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["Christopher M. Penalver" <christopher.m.penalver@xxxxxxxxx>]

Etienne URBAH, as is verified by actually opening up the mainline kernel
files with Archive Manager (ex.
/lib/modules/3.18.0-031800rc6-generic/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/ )
testing to nouveau does not require the extra file. The extra file is
for modules built outside the mainline kernel proper (ex. proprietary or
out of tree drivers maintained downstream like nvidia, fglrx, etc.).

As is described in the article, did you first uninstall the nvidia
driver before rebooting into the mainline kernel? If you didn't, that is
one reason why booting into the mainline kernel would boot to a black
screen.

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Title:
  Module nouveau systematically crashes after a few minutes, whereas
  module nvidia from nvidia-331-updates crashes only after several hours
  of work

Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Module 'nouveau' systematically crashes after a few minutes, whereas
  module 'nvidia' from 'nvidia-331-updates' crashes only after several
  hours of work.

  $ uname -r
  3.16.0-25-generic

  $ dpkg-query -W 'linux-*image-*3.16.0-25*'
  linux-image-3.16.0-25-generic	3.16.0-25.33
  linux-image-extra-3.16.0-25-generic	3.16.0-25.33
  linux-signed-image-3.16.0-25-generic	3.16.0-25.33

  $ lsmod | head -1 ;  lsmod | grep '^nouveau'  
  Module                  Size  Used by
  nouveau              1234845  3 

  $ sudo lspci -nn -vv -s 03:00.0
  03:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation C79 [GeForce 9400] [10de:0867] (rev b1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
  	Subsystem: Apple Inc. iMac 9,1 [106b:00ad]
  	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
  	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
  	Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 256 bytes
  	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 45
  	Region 0: Memory at d2000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
  	Region 1: Memory at c0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
  	Region 3: Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M]
  	Region 5: I/O ports at 1000 [size=128]
  	Expansion ROM at d3000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
  	Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2
  		Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
  		Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
  	Capabilities: [68] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
  		Address: 00000000fee0300c  Data: 4152
  	Kernel driver in use: nouveau

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
  Package: linux-image-extra-3.16.0-25-generic 3.16.0-25.33
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-25.33-generic 3.16.7
  Uname: Linux 3.16.0-25-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: wl
  ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8
  Architecture: amd64
  AudioDevicesInUse:
   USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
   /dev/snd/controlC0:  urbah      3073 F.... pulseaudio
  CurrentDesktop: GNOME
  Date: Thu Nov 27 02:05:32 2014
  HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=d78e46a2-825e-4ad0-8f14-c7d2935c33c7
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-11-03 (23 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Release amd64 (20141022.1)
  MachineType: Apple Inc. iMac9,1
  ProcFB: 0 nouveaufb
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.16.0-25-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=b587542c-4076-491a-ae4d-21942b20daf6 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   linux-restricted-modules-3.16.0-25-generic N/A
   linux-backports-modules-3.16.0-25-generic  N/A
   linux-firmware                             1.138
  SourcePackage: linux
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  dmi.bios.date: 04/27/09
  dmi.bios.vendor: Apple Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: IM91.88Z.008D.B08.0904271717
  dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
  dmi.board.name: Mac-F2218FC8
  dmi.board.vendor: Apple Inc.
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset Tag#
  dmi.chassis.type: 13
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Apple Inc.
  dmi.chassis.version: Mac-F2218FC8
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAppleInc.:bvrIM91.88Z.008D.B08.0904271717:bd04/27/09:svnAppleInc.:pniMac9,1:pvr1.0:rvnAppleInc.:rnMac-F2218FC8:rvr:cvnAppleInc.:ct13:cvrMac-F2218FC8:
  dmi.product.name: iMac9,1
  dmi.product.version: 1.0
  dmi.sys.vendor: Apple Inc.

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