Public bug reported: My system worked fine with all the latest kernel, but with all the kernel 3.4rc from "kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/ " I get a black screen few instant after grub, the monitor seems switched off, and remains in this state. I think it's an upstream kernel bug, but i don't know how to report it.
my system is a vaio pc cw (vpccw1) with nvidia gt230m and nouveau driver from xorg-edgers ppa (always used w/o any problem) I tried to take a look at the logs and i found a little difference in kern.log (i removed some useless lines): with kernel 3.4 rc4: Apr 16 13:06:04 vaio kernel: [ 1.547443] VGA switcheroo: detected Optimus DSM method \ handle Apr 16 13:06:04 vaio kernel: [ 1.554439] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Detected an NV50 generation card (0x0a5500a2) Apr 16 13:06:04 vaio kernel: [ 1.565270] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Checking PRAMIN for VBIOS Apr 16 13:06:04 vaio kernel: [ 1.600566] firewire_ohci 0000:04:00.3: added OHCI v1.0 device as card 0, 4 IR + 4 IT contexts, quirks 0x11 Apr 16 13:06:04 vaio kernel: [ 1.676454] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: ... appears to be valid Apr 16 13:06:04 vaio kernel: [ 1.676458] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Using VBIOS from PRAMIN Apr 16 13:06:04 vaio kernel: [ 1.676461] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: BIT BIOS found Apr 16 13:06:04 vaio kernel: [ 1.676464] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Bios version 70.16.27.00 Apr 16 13:06:04 vaio kernel: [ 1.676467] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: TMDS table version 2.0 Apr 16 13:06:04 vaio kernel: [ 1.676778] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: MXM: no VBIOS data, nothing to do Apr 16 13:06:04 vaio kernel: [ 1.676781] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DCB version 4.0 Apr 16 13:06:04 vaio kernel: [ 1.676784] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DCB outp 00: 010003f3 00010036 Apr 16 13:06:04 vaio kernel: [ 1.676786] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DCB outp 01: 02011300 00000000 Apr 16 13:06:04 vaio kernel: [ 1.676789] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DCB outp 02: 02422362 00020010 Apr 16 13:06:04 vaio kernel: [ 1.676791] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DCB conn 00: 00000040 Apr 16 13:06:04 vaio kernel: [ 1.676793] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DCB conn 01: 00000100 Apr 16 13:06:04 vaio kernel: [ 1.676795] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DCB conn 02: 00001261 Apr 16 13:06:04 vaio kernel: [ 1.676806] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Parsing VBIOS init table 0 at offset 0xD52B Apr 16 13:06:04 vaio kernel: [ 1.737400] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: 0xD84D: Condition still not met after 20ms, skipping following opcodes Apr 16 13:06:04 vaio kernel: [ 1.757252] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: 0xD851: Condition still not met after 20ms, skipping following opcodes Apr 16 13:06:04 vaio kernel: [ 1.777129] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: 0xDA0E: Condition still not met after 20ms, skipping following opcodes Apr 16 13:06:04 vaio kernel: [ 1.777136] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Parsing VBIOS init table 1 at offset 0xDA3B Apr 16 13:06:04 vaio kernel: [ 1.783968] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Parsing VBIOS init table 2 at offset 0xE7C5 Apr 16 13:06:04 vaio kernel: [ 1.783983] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Parsing VBIOS init table 3 at offset 0xE803 Apr 16 13:06:04 vaio kernel: [ 1.826581] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Parsing VBIOS init table 4 at offset 0xEA43 Apr 16 13:06:04 vaio kernel: [ 1.826583] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Parsing VBIOS init table at offset 0xEAA8 Apr 16 13:06:04 vaio kernel: [ 1.846434] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: 0xEAA8: Condition still not met after 20ms, skipping following opcodes Apr 16 13:06:04 vaio kernel: [ 1.848917] [TTM] Zone kernel: Available graphics memory: 2008144 kiB Apr 16 13:06:04 vaio kernel: [ 1.848920] [TTM] Initializing pool allocator Apr 16 13:06:04 vaio kernel: [ 1.848924] [TTM] Initializing DMA pool allocator Apr 16 13:06:04 vaio kernel: [ 1.848936] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Detected 512MiB VRAM (GDDR3) Apr 16 13:06:04 vaio kernel: [ 1.850389] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: 512 MiB GART (aperture) Apr 16 13:06:04 vaio kernel: [ 1.880030] usb 6-1: new low-speed USB device number 2 using uhci_hcd Apr 16 13:06:04 vaio kernel: [ 1.887344] [drm] Supports vblank timestamp caching Rev 1 (10.10.2010). Apr 16 13:06:04 vaio kernel: [ 1.887346] [drm] No driver support for vblank timestamp query. Apr 16 13:06:04 vaio kernel: [ 1.888225] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: 3 available performance level(s) Apr 16 13:06:04 vaio kernel: [ 1.888229] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: 0: core 135MHz shader 270MHz memory 135MHz voltage 1000mV Apr 16 13:06:04 vaio kernel: [ 1.888232] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: 1: core 405MHz shader 810MHz memory 324MHz voltage 1000mV Apr 16 13:06:04 vaio kernel: [ 1.888235] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: 3: core 450MHz shader 990MHz memory 680MHz voltage 1000mV Apr 16 13:06:04 vaio kernel: [ 1.888238] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: c: core 405MHz shader 810MHz memory 324MHz Apr 16 13:06:04 vaio kernel: [ 2.679413] firewire_core 0000:04:00.3: created device fw0: GUID 0800460303204491, S400 Apr 16 13:06:04 vaio kernel: [ 3.025406] No connectors reported connected with modes Apr 16 13:06:04 vaio kernel: [ 3.025410] [drm] Cannot find any crtc or sizes - going 1024x768 Apr 16 13:06:04 vaio kernel: [ 3.027198] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: allocated 1024x768 fb: 0x320000, bo ffff880134af9800 Apr 16 13:06:04 vaio kernel: [ 3.027283] fbcon: nouveaufb (fb0) is primary device Apr 16 13:06:04 vaio kernel: [ 3.027319] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 128x48 Apr 16 13:06:04 vaio kernel: [ 3.028103] fb0: nouveaufb frame buffer device Apr 16 13:06:04 vaio kernel: [ 3.028104] drm: registered panic notifier Apr 16 13:06:04 vaio kernel: [ 3.028109] [drm] Initialized nouveau 1.0.0 20120316 for 0000:01:00.0 on minor 0 Apr 16 13:06:04 vaio kernel: [ 3.180256] PM: Marking nosave pages: [mem 0x0009b000-0x000fffff] Apr 16 13:06:04 vaio kernel: [ 3.180261] PM: Marking nosave pages: [mem 0xbdea7000-0xbdf38fff] Apr 16 13:06:04 vaio kernel: [ 3.180266] PM: Marking nosave pages: [mem 0xbe000000-0xffffffff] Apr 16 13:06:04 vaio kernel: [ 3.181103] PM: Basic memory bitmaps created Apr 16 13:06:04 vaio kernel: [ 3.213054] PM: Basic memory bitmaps freed Apr 16 13:06:04 vaio kernel: [ 3.340944] EXT4-fs (sda5): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null) Apr 16 13:06:04 vaio kernel: [ 5.381044] init: ureadahead main process (303) terminated with status 5 with kernel 3.3.1: Apr 16 13:07:50 vaio kernel: [ 2.019713] VGA switcheroo: detected Optimus DSM method \ handle Apr 16 13:07:50 vaio kernel: [ 2.022532] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Detected an NV50 generation card (0x0a5500a2) Apr 16 13:07:50 vaio kernel: [ 2.032416] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Attempting to load BIOS image from PRAMIN Apr 16 13:07:50 vaio kernel: [ 2.145587] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: ... appears to be valid Apr 16 13:07:50 vaio kernel: [ 2.145592] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: BIT BIOS found Apr 16 13:07:50 vaio kernel: [ 2.145594] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Bios version 70.16.27.00 Apr 16 13:07:50 vaio kernel: [ 2.145597] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: TMDS table version 2.0 Apr 16 13:07:50 vaio kernel: [ 2.146157] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: MXM: no VBIOS data, nothing to do Apr 16 13:07:50 vaio kernel: [ 2.146160] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DCB version 4.0 Apr 16 13:07:50 vaio kernel: [ 2.146162] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DCB outp 00: 010003f3 00010036 Apr 16 13:07:50 vaio kernel: [ 2.146165] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DCB outp 01: 02011300 00000000 Apr 16 13:07:50 vaio kernel: [ 2.146167] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DCB outp 02: 02422362 00020010 Apr 16 13:07:50 vaio kernel: [ 2.146169] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DCB conn 00: 00000040 Apr 16 13:07:50 vaio kernel: [ 2.146171] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DCB conn 01: 00000100 Apr 16 13:07:50 vaio kernel: [ 2.146173] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DCB conn 02: 00001261 Apr 16 13:07:50 vaio kernel: [ 2.146185] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Parsing VBIOS init table 0 at offset 0xD52B Apr 16 13:07:50 vaio kernel: [ 2.206792] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: 0xD84D: Condition still not met after 20ms, skipping following opcodes Apr 16 13:07:50 vaio kernel: [ 2.226648] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: 0xD851: Condition still not met after 20ms, skipping following opcodes Apr 16 13:07:50 vaio kernel: [ 2.246529] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: 0xDA0E: Condition still not met after 20ms, skipping following opcodes Apr 16 13:07:50 vaio kernel: [ 2.246537] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Parsing VBIOS init table 1 at offset 0xDA3B Apr 16 13:07:50 vaio kernel: [ 2.253375] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Parsing VBIOS init table 2 at offset 0xE7C5 Apr 16 13:07:50 vaio kernel: [ 2.253390] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Parsing VBIOS init table 3 at offset 0xE803 Apr 16 13:07:50 vaio kernel: [ 2.295974] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Parsing VBIOS init table 4 at offset 0xEA43 Apr 16 13:07:50 vaio kernel: [ 2.295977] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Parsing VBIOS init table at offset 0xEAA8 Apr 16 13:07:50 vaio kernel: [ 2.315828] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: 0xEAA8: Condition still not met after 20ms, skipping following opcodes Apr 16 13:07:50 vaio kernel: [ 2.316657] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: 3 available performance level(s) Apr 16 13:07:50 vaio kernel: [ 2.316661] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: 0: core 135MHz shader 270MHz memory 135MHz timing 5 voltage 1000mV Apr 16 13:07:50 vaio kernel: [ 2.316665] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: 1: core 405MHz shader 810MHz memory 324MHz timing 4 voltage 1000mV Apr 16 13:07:50 vaio kernel: [ 2.316668] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: 3: core 450MHz shader 990MHz memory 680MHz timing 0 voltage 1000mV Apr 16 13:07:50 vaio kernel: [ 2.316713] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: c: core 405MHz shader 810MHz memory 324MHz Apr 16 13:07:50 vaio kernel: [ 2.319063] [TTM] Zone kernel: Available graphics memory: 2008188 kiB. Apr 16 13:07:50 vaio kernel: [ 2.319066] [TTM] Initializing pool allocator. Apr 16 13:07:50 vaio kernel: [ 2.319070] [TTM] Initializing DMA pool allocator. Apr 16 13:07:50 vaio kernel: [ 2.319081] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Detected 512MiB VRAM Apr 16 13:07:50 vaio kernel: [ 2.320640] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: 512 MiB GART (aperture) Apr 16 13:07:50 vaio kernel: [ 2.358124] [drm] Supports vblank timestamp caching Rev 1 (10.10.2010). Apr 16 13:07:50 vaio kernel: [ 2.358126] [drm] No driver support for vblank timestamp query. Apr 16 13:07:50 vaio kernel: [ 3.508457] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: allocated 1366x768 fb: 0x320000, bo ffff8801346a0c00 Apr 16 13:07:50 vaio kernel: [ 3.508566] fbcon: nouveaufb (fb0) is primary device Apr 16 13:07:50 vaio kernel: [ 3.777508] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 170x48 Apr 16 13:07:50 vaio kernel: [ 3.778803] fb0: nouveaufb frame buffer device Apr 16 13:07:50 vaio kernel: [ 3.778804] drm: registered panic notifier Apr 16 13:07:50 vaio kernel: [ 3.778809] [drm] Initialized nouveau 0.0.16 20090420 for 0000:01:00.0 on minor 0 Apr 16 13:07:50 vaio kernel: [ 3.908307] PM: Marking nosave pages: 000000000009b000 - 0000000000100000 Apr 16 13:07:50 vaio kernel: [ 3.908312] PM: Marking nosave pages: 00000000bdea7000 - 00000000bdf39000 Apr 16 13:07:50 vaio kernel: [ 3.908317] PM: Marking nosave pages: 00000000be000000 - 0000000100000000 Apr 16 13:07:50 vaio kernel: [ 3.909191] PM: Basic memory bitmaps created Apr 16 13:07:50 vaio kernel: [ 3.952372] PM: Basic memory bitmaps freed Apr 16 13:07:50 vaio kernel: [ 3.952385] video LNXVIDEO:00: Restoring backlight state ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: xorg 1:7.6+12ubuntu1 Uname: Linux 3.3.1-030301-generic x86_64 .tmp.unity.support.test.0: ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu5 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,vpswitch,snap,mousepoll,resize,place,move,wall,grid,regex,imgpng,session,gnomecompat,animation,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,workarounds,scale,expo,ezoom,unityshell] CompositorRunning: compiz Date: Wed Apr 18 14:56:18 2012 DistUpgraded: 2011-12-01 23:22:27,859 DEBUG enabling apt cron job DistroCodename: precise DistroVariant: ubuntu ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, whatever it takes to get this fixed in Ubuntu GlAlternative: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 Apr 2 2011 /etc/alternatives/gl_conf -> /usr/lib/mesa/ld.so.conf GraphicsCard: NVIDIA Corporation GT216 [GeForce GT 230M] [10de:0a2a] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Sony Corporation Device [104d:905e] InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha amd64 (20110302) MachineType: Sony Corporation VPCCW1 ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.3.1-030301-generic root=UUID=dae2cd55-c92d-4caa-9be0-3fc25592be8a ro quiet splash pcie_aspm=force vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xorg Symptom: display UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2011-12-01 (138 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 09/22/2009 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: R0190Y5 dmi.board.asset.tag: N/A dmi.board.name: VAIO dmi.board.vendor: Sony Corporation dmi.board.version: N/A dmi.chassis.asset.tag: N/A dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Sony Corporation dmi.chassis.version: N/A dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrR0190Y5:bd09/22/2009:svnSonyCorporation:pnVPCCW1:pvrC60385RS:rvnSonyCorporation:rnVAIO:rvrN/A:cvnSonyCorporation:ct10:cvrN/A: dmi.product.name: VPCCW1 dmi.product.version: C60385RS dmi.sys.vendor: Sony Corporation version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.7.6-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.33+git20120403.43704256-0ubuntu0ricotz version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 8.0.2+git20120412+8.0.9f150ffe-0ubuntu0sarvatt version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental 8.0.2+git20120412+8.0.9f150ffe-0ubuntu0sarvatt version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 8.0.2+git20120412+8.0.9f150ffe-0ubuntu0sarvatt version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.12.0.901+git20120406+server-1.12-branch.259aa5a6-0ubuntu0ricotz2 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.0+git20120328.99340147-0ubuntu0sarvatt version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99+git20120412.d282719a-0ubuntu0sarvatt version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.18.0+git20120416.a1661620-0ubuntu0sarvatt version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20120328.ab7291d3-0ubuntu0sarvatt ** Affects: ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug compiz-0.9 precise third-party-packages ubuntu -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/984866 Title: black screen on sonyvaio vpccw1 with kernel 3.4rcX To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/984866/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs