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[Bug 1474538] Re: nouveau driver fills syslog when running xscreensaver (molecule)

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From: Olivier Diotte <1474538@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2015 19:38:52 -0000
Reply-to: Bug 1474538 <1474538@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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So far as I'm concerned, this is fixed using the Ubuntu package
containing kernel 3.13.0-58-generic.

** Also affects: nouveau via
   https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=91373
   Importance: Unknown
       Status: Unknown

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Title:
  nouveau driver fills syslog when running xscreensaver (molecule)

Status in Nouveau Xorg driver:
  Unknown
Status in linux-lts-vivid package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  nouveau fills /var/log/kern.log and /var/log/syslog with _very_ frequent messages when the molecule xscreensaver is running.
  This is a big problem as it prevents me from letting my machine do anything overnight (with the screenlock on).

  I haven't tested other screensavers and don't appear to get messages
  otherwise. Here is an excerpt:

  ====================8< CUT HERE 8<=================================================================
  $ tail -n 3000 kern.log.1 | head -n 50
  Jul 10 18:02:35 dioo-XPS kernel: [114893.357149] nouveau E[   PFIFO][0000:01:00.0] PBDMA0: ch 2 [Xorg[16558]] subc 5 mthd 0x0000 data 0x0000906e
  Jul 10 18:02:35 dioo-XPS kernel: [114893.406261] nouveau E[   PFIFO][0000:01:00.0] PBDMA0: LBREQ
  Jul 10 18:02:35 dioo-XPS kernel: [114893.406269] nouveau E[   PFIFO][0000:01:00.0] PBDMA0: ch 2 [Xorg[16558]] subc 5 mthd 0x0000 data 0x0000906e
  Jul 10 18:02:35 dioo-XPS kernel: [114893.420442] nouveau E[   PFIFO][0000:01:00.0] PBDMA0: LBREQ
  Jul 10 18:02:35 dioo-XPS kernel: [114893.420447] nouveau E[   PFIFO][0000:01:00.0] PBDMA0: ch 2 [Xorg[16558]] subc 5 mthd 0x0000 data 0x0000906e
  Jul 10 18:02:35 dioo-XPS kernel: [114893.479210] nouveau E[   PFIFO][0000:01:00.0] PBDMA0: LBREQ
  Jul 10 18:02:35 dioo-XPS kernel: [114893.479217] nouveau E[   PFIFO][0000:01:00.0] PBDMA0: ch 2 [Xorg[16558]] subc 5 mthd 0x0000 data 0x0000906e
  Jul 10 18:02:35 dioo-XPS kernel: [114893.568349] nouveau E[   PFIFO][0000:01:00.0] PBDMA0: LBREQ
  Jul 10 18:02:35 dioo-XPS kernel: [114893.568356] nouveau E[   PFIFO][0000:01:00.0] PBDMA0: ch 2 [Xorg[16558]] subc 5 mthd 0x0000 data 0x0000906e
  Jul 10 18:02:35 dioo-XPS kernel: [114893.622806] nouveau E[   PFIFO][0000:01:00.0] PBDMA0: LBREQ
  Jul 10 18:02:35 dioo-XPS kernel: [114893.622813] nouveau E[   PFIFO][0000:01:00.0] PBDMA0: ch 2 [Xorg[16558]] subc 5 mthd 0x0000 data 0x0000906e
  Jul 10 18:02:35 dioo-XPS kernel: [114893.637217] nouveau E[   PFIFO][0000:01:00.0] PBDMA0: LBREQ
  Jul 10 18:02:35 dioo-XPS kernel: [114893.637221] nouveau E[   PFIFO][0000:01:00.0] PBDMA0: ch 2 [Xorg[16558]] subc 5 mthd 0x0000 data 0x0000906e
  Jul 10 18:02:35 dioo-XPS kernel: [114893.695836] nouveau E[   PFIFO][0000:01:00.0] PBDMA0: LBREQ
  Jul 10 18:02:35 dioo-XPS kernel: [114893.695843] nouveau E[   PFIFO][0000:01:00.0] PBDMA0: ch 2 [Xorg[16558]] subc 5 mthd 0x0000 data 0x0000906e
  Jul 10 18:02:35 dioo-XPS kernel: [114893.784309] nouveau E[   PFIFO][0000:01:00.0] PBDMA0: LBREQ
  Jul 10 18:02:35 dioo-XPS kernel: [114893.784316] nouveau E[   PFIFO][0000:01:00.0] PBDMA0: ch 2 [Xorg[16558]] subc 5 mthd 0x0000 data 0x0000906e
  Jul 10 18:02:35 dioo-XPS kernel: [114893.838180] nouveau E[   PFIFO][0000:01:00.0] PBDMA0: LBREQ
  Jul 10 18:02:35 dioo-XPS kernel: [114893.838187] nouveau E[   PFIFO][0000:01:00.0] PBDMA0: ch 2 [Xorg[16558]] subc 5 mthd 0x0000 data 0x0000906e
  Jul 10 18:02:35 dioo-XPS kernel: [114893.853754] nouveau E[   PFIFO][0000:01:00.0] PBDMA0: LBREQ
  Jul 10 18:02:35 dioo-XPS kernel: [114893.853759] nouveau E[   PFIFO][0000:01:00.0] PBDMA0: ch 2 [Xorg[16558]] subc 5 mthd 0x0000 data 0x0000906e
  Jul 10 18:02:35 dioo-XPS kernel: [114893.913521] nouveau E[   PFIFO][0000:01:00.0] PBDMA0: LBREQ
  Jul 10 18:02:35 dioo-XPS kernel: [114893.913528] nouveau E[   PFIFO][0000:01:00.0] PBDMA0: ch 2 [Xorg[16558]] subc 5 mthd 0x0000 data 0x0000906e
  Jul 10 18:02:35 dioo-XPS kernel: [114893.977242] nouveau E[   PFIFO][0000:01:00.0] PBDMA0: LBREQ
  Jul 10 18:02:35 dioo-XPS kernel: [114893.977249] nouveau E[   PFIFO][0000:01:00.0] PBDMA0: ch 2 [Xorg[16558]] subc 5 mthd 0x0000 data 0x0000906e
  Jul 10 18:02:35 dioo-XPS kernel: [114894.068780] nouveau E[   PFIFO][0000:01:00.0] PBDMA0: LBREQ
  Jul 10 18:02:35 dioo-XPS kernel: [114894.068788] nouveau E[   PFIFO][0000:01:00.0] PBDMA0: ch 2 [Xorg[16558]] subc 5 mthd 0x0000 data 0x0000906e
  Jul 10 18:02:35 dioo-XPS kernel: [114894.122599] nouveau E[   PFIFO][0000:01:00.0] PBDMA0: LBREQ
  Jul 10 18:02:35 dioo-XPS kernel: [114894.122606] nouveau E[   PFIFO][0000:01:00.0] PBDMA0: ch 2 [Xorg[16558]] subc 5 mthd 0x0000 data 0x0000906e
  Jul 10 18:02:35 dioo-XPS kernel: [114894.137025] nouveau E[   PFIFO][0000:01:00.0] PBDMA0: LBREQ
  Jul 10 18:02:35 dioo-XPS kernel: [114894.137030] nouveau E[   PFIFO][0000:01:00.0] PBDMA0: ch 2 [Xorg[16558]] subc 5 mthd 0x0000 data 0x0000906e
  Jul 10 18:02:35 dioo-XPS kernel: [114894.195675] nouveau E[   PFIFO][0000:01:00.0] PBDMA0: LBREQ
  Jul 10 18:02:35 dioo-XPS kernel: [114894.195682] nouveau E[   PFIFO][0000:01:00.0] PBDMA0: ch 2 [Xorg[16558]] subc 5 mthd 0x0000 data 0x0000906e
  Jul 10 18:02:36 dioo-XPS kernel: [114894.284069] nouveau E[   PFIFO][0000:01:00.0] PBDMA0: LBREQ
  Jul 10 18:02:36 dioo-XPS kernel: [114894.284078] nouveau E[   PFIFO][0000:01:00.0] PBDMA0: ch 2 [Xorg[16558]] subc 5 mthd 0x0000 data 0x0000906e
  Jul 10 18:02:36 dioo-XPS kernel: [114894.339830] nouveau E[   PFIFO][0000:01:00.0] PBDMA0: LBREQ
  Jul 10 18:02:36 dioo-XPS kernel: [114894.339837] nouveau E[   PFIFO][0000:01:00.0] PBDMA0: ch 2 [Xorg[16558]] subc 5 mthd 0x0000 data 0x0000906e
  Jul 10 18:02:36 dioo-XPS kernel: [114894.353411] nouveau E[   PFIFO][0000:01:00.0] PBDMA0: LBREQ
  Jul 10 18:02:36 dioo-XPS kernel: [114894.353416] nouveau E[   PFIFO][0000:01:00.0] PBDMA0: ch 2 [Xorg[16558]] subc 5 mthd 0x0000 data 0x0000906e
  Jul 10 18:02:36 dioo-XPS kernel: [114894.412188] nouveau E[   PFIFO][0000:01:00.0] PBDMA0: LBREQ
  Jul 10 18:02:36 dioo-XPS kernel: [114894.412204] nouveau E[   PFIFO][0000:01:00.0] PBDMA0: ch 2 [Xorg[16558]] subc 5 mthd 0x0000 data 0x0000906e
  Jul 10 18:02:36 dioo-XPS kernel: [114894.501906] nouveau E[   PFIFO][0000:01:00.0] PBDMA0: LBREQ
  Jul 10 18:02:36 dioo-XPS kernel: [114894.501913] nouveau E[   PFIFO][0000:01:00.0] PBDMA0: ch 2 [Xorg[16558]] subc 5 mthd 0x0000 data 0x0000906e
  Jul 10 18:02:36 dioo-XPS kernel: [114894.558826] nouveau E[   PFIFO][0000:01:00.0] PBDMA0: LBREQ
  Jul 10 18:02:36 dioo-XPS kernel: [114894.558831] nouveau E[   PFIFO][0000:01:00.0] PBDMA0: ch 2 [Xorg[16558]] subc 5 mthd 0x0000 data 0x0000906e
  Jul 10 18:02:36 dioo-XPS kernel: [114894.570001] nouveau E[   PFIFO][0000:01:00.0] PBDMA0: LBREQ
  Jul 10 18:02:36 dioo-XPS kernel: [114894.570006] nouveau E[   PFIFO][0000:01:00.0] PBDMA0: ch 2 [Xorg[16558]] subc 5 mthd 0x0000 data 0x0000906e
  Jul 10 18:02:36 dioo-XPS kernel: [114894.628831] nouveau E[   PFIFO][0000:01:00.0] PBDMA0: LBREQ
  Jul 10 18:02:36 dioo-XPS kernel: [114894.628839] nouveau E[   PFIFO][0000:01:00.0] PBDMA0: ch 2 [Xorg[16558]] subc 5 mthd 0x0000 data 0x0000906e
  Jul 10 18:02:36 dioo-XPS kernel: [114894.717193] nouveau E[   PFIFO][0000:01:00.0] PBDMA0: LBREQ
  ====================8< CUT HERE 8<==================================================================

  Both log files are actually 99GiB (they'd be bigger, but at that point
  my / partition was full). Both files contain almost 975M lines each
  (which is quite a lot for a file that gets rotated daily!)

  I run a minimal system (log in to the console, start i3 with startx)
  and I have a keybinding to launch a xscreensaver (specifically the
  molecule screensaver from xscreensaver-gl-extra).

  I had no problem under Ubuntu 15.04 32 bits, but for work-related
  reasons, I had to downgrade to 14.04 (64 bits).

  Both the default kernel (I don't remember which version it was) and
  3.19.0-22 exhibit the problem.

  $ lspci -nn | grep VGA
  01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation Device [10de:1286] (rev a1)

  I am not sure if this is relevant, but I have three screens all
  connected to the nVidia card.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: linux-image-3.19.0-22-generic 3.19.0-22.22~14.04.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-22.22~14.04.1-generic 3.19.8-ckt1
  Uname: Linux 3.19.0-22-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.11
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Tue Jul 14 15:31:42 2015
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-07-03 (10 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20150218.1)
  SourcePackage: linux-lts-vivid
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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