Public bug reported: At the time when the log-in screen or the desktop would normally appear a full screen of random bits (when cold booting) or garbled graphics (when warm booting, sometimes) is shown indefinitely. When switching to another VT errors such as these appear from time to time:
[ 21.993752] nouveau E[ PFIFO][0000:01:00.0] SUBFIFO0: ch 2 [Xorg[989]] subc 0 mthd 0x0000 data 0x00000000 [ 22.145339] nouveau E[ PFIFO][0000:01:00.0] SUBFIFO0: (unknown bits 0x00008000) [ 22.145348] nouveau E[ PFIFO][0000:01:00.0] SUBFIFO0: ch 4 [unity_support_t[1186]] subc 0 mthd 0x0000 data 0x00000000 [ 22.145366] nouveau E[ PFIFO][0000:01:00.0] SUBFIFO0: (unknown bits 0x00008000) ... [ 197.680016] nouveau E[unity_support_t[1186]] failed to idle channel 0xcccc0000 [unity_support_t[1186]] [ 197.683524] nouveau E[ PFIFO][0000:01:00.0] SUBFIFO0: (unknown bits 0x00008000) [ 197.687049] nouveau E[ PFIFO][0000:01:00.0] SUBFIFO0: ch 4 [unity_support_t[1186]] subc 0 mthd 0x0000 data 0x00000000 The graphics card is a Zotac GT430 (NVC1 chipset). Tried the xorg-edgers PPA with no success. A Fedora 20 alpha 4 live CD works fine. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.9-2ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.19-generic 3.11.3 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-12-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2 Architecture: i386 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' Date: Sat Oct 19 15:59:45 2013 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: saucy DistroVariant: ubuntu ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes GraphicsCard: NVIDIA Corporation GF108 [GeForce GT 430] [10de:0de1] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: ZOTAC International (MCO) Ltd. Device [19da:1167] InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-19 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release i386 (20131016.1) MachineType: BIOSTAR Group R690A-M2T MarkForUpload: True ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.11.0-12-generic root=UUID=eeeca14f-edc0-4022-a9df-e53f2dd06c28 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 05/08/2007 dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD dmi.bios.version: 6.00 PG dmi.board.name: R690A-M2T dmi.board.vendor: AMD dmi.board.version: 1.0 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: BIOSTAR Group dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologies,LTD:bvr6.00PG:bd05/08/2007:svnBIOSTARGroup:pnR690A-M2T:pvr1.0:rvnAMD:rnR690A-M2T:rvr1.0:cvnBIOSTARGroup:ct3:cvr: dmi.product.name: R690A-M2T dmi.product.version: 1.0 dmi.sys.vendor: BIOSTAR Group version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.10+13.10.20131011-0ubuntu1 version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.46-1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 9.2.1-1ubuntu3 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 9.2.1-1ubuntu3 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.14.3-3ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.3-0ubuntu3.1 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.2.0-0ubuntu10 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.904-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.9-2ubuntu1 xserver.bootTime: Sat Oct 19 15:49:17 2013 xserver.configfile: default xserver.devices: input Power Button KEYBOARD, id 6 input Power Button KEYBOARD, id 7 input Sleep Button KEYBOARD, id 8 input Logitech USB Receiver KEYBOARD, id 9 input Logitech USB Receiver KEYBOARD, id 10 xserver.errors: Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0) Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0) xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.version: 2:1.14.3-3ubuntu2 xserver.video_driver: nouveau ** Affects: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 saucy ubuntu -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-nouveau in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1242053 Title: Boot ends in Xorg/nouveau hanging (nvidia NVC1) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-nouveau/+bug/1242053/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp