Same problem here. Lenovo T410, nvidia gpu, ubuntu 12.04. Using the nvidia driver then breaks the mousepad scrolling and the FN keys for dimming and so one. So nvidia proprietary driver does not really seem to be a solution for me
syslog: Nov 10 21:05:05 ThinkPad-T410 kernel: [ 564.049268] nouveau E[ PFIFO][0000:01:00.0] DMA_PUSHER - ch 3 [Xorg[1445]] get 0x00200244ec put 0x002002452c ib_get 0x000003ef ib_put 0x0000005a state 0x80000234 (err: INVALID_CMD) push 0x00400040 lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor DRAM Controller (rev 02) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor PCI Express x16 Root Port (rev 02) 00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset HECI Controller (rev 06) 00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82577LM Gigabit Network Connection (rev 06) 00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 06) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio (rev 06) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 06) 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev 06) 00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev 06) 00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 5 (rev 06) 00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 06) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev a6) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 5 Series Chipset LPC Interface Controller (rev 06) 00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 6 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 06) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset SMBus Controller (rev 06) 00:1f.6 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Thermal Subsystem (rev 06) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GT218M [NVS 3100M] (rev a2) 01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1) 03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 (rev 35) 0d:00.0 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd MMC/SD Host Controller (rev 01) 0d:00.1 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5U2xx (R5U230 / R5U231 / R5U241) [Memory Stick Host Controller] (rev 01) 0d:00.3 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 PCIe IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 01) ff:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-core Registers (rev 02) ff:00.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder (rev 02) ff:02.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link 0 (rev 02) ff:02.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Physical 0 (rev 02) ff:02.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved (rev 02) ff:02.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved (rev 02) -- 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/1175266 Title: Sometimes picture on the screen becomes incomprehensible (like collected from random bloks of original pikture). Errors in /var/log/kern.log like "nouveau E[ PGRAPH][0000:01:00.0] ILLEGAL_MTHD" Status in “xserver-xorg-video-nouveau” package in Ubuntu: Expired Bug description: Sometimes picture on the screen becomes incomprehensible (like collected from random bloks of original pikture). Ubuntu 13.04 /var/log/kern.log: May 1 16:30:57 krot-PC kernel: [ 9243.839873] nouveau E[ PFIFO][0000:01:00.0] DMA_PUSHER - Ch 2 Get 0x0020033c4c Put 0x0020036608 IbGet 0x000003cf IbPut 0x000003d0 State 0x80004861 (err: INVALID_CMD) Push 0x00704031 May 1 16:30:57 krot-PC kernel: [ 9243.847511] nouveau E[ PFIFO][0000:01:00.0] DMA_PUSHER - Ch 2 Get 0x0020036678 Put 0x0020036608 IbGet 0x000003cf IbPut 0x000003d0 State 0x40000004 (err: INVALID_MTHD) Push 0x00406040 May 1 16:30:57 krot-PC kernel: [ 9243.849873] nouveau E[ PFIFO][0000:01:00.0] CACHE_ERROR - Ch 2/0 Mthd 0x0000 Data 0x19000000 May 1 18:05:15 krot-PC kernel: [14897.198110] nouveau E[ PFIFO][0000:01:00.0] DMA_PUSHER - Ch 2 Get 0x0020029840 Put 0x002002a3e4 IbGet 0x0000011f IbPut 0x00000122 State 0x80001b80 (err: INVALID_CMD) Push 0x00406040 May 1 18:15:05 krot-PC kernel: [15487.647290] nouveau E[ PFIFO][0000:01:00.0] DMA_PUSHER - Ch 2 Get 0x0020026058 Put 0x0020027b84 IbGet 0x0000032b IbPut 0x0000032c State 0x80000020 (err: INVALID_CMD) Push 0x00406040 May 1 19:55:58 krot-PC kernel: [21535.776420] nouveau E[ PFIFO][0000:01:00.0] DMA_PUSHER - Ch 2 Get 0x00200243b0 Put 0x0020025138 IbGet 0x00000182 IbPut 0x00000185 State 0x80004861 (err: INVALID_CMD) Push 0x00406040 May 1 19:55:58 krot-PC kernel: [21535.776438] nouveau E[ PGRAPH][0000:01:00.0] TRAP_TPDMA_2D - TP 0 - Unknown fault at address 002078b500 May 1 19:55:58 krot-PC kernel: [21535.776441] nouveau E[ PGRAPH][0000:01:00.0] TRAP_TPDMA_2D - TP 0 - e0c: 00000000, e18: 00000000, e1c: 00140004, e20: 00000011, e24: 0c030000 May 1 19:55:58 krot-PC kernel: [21535.776447] nouveau E[ PGRAPH][0000:01:00.0] TRAP May 1 19:55:58 krot-PC kernel: [21535.776452] nouveau E[ PGRAPH][0000:01:00.0] ch 2 [0x001fad9000] subc 2 class 0x502d mthd 0x0860 data 0x00000040 May 1 19:55:58 krot-PC kernel: [21535.776461] nouveau E[ PFB][0000:01:00.0] trapped write at 0x002078b500 on channel 0x0001fad9 PGRAPH/PROP/DST2D reason: PAGE_NOT_PRESENT May 1 20:00:22 krot-PC kernel: [21799.703311] nouveau E[ PFIFO][0000:01:00.0] DMA_PUSHER - Ch 2 Get 0x002002d2b4 Put 0x002002e47c IbGet 0x000002bc IbPut 0x000002bd State 0x80000020 (err: INVALID_CMD) Push 0x00406040 May 1 20:02:17 krot-PC kernel: [21913.917651] nouveau E[ PFIFO][0000:01:00.0] DMA_PUSHER - Ch 2 Get 0x0020034efc Put 0x00200360bc IbGet 0x00000260 IbPut 0x00000261 State 0x40000004 (err: INVALID_MTHD) Push 0x00406040 May 1 20:02:17 krot-PC kernel: [21913.944785] nouveau E[ PGRAPH][0000:01:00.0] ILLEGAL_MTHD May 1 20:02:17 krot-PC kernel: [21913.944799] nouveau E[ PGRAPH][0000:01:00.0] ch 2 [0x001fad9000] subc 0 class 0x0030 mthd 0x0200 data 0x00000001 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.7-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-19.29-generic 3.8.8 Uname: Linux 3.8.0-19-generic x86_64 .tmp.unity.support.test.0: ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: compiz CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0' CompositorUnredirectFSW: true Date: Wed May 1 21:53:37 2013 DistUpgraded: 2013-04-30 21:49:20,364 DEBUG enabling apt cron job DistroCodename: raring DistroVariant: ubuntu ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes GraphicsCard: NVIDIA Corporation G92 [GeForce 9800 GT] [10de:0614] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-10-21 (192 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5) MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. GA-970A-D3 MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.8.0-19-generic root=UUID=d3f644cf-a581-4546-97ec-666292691b65 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-04-30 (1 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 12/27/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc. dmi.bios.version: F8e dmi.board.name: GA-970A-D3 dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrF8e:bd12/27/2011:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnGA-970A-D3:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnGA-970A-D3:rvr:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvr: dmi.product.name: GA-970A-D3 dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.9~daily13.04.18.1~13.04-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu36 version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.43-0ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 9.1.1-0ubuntu3 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 9.1.1-0ubuntu3 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.13.3-0ubuntu6 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.3-0ubuntu2b2 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.1.0-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.21.6-0ubuntu4 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.7-0ubuntu1 xserver.bootTime: Wed May 1 21:36:18 2013 xserver.configfile: default xserver.devices: input Power Button KEYBOARD, id 6 input Power Button KEYBOARD, id 7 input SIGMACH1P USB Keyboard KEYBOARD, id 8 input SIGMACH1P USB Keyboard KEYBOARD, id 9 input Logitech Unifying Device. Wireless PID:101a MOUSE, id 10 xserver.errors: Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0) Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0) xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.version: 2:1.13.3-0ubuntu6 xserver.video_driver: nouveau To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-nouveau/+bug/1175266/+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