I'm just learning the debian bug tracking system, so I hope I understood the instructions correctly that replying to this message is the proper means of adding information to a bug report.
Since I filed the bug I've discovered several things: 1) I initially installed the i386 version of wheezy, and should have installed amd64. Since I reinstalled the problem has occurred only once. 2) Before the offending reboot (with the amd64 version) kernel messages of the following sort were spewed to my messages file: May 25 19:15:50 nerowolfe kernel: [29293.093583] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: PGRAPH - ch 3 (0x0006b000) subc 4 class 0x0039 mthd 0x0300 data 0x00000003 May 25 19:15:50 nerowolfe kernel: [29293.093588] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: PGRAPH - ERROR nsource: ILLEGAL_MTHD nstatus: BAD_ARGUMENT PROTECTION_FAULT May 25 19:15:50 nerowolfe kernel: [29293.093594] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: PGRAPH - ch 3 (0x0006b000) subc 4 class 0x0039 mthd 0x0304 data 0x00000003 May 25 19:15:50 nerowolfe kernel: [29293.093598] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: PGRAPH - ERROR nsource: ILLEGAL_MTHD nstatus: BAD_ARGUMENT PROTECTION_FAULT May 25 19:15:50 nerowolfe kernel: [29293.093604] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: PGRAPH - ch 3 (0x0006b000) subc 4 class 0x0039 mthd 0x0308 data 0x012001df May 25 20:02:16 nerowolfe kernel: [32079.928230] nouveau_ratelimit: 32 callbacks suppressed May 25 20:02:16 nerowolfe kernel: [32079.928238] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: PGRAPH - ERROR nsource: DATA_ERROR nstatus: BAD_ARGUMENT PROTECTION_FAULT May 25 20:02:16 nerowolfe kernel: [32079.928257] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: PGRAPH - ch 3 (0x0006b000) subc 2 class 0x3089 mthd 0x0300 data 0x0a0a000a 3) Here is the output of lspci on my system: 00:00.0 RAM memory: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 Memory Controller (rev a1) 00:01.0 ISA bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 LPC Bridge (rev a2) 00:01.1 SMBus: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 SMBus (rev a2) 00:01.2 RAM memory: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 Memory Controller (rev a2) 00:02.0 USB controller: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 USB 1.1 Controller (rev a3) 00:02.1 USB controller: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 USB 2.0 Controller (rev a3) 00:04.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 PCI bridge (rev a1) 00:05.0 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 High Definition Audio (rev a2) 00:06.0 IDE interface: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 IDE (rev a2) 00:07.0 Bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 Ethernet (rev a2) 00:08.0 IDE interface: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 SATA Controller (rev a2) 00:09.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 PCI Express bridge (rev a2) 00:0b.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 PCI Express bridge (rev a2) 00:0d.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation C61 [GeForce 6150SE nForce 430] (rev a2) 00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration 00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map 00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller 00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control 01:09.0 Communication controller: Conexant Systems, Inc. HSF 56k Data/Fax Modem 4) Here is the line from dmesg on detecting the NV40 As I stated I am new to the bug reporting system here, and wish to submit good reports. Anything I've done wrong or left out please let me know. On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 9:41 PM, Larry Felton Johnson < [email protected]> wrote: > Package: gnome-shell > Version: 3.4.2-7 > Severity: important > > Dear Maintainer, > *** Please consider answering these questions, where appropriate *** > > * What led up to the situation? > > Newly installed Debian 7 > > * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or > ineffective)? > > So far I haven't figured out a workaround or quick fix. This seems to be > identical to bug 636784, which was closed last year with no resolution. > > * What was the outcome of this action? > * What outcome did you expect instead? > > *** End of the template - remove these lines *** > > > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: 7.0 > APT prefers stable-updates > APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable') > Architecture: i386 (i686) > > Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-686-pae (SMP w/1 CPU core) > Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash > > Versions of packages gnome-shell depends on: > ii dconf-gsettings-backend [gsettings-backend] 0.12.1-3 > ii gconf-service 3.2.5-1+build1 > ii gir1.2-accountsservice-1.0 0.6.21-8 > ii gir1.2-atk-1.0 2.4.0-2 > ii gir1.2-caribou-1.0 0.4.4-1 > ii gir1.2-clutter-1.0 1.10.8-2 > ii gir1.2-cogl-1.0 1.10.2-7 > ii gir1.2-coglpango-1.0 1.10.2-7 > ii gir1.2-folks-0.6 0.6.9-1+b1 > ii gir1.2-freedesktop 1.32.1-1 > ii gir1.2-gconf-2.0 3.2.5-1+build1 > ii gir1.2-gcr-3 3.4.1-3 > ii gir1.2-gdesktopenums-3.0 3.4.2-3 > ii gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0 2.26.1-1 > ii gir1.2-gee-1.0 0.6.4-2 > ii gir1.2-gkbd-3.0 3.4.0.2-1 > ii gir1.2-glib-2.0 1.32.1-1 > ii gir1.2-gmenu-3.0 3.4.2-5 > ii gir1.2-gnomebluetooth-1.0 3.4.2-1 > ii gir1.2-gtk-3.0 3.4.2-6 > ii gir1.2-json-1.0 0.14.2-1 > ii gir1.2-mutter-3.0 3.4.1-5 > ii gir1.2-networkmanager-1.0 0.9.4.0-10 > ii gir1.2-pango-1.0 1.30.0-1 > ii gir1.2-polkit-1.0 0.105-3 > ii gir1.2-soup-2.4 2.38.1-2 > ii gir1.2-telepathyglib-0.12 0.18.2-2 > ii gir1.2-telepathylogger-0.2 0.4.0-1 > ii gir1.2-upowerglib-1.0 0.9.17-1 > ii gjs 1.32.0-5 > ii gnome-bluetooth 3.4.2-1 > ii gnome-icon-theme-symbolic 3.4.0-2 > ii gnome-settings-daemon 3.4.2+git20121218.7c1322-3 > ii gnome-shell-common 3.4.2-7 > ii gnome-themes-standard 3.4.2-2.1 > ii gsettings-desktop-schemas 3.4.2-3 > ii libatk1.0-0 2.4.0-2 > ii libc6 2.13-38 > ii libcairo-gobject2 1.12.2-3 > ii libcairo2 1.12.2-3 > ii libcanberra0 0.28-6 > ii libclutter-1.0-0 1.10.8-2 > ii libcogl-pango0 1.10.2-7 > ii libcogl9 1.10.2-7 > ii libcroco3 0.6.6-2 > ii libdbus-1-3 1.6.8-1 > ii libdbus-glib-1-2 0.100.2-1 > ii libebook-1.2-13 3.4.4-3 > ii libecal-1.2-11 3.4.4-3 > ii libedataserver-1.2-16 3.4.4-3 > ii libedataserverui-3.0-1 3.4.4-3 > ii libffi5 3.0.10-3 > ii libfolks25 0.6.9-1+b1 > ii libgck-1-0 3.4.1-3 > ii libgconf-2-4 3.2.5-1+build1 > ii libgcr-3-1 3.4.1-3 > ii libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 2.26.1-1 > ii libgee2 0.6.4-2 > ii libgirepository-1.0-1 1.32.1-1 > ii libgjs0b [libgjs0-libmozjs185-1.0] 1.32.0-5 > ii libgl1-mesa-glx [libgl1] 8.0.5-4+deb7u1 > ii libglib2.0-0 2.33.12+really2.32.4-5 > ii libgnome-keyring0 3.4.1-1 > ii libgnome-menu-3-0 3.4.2-5 > ii libgstreamer0.10-0 0.10.36-1.2 > ii libgtk-3-0 3.4.2-6 > ii libical0 0.48-2 > ii libjson-glib-1.0-0 0.14.2-1 > ii libmozjs185-1.0 1.8.5-1.0.0+dfsg-4 > ii libmutter0 3.4.1-5 > ii libnm-glib4 0.9.4.0-10 > ii libnm-util2 0.9.4.0-10 > ii libnspr4 2:4.9.2-1 > ii libnspr4-0d 2:4.9.2-1 > ii libp11-kit0 0.12-3 > ii libpango1.0-0 1.30.0-1 > ii libpolkit-agent-1-0 0.105-3 > ii libpolkit-gobject-1-0 0.105-3 > ii libpulse-mainloop-glib0 2.0-6.1 > ii libpulse0 2.0-6.1 > ii libsoup2.4-1 2.38.1-2 > ii libstartup-notification0 0.12-1 > ii libtelepathy-glib0 0.18.2-2 > ii libtelepathy-logger2 0.4.0-1 > ii libx11-6 2:1.5.0-1+deb7u1 > ii libxcomposite1 1:0.4.3-2 > ii libxdamage1 1:1.1.3-2 > ii libxext6 2:1.3.1-2+deb7u1 > ii libxfixes3 1:5.0-4+deb7u1 > ii libxi6 2:1.6.1-1+deb7u1 > ii libxml2 2.8.0+dfsg1-7+nmu1 > ii python 2.7.3-4 > ii telepathy-mission-control-5 1:5.12.3-1 > > Versions of packages gnome-shell recommends: > ii gkbd-capplet 3.4.0.2-1 > ii gnome-contacts 3.4.1-1+b1 > ii gnome-control-center 1:3.4.3.1-2 > ii gnome-session-fallback 3.4.2.1-4 > ii gnome-user-guide 3.4.2-1+build1 > ii unzip 6.0-8 > > gnome-shell suggests no packages. > > -- no debconf information > -- Amat Victoria Carum
