Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau

System:
Description:    Ubuntu lucid (development branch)
Release:        10.04 (beta 1)
Package:
xserver-xorg-video-nouveau           1:0.0.15+git20100219+9b4118d-0ubuntu4 (or 
one of its kernel module dependencies)
Maybe related: #425372

Expectation:

Default Xorg driver should work with no video artifacts.

Observation:

Bad screen flicker with default Xorg driver.

Details:

I installed the 10.04 beta from CD on Wednesday (incidentially,
compliments for the smooth install). Already upon installation, the
display did flicker badly whenever the CD was read or even the mouse
moved. Flicker did already start at the initial splash screen. The
system was fully responsive otherwise.

On reboot post-installation, gdm came up OK but with the same flicker
problems. The 'Monitors' control panel only offered the 2048x1536
resolution at 80 Hz with no other options.

Tried to install and use one of the non-free nvidia drivers, this failed
because the nouveau kernel module was loaded always and could not be
unloaded (drm loads nouveau before framebuffer console init. as near as
I can make out). With nvidia-current unable to load, the X server could
not use the 'nvidia' driver.

Switching xorg.conf to use the 'nv' driver results in a much better
screen display (only occasional flicker) although the driver only
supports 2048x1536 at 60 Hz. 1600x1...@85 Hz is useable.

The main board is a dual Athlon X2 AMD M2N68-AM Plus with onboard nVidia
graphics chipset.

I append partial dmesg and lspci output. If there is any other
information that could be of help, let me know.

  -- Michael


Kernel message buffer excerpt:

[    4.777915] [drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810
[    4.807773] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LMC9] enabled at IRQ 22
[    4.807779] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LMC9] -> GSI 22 (level, 
low) -> IRQ 22
[    4.807783] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: setting latency timer to 64
[    4.809992] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: failed to evaluate _DSM: 5
[    4.810217] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: Detected an NV40 generation card 
(0x04c000a2)
[    4.810513] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: Attempting to load BIOS image from 
PROM
[    4.810519] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: ... BIOS signature not found
[    4.810520] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: Attempting to load BIOS image from 
PRAMIN
[    4.854556] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: ... appears to be valid
[    4.854559] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: BIT BIOS found
[    4.854561] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: Bios version 05.61.32.28
[    4.854563] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: BIT table 'd' not found
[    4.854565] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: Found Display Configuration Block 
version 3.0
[    4.854568] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: DCB connector table: VHER 0x30 5 10 2
[    4.854571] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0:   0: 0x00000000: type 0x00 idx 0 tag 
0xff
[    4.854573] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0:   1: 0x00001131: type 0x31 idx 1 tag 
0x07
[    4.854575] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0:   2: 0x00000110: type 0x10 idx 1 tag 
0xff
[    4.854577] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0:   3: 0x00000111: type 0x11 idx 1 tag 
0xff
[    4.854579] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0:   4: 0x00000113: type 0x13 idx 1 tag 
0xff
[    4.854581] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: Raw DCB entry 0: 01000310 00000023
[    4.854583] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: Raw DCB entry 1: 00110204 942b0003
[    4.854588] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: Parsing VBIOS init table 0 at offset 
0xD9C9
[    4.854591] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: ======= misaligned reg 0x0060081D 
=======
[    4.854648] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: ======= misaligned reg 0x0060081D 
=======
[    4.854748] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: Parsing VBIOS init table 1 at offset 
0xDB17
[    4.854749] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: Parsing VBIOS init table 2 at offset 
0xDB18
[    4.854799] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: Parsing VBIOS init table 3 at offset 
0xDC9A
[    4.854803] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: Parsing VBIOS init table 4 at offset 
0xDCE3
[    4.861274] lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven).
[    4.865006] [TTM] Zone  kernel: Available graphics memory: 444292 kiB.
[    4.865009] [TTM] Zone highmem: Available graphics memory: 448232 kiB.
[    4.865018] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: 128 MiB VRAM
[    4.865912] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: 64 MiB GART (aperture)
[    4.868624] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: Allocating FIFO number 0
[    4.868891] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: nouveau_channel_alloc: initialised 
FIFO 0
[    4.868896] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: Initial CRTC_OWNER is 0
[    4.868901] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: Saving VGA fonts
[    4.908706] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: DCB type 4 not known
[    4.908710] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: Detected a VGA connector
[    4.909936] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: Setting dpms mode 3 on vga encoder 
(output 0)
[    5.037394] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: allocated 2048x1536 fb: 0x49000, bo 
f67bb400
[    5.037515] fb0: nouveaufb frame buffer device
[    5.037517] registered panic notifier
[    5.037523] [drm] Initialized nouveau 0.0.15 20090420 for 0000:00:0d.0 on 
minor 0
[    5.037985] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LAZA] enabled at IRQ 21
[    5.037992] HDA Intel 0000:00:05.0: PCI INT B -> Link[LAZA] -> GSI 21 
(level, low) -> IRQ 21
[    5.038024] HDA Intel 0000:00:05.0: setting latency timer to 64
[    5.039464] vga16fb: initializing
[    5.039467] vga16fb: mapped to 0xc00a0000
[    5.039574] fb1: VGA16 VGA frame buffer device
[    5.115037] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: Setting dpms mode 0 on vga encoder 
(output 0)
[    5.115043] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: Output VGA-1 is running on CRTC 0 
using output A
[    5.135352] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 256x96


lspci -vv : 
00:0d.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation C61 [GeForce 7025 / 
nForce 630a] (rev a2)
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 83a4
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- 
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- 
<MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
        Latency: 0
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 22
        Region 0: Memory at de000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
        Region 1: Memory at c0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
        Region 3: Memory at dd000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
        Expansion ROM at dffc0000 [disabled] [size=128K]
        Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 2
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA 
PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
                Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
        Capabilities: [50] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Queue=0/0 
Enable-
                Address: 0000000000000000  Data: 0000
        Kernel driver in use: nouveau
        Kernel modules: nvidia-173, nvidia-current, nvidiafb, nouveau

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
CheckboxSubmission: 249c39fafc7fdc4284046750da89b61e
CheckboxSystem: edda5d4f616ca792bf437989cb597002
Date: Sat Mar 27 13:39:30 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
DkmsStatus:
 nvidia-current, 195.36.15, 2.6.32-16-generic, i686: installed 
 nvidia-173, 173.14.22, 2.6.32-16-generic, i686: installed
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Beta i386 (20100318)
Lsusb:
 Bus 002 Device 002: ID 046d:c016 Logitech, Inc. M-UV69a/HP M-UV96 Optical 
Wheel Mouse
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name
Package: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.15+git20100219+9b4118d-0ubuntu4
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-2.6.32-16-generic 
root=UUID=41db8444-85be-4f70-835b-f083d9b4aed1 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_NZ.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-16.25-generic
SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-16-generic i686
dmi.bios.date: 06/29/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 0708
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: M2N68-AM Plus
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: Rev X.0x
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: 
dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr0708:bd06/29/2009:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnM2N68-AMPlus:rvrRevX.0x:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: System Product Name
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer
glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
system:
 distro:             Ubuntu
 codename:           lucid
 architecture:       i686
 kernel:             2.6.32-16-generic

** Affects: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 lucid

-- 
[GeForce 7025 / nForce 630a] video flicker on any I/O activity with nouveau; OK 
with nv driver
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/549256
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