Description of problem: After running a system update (yum update) of xorg-x11-drv-nouveau-1.0.7-1 to current xorg-x11-drv-nouveau-1.0.9-1 my system crashes a few minutes after reaching graphic welcome screen or logging in as user. The system is then forced to reboot. No whatsoever traces in logs. Only found in /var/log/messages some binary symbols which are all zeros when viewing it with xxd. My graphic card is [root@bl4ckh0l3 ~]# lspci |grep -i VGA 02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G92 [GeForce 9800 GT] (rev a2) The system worked fine with all previous versions of Fedora and nouveau driver (F17 and F19, skipped F18). Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install xorg-x11-drv-nouveau-1.0.9-1 or later 2. boot system 3. a few moments (sometimes a bit longer) system will be forced to reboot without warning. 4. After reboot the same misery. Additional info: Last functioning version: xorg-x11-drv-nouveau-1.0.7-1 Definitely broken versions: xorg-x11-drv-nouveau-1.0.9-1 and 1.0.9-2 No results for versions between 1.0.7-1 and 1.0.9-1
Random system crashes persist, even with older versions of xorg-x11-drv-nouveau. No logs.