Hi again I thought I would mention the fact that on my other partition I have the following system installed:
Static hostname: sparky Icon name: computer-laptop Chassis: laptop Machine ID: b85d8de0981079fb68762217504659b9 Boot ID: b8b0e304a22b45269d9cda2c5348fcba Operating System: SparkyLinux Tyche Kernel: Linux 4.6.0-1-amd64 Architecture: x86-64 This is based on, and fully compatible with Debian 9 Testing Stretch. My point is this, on my Sparky partition, when I do cat /var/log/messages grep -i panic and cat /var/log/message.1 I grep -i panic, there is no output. However, even when I am not running steam on Jessie, I still get these panic messages relating to my nouveau driver. However when I run steam in Sparky I do not get these panic messages, and furthermore, steam does not crash. In Sparky, when I do cat /var/log/kern.log | grep -i cat /var/log/kern.log | grep -i cccc (Looking for error message: nouveau E[Xorg[871]] failed to idle channel 0xcccc0000 ) I get no output during the running of steam or after I stop running steam. In debian stable jessie I am running nouveau version: 1:1.0.11-1, libdrm-nouveau2:amd64 2.4.58-2 While in Sparky, I am running nouveau version: 1:1.0.12-2, libdrm-nouveau2:amd64 2.4.68-1 Another thing, In debian jessie, when I connect my laptop via HDMI to my Optama projector, I get video tearing. However, in sparky with the more up to date nouveau driver, I do not. I think the nouveau driver n debian stable needs to be updated. Cheers