This machine is a frankenstien to help debug the issues with my main workstation. I need to upgrade but dual GPU is horribly broken on across all flavors and even non-Ubuntu/Debian distros.
I was explicitly testing how the system functions with no xorg.conf between 2 separate GPU's. Yes the nVidia GPU is ancient and too old for the proprietary drivers. Again just what I had on hand to simulate dual GPU's for testing so I don't have to butcher my workstation while I test. However despite the age of the nVidia GPU this nouveau issue persists on newer cards as well. Workstation has two "modern" GTX 1XXX series cards but the problems are the same. Compositors don't draw at all or incorrectly to anything on another XScreen or GPU which brings me to your disable the old GPU comment. The point is to use the hardware, not lose it. I've found a ton of problems in things moving forward and am looking for a solution rather than "Hey just throw one GPU and all it's screens in the trash because somethings broken in software." Ultimately this issue affects modern dual GPU systems as well as matched brand cards. Things work in 18.04, everything breaks moving to 20.04/21.04. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1942738 Title: XOrg / nouveau - hard lockups and does not draw to screen Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in xserver-xorg-video-ati package in Ubuntu: New Status in xserver-xorg-video-nouveau package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Changing display settings hard locks the machine (no reisub save). Installing nouveau-firmware allows changes to be made without hard lock ups but the screen using nouveau draws the mouse cursor and will launch apps on it but does not draw anything on screen. Dmesg is flooded with nouveau and XOrg failure messages. Description: Ubuntu 21.04 Release: 21.04 xorg: Installed: 1:7.7+22ubuntu1 Candidate: 1:7.7+22ubuntu1 Version table: *** 1:7.7+22ubuntu1 500 500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hirsute/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status nouveau-firmware: Installed: 20091212-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 20091212-0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 20091212-0ubuntu1 500 500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hirsute/multiverse amd64 Packages 500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hirsute/multiverse i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: Installed: 1:1.0.17-1 Candidate: 1:1.0.17-1 Version table: *** 1:1.0.17-1 500 500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hirsute/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.04 Package: xorg 1:7.7+22ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.11.0-31.33-generic 5.11.22 Uname: Linux 5.11.0-31-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu65.1 Architecture: amd64 BootLog: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/boot.log' CasperMD5CheckResult: pass CompositorRunning: None CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Sun Sep 5 23:52:43 2021 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: hirsute DistroVariant: ubuntu ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes GraphicsCard: NVIDIA Corporation C61 [GeForce 6100 nForce 405] [10de:03d1] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems C61 [GeForce 6100 nForce 405] [1019:2601] Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Oland XT [Radeon HD 8670 / R7 250/350] [1002:6610] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Diamond Multimedia Systems Oland XT [Radeon HD 8670 / R7 250/350] [1092:0250] InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-04-07 (151 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 21.04 "Hirsute Hippo" - Release amd64 (20210420) Lsusb: Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 002 Device 003: ID 04d9:a0cd Holtek Semiconductor, Inc. USB Keyboard Bus 002 Device 002: ID 093a:2510 Pixart Imaging, Inc. Optical Mouse Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub MachineType: Acer ASE380/AST180/APM8 ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.11.0-31-generic root=UUID=cf6234fa-9047-4e3a-8931-f8f36bce86cf ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xorg Symptom: display UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 12/29/2006 dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD dmi.bios.version: R01-B1 dmi.board.name: EM61SM/EM61PM dmi.board.vendor: Acer dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset tag number: at least 22 digits dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologies,LTD:bvrR01-B1:bd12/29/2006:svnAcer:pnASE380/AST180/APM8:pvrR01-B1:rvnAcer:rnEM61SM/EM61PM:rvr:cvn:ct3:cvr: dmi.product.name: ASE380/AST180/APM8 dmi.product.version: R01-B1 dmi.sys.vendor: Acer version.compiz: compiz N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.105-3~21.04.1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 21.0.3-0ubuntu0.3 version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx N/A version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.20.11-1ubuntu1.1 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:19.1.0-2 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20200714-1ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.17-1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1942738/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
