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From: IceAmber <iceamber2015@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Failed to load driver: Nouveau
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2017 15:20:40
Message-Id: CALtB3Df6O-JgRV4uUnpF57tp3hAihMqNa8nvv20OWszhyH-Z9A@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Failed to load driver: Nouveau by Alexander Kapshuk
1 thank you all the same. I'll try to fix it if possible
2
3 On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 3:14 PM, Alexander Kapshuk <
4 alexander.kapshuk@×××××.com> wrote:
5
6 > On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 5:58 PM, IceAmber <iceamber2015@×××××.com> wrote:
7 > > yes, I have in the video group.
8 > >
9 > > the version of mesa is
10 > >
11 > > media-libs/mesa
12 > > Latest version available: 17.0.6
13 > > Latest version installed: 17.0.6
14 > > Size of files: 9,273 KiB
15 > > Homepage: https://www.mesa3d.org/
16 > https://mesa.freedesktop.org/
17 > > Description: OpenGL-like graphic library for Linux
18 > > License: MIT
19 > >
20 > > this is the first time to use the nouveau driver, I used the AMD video
21 > card,
22 > > the model was HD6580, and the driver was radeon before.
23 > >
24 > >
25 > > On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 2:28 PM, Alexander Kapshuk
26 > > <alexander.kapshuk@×××××.com> wrote:
27 > >>
28 > >> On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 12:35 PM, Alexander Kapshuk
29 > >> <alexander.kapshuk@×××××.com> wrote:
30 > >> > On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 7:41 PM, Alexander Kapshuk
31 > >> > <alexander.kapshuk@×××××.com> wrote:
32 > >> >> On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 6:30 PM, IceAmber <iceamber2015@×××××.com>
33 > >> >> wrote:
34 > >> >>> here is the result
35 > >> >>>
36 > >> >>> iceamber@localhost:~ $ lsmod | grep nouveau
37 > >> >>> nouveau 1507328 2
38 > >> >>> i2c_algo_bit 16384 1 nouveau
39 > >> >>> drm_kms_helper 118784 1 nouveau
40 > >> >>> ttm 77824 1 nouveau
41 > >> >>> drm 282624 5 nouveau,ttm,drm_kms_helper
42 > >> >>> agpgart 32768 3 nouveau,ttm,drm
43 > >> >>> led_class 16384 3 input_leds,hid_sony,nouveau
44 > >> >>>
45 > >> >>>
46 > >> >>
47 > >> >> Your nouveau kernel driver seems to be OK. That's good news.
48 > >> >> The bad news is we're back to square one.
49 > >> >>
50 > >> >> It was glxinfo, which is a part of x11-apps/mesa-progs, that
51 > generated
52 > >> >> the original error message.
53 > >> >> So, perhaps, it is a mesa problem.
54 > >> >>
55 > >> >> Can you please try this command line and see what it outputs:
56 > >> >> LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose glxgears
57 > >> >
58 > >> > This reference may help better debug your problem:
59 > >> > https://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/MesaDrivers/
60 > >>
61 > >> The Mesa drivers wiki page above says:
62 > >>
63 > >> nv50 and nvc0
64 > >>
65 > >> Make sure you are using at least Mesa 7.11, but please consider using
66 > >> latest stable release. You have to use at least the 2.6.38 kernel or
67 > >> you will encounter memory corruptions. For nvc0 hardware it's
68 > >> recommended to use at least kernel 3.1.
69 > >>
70 > >> Bug reports for nv50 and nvc0 can be submitted by following the
71 > >> general reporting guidelines. Please, also follow the About bugs and
72 > >> problems section above.
73 > >>
74 > >> What version is your media-libs/mesa?
75 > >>
76 > >> Is this the first time you've run into this trouble using the nouveau
77 > >> driver?
78 > >> What driver did you use before with this piece of hardware proprietary
79 > >> nvidia one, or nouveau?
80 > >>
81 > >
82 >
83 > I don't have any further suggestions to make at the moment. Sorry.
84 > Hopefully, someone else might be able to help.
85 >
86 >