I don't know if it's of any importance, but I thought I should mention that this still happens to me with an Nvidia GeForce GTX 580. I tried a while ago to boot up the (then) new Gnome 3 release Live CD, and it just froze immediately after automatically logging in and displaying the desktop. The mouse pointer was moving but nothing responded to clicks or drags, at all. I thought, then, that the Live CD was borked. I tried to re-download the image, try again, but it didn't work.
Then now with the newer versions of Ubuntu, I'm actually experiencing the same thing! I'm running Ubuntu GNOME Remix now, and I can't even boot into the installer without using a "nomodeset" argument to the boot line when booting. Then boot again with the same trick, install nvidia-* and all is fine after that. Nouveau definitely doesn't look stable from my perspective. :-) Eagerly awaiting a solution to this. Thanks for your time. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-nouveau in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/925048 Title: [GTX 580] X seems to hang a login prompt -- PFIFO errors in dmesg Status in Accelerated Xorg driver for nVidia cards: Confirmed Status in “xserver-xorg-video-nouveau” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Machine boots to and displays the lightdm login banner, as soon as the cursor flashes in the password box output stops. The mouse pointer is still movable but nothing else works. This was successfully running nouveau on an earlier version of ubuntu. The fault occurred after upgrade to precise. [ 15.944425] [drm] nouveau 0000:03:00.0: PMFB2_SUBP0: 0x037f0040 [ 15.944430] [drm] nouveau 0000:03:00.0: PMFB2_SUBP1: 0x037f0000 [ 15.944435] [drm] nouveau 0000:03:00.0: PMFB3_SUBP0: 0x037f0000 [ 15.944440] [drm] nouveau 0000:03:00.0: PMFB3_SUBP1: 0x037f0040 [ 15.944445] [drm] nouveau 0000:03:00.0: PMFB4_SUBP0: 0x037f0040 [ 15.944449] [drm] nouveau 0000:03:00.0: PMFB4_SUBP1: 0x037f0000 [ 16.785866] hda-intel: IRQ timing workaround is activated for card #0. Suggest a bigger bdl_pos_adj. [ 17.349142] e1000e: eth1 NIC Link is Up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: Rx/Tx [ 17.349654] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth1: link becomes ready [ 21.940164] [drm] nouveau 0000:03:00.0: PFIFO: read fault at 0x00080da000 [PAGE_SYSTEM_ONLY] from PGRAPH/GPC3/(unknown enum 0x0000000b) on channel 0x0000a21000 [ 21.940171] [drm] nouveau 0000:03:00.0: PFIFO: unknown status 0x40000000 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: xorg 1:7.6+10ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-12.21-generic 3.2.2 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-12-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 1.91-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,mousepoll,vpswitch,regex,animation,snap,expo,move,compiztoolbox,place,grid,gnomecompat,wall,ezoom,workarounds,staticswitcher,resize,fade,scale,session,unityshell] Date: Wed Feb 1 19:19:29 2012 DistUpgraded: Log time: 2012-02-01 16:44:35.369830 DistroCodename: precise DistroVariant: ubuntu ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, whatever it takes to get this fixed in Ubuntu GlAlternative: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 Feb 7 2011 /etc/alternatives/gl_conf -> /usr/lib/mesa/ld.so.conf GraphicsCard: NVIDIA Corporation GF110 [GeForce GTX 580] [10de:1080] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: eVga.com. Corp. Device [3842:1587] InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha amd64 (20110207) Lsusb: Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub Bus 002 Device 003: ID 099a:7202 Zippy Technology Corp. ProcEnviron: LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 LC_COLLATE=en_GB.UTF-8 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 LC_MESSAGES=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-12-generic root=UUID=375e3b8f-01ec-41de-80ee-6ab3210f6988 ro quiet splash nolapic_timer vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xorg UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-02-01 (0 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 07/15/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: Intel Corp. dmi.bios.version: LCPBG10J.86A.0548.2011.0715.2025 dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnIntelCorp.:bvrLCPBG10J.86A.0548.2011.0715.2025:bd07/15/2011:svn:pn:pvr:rvn:rn:rvr:cvn:ct3:cvr: version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.6+bzr20110929-0ubuntu8 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.30-1ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.12.0~git20110825.27395cb5-0ubuntu0sarvatt~natty version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental 7.12.0~git20110825.27395cb5-0ubuntu0sarvatt~natty version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.12.0~git20110825.27395cb5-0ubuntu0sarvatt~natty version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.11.3-0ubuntu9 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.6.99.901-1ubuntu3 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99~git20111219.aacbd629-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.17.0-1ubuntu3 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20111201+b5534a1-1build2 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nouveau/+bug/925048/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp