0x130 [nouveau]
> [23664.639276] Code: e1 48 89 ef ba 09 00 00 00 be 01 00 00 00 e8 e3 9c
> 03 00 85 c0 75 27 80 7c 24 0f 01 74 0e 48 c7 c7 10 bf 8e c0 e8 7a b9 b8
> dc <0f> 0b 48 89 ef e8 12 9a 03 00 0f b6 44 24 0e e9 39 ff ff ff 48 89
> [23664.639277] RSP: 0018:ffffa53483adfc08 EFLAGS: 00010246
> [23664.639279] RAX: 0000000000000024 RBX: ffffa53483adfc90 RCX:
> 0000000000000000
> [23664.639280] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffff9a2bff8d66b8 RDI:
> ffff9a2bff8d66b8
> [23664.639281] RBP: ffff9a2bfb86e800 R08: 0000000000000571 R09:
> 0000000000000007
> [23664.639282] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: ffffffff9e7f46ed R12:
> 0000000000000102
> [23664.639283] R13: ffff9a2bfbbb3b00 R14: 0000000000000020 R15:
> 00000000000000df
> [23664.639284] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff9a2bff8c0000(0000)
> knlGS:0000000000000000
> [23664.639285] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
> [23664.639286] CR2: 00007f9acaa452c4 CR3: 0000000633e0a002 CR4:
> 00000000000606e0
> [23664.639287] Call Trace:
> [23664.639310] init_auxch+0xf6/0x180 [nouveau]
> [23664.639331] nvbios_exec+0x45/0xd0 [nouveau]
> [23664.639359] nvkm_dp_train_init+0x12e/0x170 [nouveau]
> [23664.639386] nvkm_dp_acquire+0x1a6/0xcb0 [nouveau]
> [23664.639390] ? update_blocked_averages+0x77b/0x950
> [23664.639394] ? __switch_to_asm+0x41/0x70
> [23664.639395] ? __switch_to_asm+0x41/0x70
> [23664.639397] ? syscall_return_via_sysret+0x14/0x83
> [23664.639399] ? __switch_to_asm+0x35/0x70
> [23664.639400] ? __switch_to_asm+0x41/0x70
> [23664.639402] ? __switch_to_asm+0x35/0x70
> [23664.639404] ? __switch_to_asm+0x41/0x70
> [23664.639405] ? __switch_to_asm+0x35/0x70
> [23664.639407] ? __switch_to_asm+0x41/0x70
> [23664.639409] ? __switch_to_asm+0x35/0x70
> [23664.639410] ? __switch_to_asm+0x41/0x70
> [23664.639412] ? __switch_to_asm+0x35/0x70
> [23664.639414] ? __switch_to_asm+0x41/0x70
> [23664.639440] nv50_disp_super_2_2+0x70/0x4a0 [nouveau]
> [23664.639443] ? __switch_to_asm+0x35/0x70
> [23664.639444] ? __switch_to_asm+0x41/0x70
> [23664.639446] ? __switch_to_asm+0x35/0x70
> [23664.639448] ? __switch_to_asm+0x41/0x70
> [23664.639449] ? __switch_to_asm+0x35/0x70
> [23664.639451] ? __switch_to_asm+0x41/0x70
> [23664.639477] gf119_disp_super+0x17e/0x2d0 [nouveau]
> [23664.639480] process_one_work+0x1a7/0x3a0
> [23664.639482] worker_thread+0x30/0x390
> [23664.639484] ? create_worker+0x1a0/0x1a0
> [23664.639486] kthread+0x112/0x130
> [23664.639487] ? kthread_bind+0x30/0x30
> [23664.639489] ret_from_fork+0x35/0x40
> [23664.639491] ---[ end trace 4492926f317372bc ]---
Hi, have you tried sending this to the nouveau list?
nouveau@lists.freedesktop.org
I had similar symptoms for a long time and found the solution here:
https://www.spinics.net/lists/nouveau/msg01004.html
Maybe worthwhile to give it a try.
Best regards.
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