[Expired for xserver-xorg-video-nouveau (Ubuntu) because there has been
no activity for 60 days.]

** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau (Ubuntu)
       Status: Incomplete => Expired

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/973610

Title:
  Flickering Screen - X Display Problem Nouveau DRM [12.04 Beta2]

Status in “xserver-xorg-video-nouveau” package in Ubuntu:
  Expired

Bug description:
  Running the current Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Beta2 as a live test from dvd
  (x64) - default boot settings, nothing changed, I encountered the
  following graphics problem:

  In X-Window-Mode on the Unity Desktop my screen starts to flicker
  continuous at intervals of about 10 seconds!

  There are a lot of error messages from drm/nouveau, so it's obviously
  a problem with the free graphics driver for nvidia cards, in my case
  it's a 'GTX 560 Ti 448 Limited'. See debug output and hardware details
  below...

  System settings => Displays says my Monitor is unknown and configuration is 
set to 1024x768 (4:3).
  My LCD Screen (an older Medion 19") normally wants to work at 1280x1024 - 
unfortunately I cannot set a higher resolution in that menu... I tried Detect 
Display but that does not find or change anything.

  
  My Hardware:

  CPU: AMD FX-4100 4x3.60 Ghz
  Mainboard: ASRock Extreme3 R2.0, AMD 870, AM3+, Dual Channel DDR3 ATX
  RAM: DDR3-1333 8 GB G.Skill DIMM 2x4096
  Graphics Adapter PCI-Express: Gainward Nvidia Geforce GTX 560 Ti 448 Cores 
Limited Edition, 1280 MB

  
  DEBUG Details:

  'dmesg' and syslog spam these error messages:

  [ 1549.031468] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: unknown i2c port 56
  [ 1549.076283] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: unknown i2c port 55
  [ 1549.076314] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: unknown i2c port 55
  [ 1549.076329] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: unknown i2c port 54
  [ 1549.076341] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: unknown i2c port 54
  [ 1558.912113] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: unknown i2c port 48
  [ 1558.912121] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: unknown i2c port 48
  [ 1558.912131] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: unknown i2c port 56
  [ 1558.912139] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: unknown i2c port 56
  [ 1558.912162] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: unknown i2c port 55
  [ 1558.912171] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: unknown i2c port 54
  [ 1558.916417] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: unknown i2c port 48
  [ 1558.916426] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: unknown i2c port 48
  [ 1558.974140] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: unknown i2c port 55
  [ 1558.974200] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: unknown i2c port 56
  [ 1558.974211] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: unknown i2c port 56
  [ 1559.018880] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: unknown i2c port 56
  [ 1559.018886] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: unknown i2c port 56
  [ 1559.063585] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: unknown i2c port 55
  [ 1559.063606] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: unknown i2c port 55
  [ 1559.063614] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: unknown i2c port 54
  [ 1559.063628] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: unknown i2c port 54
  [ 1559.063648] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: unknown i2c port 48
  [ 1559.063656] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: unknown i2c port 48
  ...

  
  lsmod:
   
  Module                  Size  Used by
  parport_pc             32866  0 
  ppdev                  17113  0 
  dm_crypt               23125  0 
  lp                     17799  0 
  parport                46562  3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
  snd_hda_codec_hdmi     32474  4 
  snd_hda_codec_realtek   223867  1 
  snd_hda_intel          33773  5 
  snd_seq_midi           13324  0 
  snd_hda_codec         127706  3 
snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
  snd_hwdep              13668  1 snd_hda_codec
  snd_rawmidi            30748  1 snd_seq_midi
  snd_pcm                97188  3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
  snd_seq_midi_event     14899  1 snd_seq_midi
  snd_seq                61896  2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
  sp5100_tco             13791  0 
  snd_timer              29990  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
  snd_seq_device         14540  3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
  joydev                 17693  0 
  edac_core              53746  0 
  k10temp                13166  0 
  bnep                   18281  2 
  i2c_piix4              13301  0 
  edac_mce_amd           23709  0 
  rfcomm                 47604  0 
  snd                    78855  20 
snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_rawmidi,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
  fam15h_power           13032  0 
  dm_multipath           23230  0 
  mac_hid                13253  0 
  bluetooth             180104  10 bnep,rfcomm
  soundcore              15091  1 snd
  snd_page_alloc         18529  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
  squashfs               36799  1 
  overlayfs              28305  1 
  nls_utf8               12557  1 
  isofs                  40257  1 
  nls_iso8859_1          12713  0 
  nls_cp437              16991  0 
  vfat                   17585  0 
  fat                    61512  1 vfat
  dm_raid45              78155  0 
  xor                    12894  1 dm_raid45
  dm_mirror              22203  0 
  dm_region_hash         20918  1 dm_mirror
  dm_log                 18564  3 dm_raid45,dm_mirror,dm_region_hash
  btrfs                 652957  0 
  zlib_deflate           27139  1 btrfs
  libcrc32c              12644  1 btrfs
  firewire_ohci          41000  0 
  firewire_core          63558  1 firewire_ohci
  usbhid                 47199  0 
  crc_itu_t              12707  1 firewire_core
  hid                    99559  1 usbhid
  nouveau               774586  3 
  pata_atiixp            13204  0 
  ttm                    76949  1 nouveau
  atl1c                  41717  0 
  drm_kms_helper         42489  1 nouveau
  drm                   241873  5 nouveau,ttm,drm_kms_helper
  i2c_algo_bit           13423  1 nouveau
  mxm_wmi                12979  1 nouveau
  wmi                    19256  1 mxm_wmi
  video                  19411  1 nouveau

  
  some more syslog-output:

  Apr  4 17:51:27 ubuntu kernel: [    3.117940] vgaarb: device added: 
PCI:0000:01:00.0,decodes=io+mem,owns=io+mem,locks=none
  Apr  4 17:51:27 ubuntu kernel: [    3.117940] vgaarb: loaded
  Apr  4 17:51:27 ubuntu kernel: [    3.117940] vgaarb: bridge control possible 
0000:01:00.0
  Apr  4 17:51:27 ubuntu kernel: [    3.117940] i2c-core: driver [aat2870] 
using legacy suspend method
  Apr  4 17:51:27 ubuntu kernel: [    3.117940] i2c-core: driver [aat2870] 
using legacy resume method

  Apr  4 17:51:27 ubuntu kernel: [    5.737737] VGA switcheroo: detected 
Optimus DSM method \ handle
  Apr  4 17:51:27 ubuntu kernel: [    5.737762] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: PCI INT A 
-> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
  Apr  4 17:51:27 ubuntu kernel: [    5.737767] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: setting 
latency timer to 64
  Apr  4 17:51:27 ubuntu kernel: [    5.739525] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: 
Detected an NVc0 generation card (0x0c8380a1)
  Apr  4 17:51:27 ubuntu kernel: [    5.746117] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: 
Attempting to load BIOS image from PRAMIN

  Apr  4 17:51:27 ubuntu kernel: [    5.861375] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: ... 
appears to be valid
  Apr  4 17:51:27 ubuntu kernel: [    5.861378] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: BIT 
BIOS found
  Apr  4 17:51:27 ubuntu kernel: [    5.861381] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: 
Bios version 70.10.61.00
  Apr  4 17:51:27 ubuntu kernel: [    5.861384] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: 
TMDS table version 2.0
  Apr  4 17:51:27 ubuntu kernel: [    5.861386] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: 
Found Display Configuration Block version 4.0
  Apr  4 17:51:27 ubuntu kernel: [    5.861389] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Raw 
DCB entry 0: 02000300 00000000
  Apr  4 17:51:27 ubuntu kernel: [    5.861392] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Raw 
DCB entry 1: 01000302 00020030
  Apr  4 17:51:27 ubuntu kernel: [    5.861393] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Raw 
DCB entry 2: 04011380 00000000
  Apr  4 17:51:27 ubuntu kernel: [    5.861395] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Raw 
DCB entry 3: 08011382 00020030
  Apr  4 17:51:27 ubuntu kernel: [    5.861397] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Raw 
DCB entry 4: 040223b6 0f220010
  Apr  4 17:51:27 ubuntu kernel: [    5.861399] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Raw 
DCB entry 5: 04022372 0f220010
  Apr  4 17:51:27 ubuntu kernel: [    5.861401] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Raw 
DCB entry 6: 02033362 00020010
  Apr  4 17:51:27 ubuntu kernel: [    5.861404] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DCB 
connector table: VHER 0x40 5 16 4
  Apr  4 17:51:27 ubuntu kernel: [    5.861406] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0:   
0: 0x00001030: type 0x30 idx 0 tag 0x07
  Apr  4 17:51:27 ubuntu kernel: [    5.861408] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0:   
1: 0x00010130: type 0x30 idx 1 tag 0x51
  Apr  4 17:51:27 ubuntu kernel: [    5.861411] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0:   
2: 0x00220246: type 0x46 idx 2 tag 0x52
  Apr  4 17:51:27 ubuntu kernel: [    5.861413] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0:   
3: 0x00002361: type 0x61 idx 3 tag 0x08
  Apr  4 17:51:27 ubuntu kernel: [    5.861417] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: 
Parsing VBIOS init table 0 at offset 0x6C74
  Apr  4 17:51:27 ubuntu kernel: [    5.872551] atl1c 0000:03:00.0: version 
1.0.1.0-NAPI
  Apr  4 17:51:27 ubuntu kernel: [    5.881430] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: 
Parsing VBIOS init table 1 at offset 0x7336
  Apr  4 17:51:27 ubuntu kernel: [    5.885685] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: 
unknown i2c port 51
  Apr  4 17:51:27 ubuntu kernel: [    5.885688] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: 
0x85F3: Failed parsing init table opcode: INIT_I2C_LONG_IF -19
  Apr  4 17:51:27 ubuntu kernel: [    5.885690] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: 
Parsing VBIOS init table 2 at offset 0x882C
  Apr  4 17:51:27 ubuntu kernel: [    5.885692] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: 
Parsing VBIOS init table 3 at offset 0x8836
  Apr  4 17:51:27 ubuntu kernel: [    5.885772] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: 
Parsing VBIOS init table 4 at offset 0x8AAA
  Apr  4 17:51:27 ubuntu kernel: [    5.885774] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: 
Parsing VBIOS init table at offset 0x8B0F
  Apr  4 17:51:27 ubuntu kernel: [    5.905622] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: 
0x8B1C: Condition still not met after 20ms, skipping following opcodes
  Apr  4 17:51:27 ubuntu kernel: [    5.905745] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: 
unknown i2c port 51
  Apr  4 17:51:27 ubuntu kernel: [    5.905748] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: 0 
available performance level(s)
  Apr  4 17:51:27 ubuntu kernel: [    5.905849] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: c: 
core 50MHz shader 101MHz memory 135MHz voltage 913mV
  Apr  4 17:51:27 ubuntu kernel: [    5.908155] [TTM] Zone  kernel: Available 
graphics memory: 4078994 kiB.
  Apr  4 17:51:27 ubuntu kernel: [    5.908157] [TTM] Zone   dma32: Available 
graphics memory: 2097152 kiB.
  Apr  4 17:51:27 ubuntu kernel: [    5.908159] [TTM] Initializing pool 
allocator.
  Apr  4 17:51:27 ubuntu kernel: [    5.908170] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: 
Detected 1280MiB VRAM
  Apr  4 17:51:27 ubuntu kernel: [    5.908176] mtrr: type mismatch for 
f0000000,8000000 old: write-back new: write-combining
  Apr  4 17:51:27 ubuntu kernel: [    5.908191] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: 512 
MiB GART (aperture)
  Apr  4 17:51:27 ubuntu kernel: [    5.916760] firewire_ohci 0000:05:00.0: PCI 
INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
  Apr  4 17:51:27 ubuntu kernel: [    5.916767] firewire_ohci 0000:05:00.0: 
setting latency timer to 64
  Apr  4 17:51:27 ubuntu kernel: [    5.984062] firewire_ohci: Added fw-ohci 
device 0000:05:00.0, OHCI v1.10, 4 IR + 8 IT contexts, quirks 0x11
  Apr  4 17:51:27 ubuntu kernel: [    6.060957] [drm] Supports vblank timestamp 
caching Rev 1 (10.10.2010).
  Apr  4 17:51:27 ubuntu kernel: [    6.060960] [drm] No driver support for 
vblank timestamp query.
  Apr  4 17:51:27 ubuntu kernel: [    6.060970] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: 
unknown i2c port 48
  Apr  4 17:51:27 ubuntu kernel: [    6.060972] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: 
unknown i2c port 48
  Apr  4 17:51:27 ubuntu kernel: [    6.117915] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: 
unknown i2c port 56
  Apr  4 17:51:27 ubuntu kernel: [    6.117921] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: 
unknown i2c port 56
  Apr  4 17:51:27 ubuntu kernel: [    6.162648] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: 
unknown i2c port 55
  Apr  4 17:51:27 ubuntu kernel: [    6.162655] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: 
unknown i2c port 54
  Apr  4 17:51:27 ubuntu kernel: [    6.163358] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: 
allocated 1024x768 fb: 0x1e0000, bo ffff88020fbbf800
  Apr  4 17:51:27 ubuntu kernel: [    6.163407] fbcon: nouveaufb (fb0) is 
primary device
  Apr  4 17:51:27 ubuntu kernel: [    6.165639] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: No 
native mode, forcing panel scaling

  Apr  4 17:51:27 ubuntu kernel: [    6.207370] Console: switching to colour 
frame buffer device 128x48
  Apr  4 17:51:27 ubuntu kernel: [    6.211810] fb0: nouveaufb frame buffer 
device
  Apr  4 17:51:27 ubuntu kernel: [    6.211812] drm: registered panic notifier
  Apr  4 17:51:27 ubuntu kernel: [    6.211816] [drm] Initialized nouveau 
0.0.16 20090420 for 0000:01:00.0 on minor 0

  
  Apr  4 17:51:27 ubuntu kernel: [   16.224106] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: 
unknow
  n i2c port 48
  Apr  4 17:51:27 ubuntu kernel: [   16.224112] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: 
unknow
  n i2c port 48
  Apr  4 17:51:27 ubuntu kernel: [   16.224123] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: 
unknow
  n i2c port 56
  Apr  4 17:51:27 ubuntu kernel: [   16.224131] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: 
unknow
  n i2c port 56
  ...

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