Bug#776411: nouveau: Another Nouveau gup lockup problem

[Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de>]

On 2015-01-27 20:12 +0100, Tobias Schlemmer wrote:

> Package: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
> Version: 1:1.0.11-1
> Severity: normal
> File: nouveau
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm experiencing occasionally GPU lockups. So far I can tell, that in
> most cases iceweasel is involved. After opening a new tab, the image
> freezes, while the mouse can still be moved. After some time (or when
> I press Ctrl+Alt+F2) I can read the message “failed to idle channel“
> (see attached logs).
>
> As some developers wish to have a different report for each GPU lookup
> issue (which can't be distinguished by the end user well) I open a new
> report for this issue.

Please try a 3.18 kernel from experimental, and if you still experience
GPU lockups, report them upstream.  See
http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/Bugs/ for instructions.

Cheers,
       Sven