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From: Alexander Kapshuk <alexander.kapshuk@×××××.com>
To: Gentoo mailing list <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Failed to load driver: Nouveau
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2017 15:15:25
Message-Id: CAJ1xhMUugnYMthDwJCPJqxFdZw7KRhhiPnux03+ACnAdqy3KVg@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Failed to load driver: Nouveau by IceAmber
1 On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 5:58 PM, IceAmber <iceamber2015@×××××.com> wrote:
2 > yes, I have in the video group.
3 >
4 > the version of mesa is
5 >
6 > media-libs/mesa
7 > Latest version available: 17.0.6
8 > Latest version installed: 17.0.6
9 > Size of files: 9,273 KiB
10 > Homepage: https://www.mesa3d.org/ https://mesa.freedesktop.org/
11 > Description: OpenGL-like graphic library for Linux
12 > License: MIT
13 >
14 > this is the first time to use the nouveau driver, I used the AMD video card,
15 > the model was HD6580, and the driver was radeon before.
16 >
17 >
18 > On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 2:28 PM, Alexander Kapshuk
19 > <alexander.kapshuk@×××××.com> wrote:
20 >>
21 >> On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 12:35 PM, Alexander Kapshuk
22 >> <alexander.kapshuk@×××××.com> wrote:
23 >> > On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 7:41 PM, Alexander Kapshuk
24 >> > <alexander.kapshuk@×××××.com> wrote:
25 >> >> On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 6:30 PM, IceAmber <iceamber2015@×××××.com>
26 >> >> wrote:
27 >> >>> here is the result
28 >> >>>
29 >> >>> iceamber@localhost:~ $ lsmod | grep nouveau
30 >> >>> nouveau 1507328 2
31 >> >>> i2c_algo_bit 16384 1 nouveau
32 >> >>> drm_kms_helper 118784 1 nouveau
33 >> >>> ttm 77824 1 nouveau
34 >> >>> drm 282624 5 nouveau,ttm,drm_kms_helper
35 >> >>> agpgart 32768 3 nouveau,ttm,drm
36 >> >>> led_class 16384 3 input_leds,hid_sony,nouveau
37 >> >>>
38 >> >>>
39 >> >>
40 >> >> Your nouveau kernel driver seems to be OK. That's good news.
41 >> >> The bad news is we're back to square one.
42 >> >>
43 >> >> It was glxinfo, which is a part of x11-apps/mesa-progs, that generated
44 >> >> the original error message.
45 >> >> So, perhaps, it is a mesa problem.
46 >> >>
47 >> >> Can you please try this command line and see what it outputs:
48 >> >> LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose glxgears
49 >> >
50 >> > This reference may help better debug your problem:
51 >> > https://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/MesaDrivers/
52 >>
53 >> The Mesa drivers wiki page above says:
54 >>
55 >> nv50 and nvc0
56 >>
57 >> Make sure you are using at least Mesa 7.11, but please consider using
58 >> latest stable release. You have to use at least the 2.6.38 kernel or
59 >> you will encounter memory corruptions. For nvc0 hardware it's
60 >> recommended to use at least kernel 3.1.
61 >>
62 >> Bug reports for nv50 and nvc0 can be submitted by following the
63 >> general reporting guidelines. Please, also follow the About bugs and
64 >> problems section above.
65 >>
66 >> What version is your media-libs/mesa?
67 >>
68 >> Is this the first time you've run into this trouble using the nouveau
69 >> driver?
70 >> What driver did you use before with this piece of hardware proprietary
71 >> nvidia one, or nouveau?
72 >>
73 >
74
75 I don't have any further suggestions to make at the moment. Sorry.
76 Hopefully, someone else might be able to help.

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