Bug 756415 - Anaconda doesn't update display using NVidia Geforce GTX 570 card
Summary: Anaconda doesn't update display using NVidia Geforce GTX 570 card
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: xorg-x11-drv-nouveau
Version: 16
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Ben Skeggs
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-11-23 13:53 UTC by Jeremy Sanders
Modified: 2013-02-14 00:56 UTC (History)
6 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2013-02-14 00:56:44 UTC
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Attachments (Terms of Use)
dmesg from anaconda startup with nouveau enabled (65.25 KB, text/plain)
2011-11-24 11:46 UTC, Jeremy Sanders
no flags Details
dmesg after adding drm.debug=14 nouveau.reg_debug=0x600 log_buf_len=1M (290.09 KB, text/plain)
2011-11-25 17:08 UTC, Jeremy Sanders
no flags Details

Description Jeremy Sanders 2011-11-23 13:53:11 UTC
We have a system using an NVidia Geforce GTX 570 card. Entering rescue mode or the install, anaconda appears to have crashed part way through the booting, showing systemd messages.

However, Anaconda was actually running, but was not updating the screen - this was a tricky issue as we were using kickstart to do an automated install.

The problem appears to be a nouveau bug. We worked around the problem by adding "nouveau.modeset=0 rdblacklist=
nouveau" to the kernel boot configuration for the installation.

Here is the affected hardware:
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GF110 [Geforce GTX 570] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
        Memory at f9000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
        Memory at e0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
        Memory at ee000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M]
        I/O ports at cf00 [size=128]
        [virtual] Expansion ROM at e8000000 [disabled] [size=512K]
        Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 3
        Capabilities: [68] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
        Capabilities: [78] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
        Capabilities: [b4] Vendor Specific Information: Len=14 <?>
        Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
        Capabilities: [128] Power Budgeting <?>
        Capabilities: [600] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0001 Rev=1 Len=024 <?>
        Kernel driver in use: nvidia
        Kernel modules: nvidia, nouveau, nvidiafb

Comment 1 Ben Skeggs 2011-11-23 23:21:12 UTC
Can you post the dmesg output from an attempt of using nouveau?

Comment 2 Jeremy Sanders 2011-11-24 11:46:16 UTC
Created attachment 535867 [details]
dmesg from anaconda startup with nouveau enabled

Here's the dmesg from anaconda using nouveau. The system has two DVI-attached flat panels.

Comment 3 Ben Skeggs 2011-11-24 23:29:07 UTC
Hmm, yes, the display engine is quite unhappy apparently.  Can I get the same again with "drm.debug=14 nouveau.reg_debug=0x600 log_buf_len=1M" appended to your kernel options?

Thank you!

Comment 4 Jeremy Sanders 2011-11-25 17:08:12 UTC
Created attachment 536377 [details]
dmesg after adding drm.debug=14 nouveau.reg_debug=0x600 log_buf_len=1M

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