According to the changelog for the hwe deb apt changelog xserver-xorg-video-nouveau-hwe-16.04 New upstream release Thu, 09 Mar 2017 11:46:23 +0200
The changelog for the default deb that comes with 16.04 apt changelog xserver-xorg-video-nouveau ... last update on ... Thu, 03 Mar 2016 15:44:44 +0200 Plus Fedora 26 has the same "nouveau 1.3.1 20120801" version in the dmesg output. Probably someone did not increment that version message as part of the 1:1.0.14-0ubuntu1 release. -- 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/1723758 Title: Xorg X11 nouveau video driver for NVIDIA graphics chipsets locks up (hangs) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nouveau/+bug/1723758/+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