Just updated to 21.04 today and still getting this error.
name -a ; cat /etc/os-release ; dmesg |grep nouveau Linux fedora 5.11.0-16-generic #17-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 14 20:12:43 UTC 2021 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux NAME="Ubuntu" VERSION="21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)" ID=ubuntu ID_LIKE=debian PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 21.04" VERSION_ID="21.04" HOME_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/" SUPPORT_URL="https://help.ubuntu.com/" BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/" PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/legal/terms-and-policies/privacy-policy" VERSION_CODENAME=hirsute UBUNTU_CODENAME=hirsute [Fri Apr 23 10:35:55 2021] fb0: switching to nouveaufb from VESA VGA [Fri Apr 23 10:35:55 2021] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: vgaarb: deactivate vga console [Fri Apr 23 10:35:55 2021] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: NVIDIA G98 (298200a2) [Fri Apr 23 10:35:55 2021] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: bios: version 62.98.29.00.00 [Fri Apr 23 10:35:55 2021] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: bios: M0203T not found [Fri Apr 23 10:35:55 2021] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: bios: M0203E not matched! [Fri Apr 23 10:35:55 2021] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: fb: 512 MiB DDR2 [Fri Apr 23 10:35:56 2021] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: VRAM: 512 MiB [Fri Apr 23 10:35:56 2021] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: GART: 1048576 MiB [Fri Apr 23 10:35:56 2021] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: TMDS table version 2.0 [Fri Apr 23 10:35:56 2021] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: DCB version 4.0 [Fri Apr 23 10:35:56 2021] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: DCB outp 00: 02000300 00000028 [Fri Apr 23 10:35:56 2021] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: DCB outp 01: 01000302 00000030 [Fri Apr 23 10:35:56 2021] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: DCB outp 02: 04011310 00000028 [Fri Apr 23 10:35:56 2021] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: DCB conn 00: 00001030 [Fri Apr 23 10:35:56 2021] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: DCB conn 01: 00000100 [Fri Apr 23 10:35:56 2021] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: MM: using M2MF for buffer copies [Fri Apr 23 10:35:56 2021] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: allocated 1920x1080 fb: 0x70000, bo 00000000675ec200 [Fri Apr 23 10:35:56 2021] fbcon: nouveaudrmfb (fb0) is primary device [Fri Apr 23 10:35:56 2021] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: [drm] fb0: nouveaudrmfb frame buffer device [Fri Apr 23 10:35:56 2021] [drm] Initialized nouveau 1.3.1 20120801 for 0000:01:00.0 on minor 0 [Fri Apr 23 10:37:54 2021] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for nouveau/nv98_fuc084 failed with error -2 [Fri Apr 23 10:37:54 2021] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for nouveau/nv98_fuc084d failed with error -2 [Fri Apr 23 10:37:54 2021] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: msvld: unable to load firmware data [Fri Apr 23 10:37:54 2021] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: msvld: init failed, -19 [Fri Apr 23 10:38:08 2021] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for nouveau/nv98_fuc084 failed with error -2 [Fri Apr 23 10:38:08 2021] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for nouveau/nv98_fuc084d failed with error -2 [Fri Apr 23 10:38:08 2021] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: msvld: unable to load firmware data [Fri Apr 23 10:38:08 2021] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: msvld: init failed, -19 [Fri Apr 23 10:38:17 2021] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for nouveau/nv98_fuc084 failed with error -2 [Fri Apr 23 10:38:17 2021] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for nouveau/nv98_fuc084d failed with error -2 [Fri Apr 23 10:38:17 2021] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: msvld: unable to load firmware data [Fri Apr 23 10:38:17 2021] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: msvld: init failed, -19 *-display description: VGA compatible controller product: G98 [GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 2] vendor: NVIDIA Corporation physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0 version: a1 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom configuration: driver=nouveau latency=0 resources: irq:30 memory:fd000000-fdffffff memory:d0000000-dfffffff memory:fa000000-fbffffff ioport:d800(size=128) memory:c0000-dffff dpkg -l |egrep 'nouveau|nvidia' ii libdrm-nouveau2:amd64 2.4.104-1build1 amd64 Userspace interface to nouveau-specific kernel DRM services -- runtime ii nouveau-firmware 20091212-0ubuntu1 all Firmware for nVidia graphics cards ii xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.17-1 amd64 X.Org X server -- Nouveau display driver -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1751497 Title: Bionic daily build - nouveau: Direct firmware load for nouveau/nve7_fuc084 failed with error -2 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1751497/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs