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[Bug 901386] [NEW] Ubuntu 3.2 kernels vs. nvidia-current vs GTX 560 (Mainline works)

 

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Not a single one of the packaged 3.2 kernels in the Precise repos has
worked for me on my main (AMD64 - i980x) system, when using the nvidia-
current (or nvidia-current-updates) drivers.

However, the stock 3.2 mainline kernels do appear to work fine.
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.2-rc4-oneiric/linux-
image-3.2.0-030200rc4-generic_3.2.0-030200rc4.201112012035_amd64.deb,
for instance does work with no issues whatsoever.  Also, the standard
3.1 packages from the normal repos have always worked fine on the same
system with the same hardware.

What works:
--------------
3.1 with nvidia-current or nouveau drivers
3.2.0-2 with nouveau drivers.
3.2.0-3 with nouveau drivers.
3.2rc4 (mainline) with nvidia-current -r nouveau drivers

What does not work:
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3.2.0-2 with nvidia-current or nvidia-current-updates
3.2.0-3 with nvidia-current or nvidia-current-updates

Relevant errors:
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When attempting to start 3.2.0-2 or -3 with nvidia-current*, X fails to start and the following is reported in Xorg.0.log:

[     6.002] (II) NVIDIA(0): Creating default Display subsection in Screen section
[     6.002] (==) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (==) framebuffer bpp 32
[     6.002] (==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
[     6.002] (==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
[     6.002] (==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
[     6.002] (**) NVIDIA(0): Option "NoLogo" "True"
[    14.524] (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA GPU at PCI:5:0:0.  Please
[    14.524] (EE) NVIDIA(0):     check your system's kernel log for additional error
[    14.524] (EE) NVIDIA(0):     messages and refer to Chapter 8: Common Problems in the
[    14.524] (EE) NVIDIA(0):     README for additional information.
[    14.524] (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA graphics device!

When referring to the kernel log, this is the only NVRM error message:

Dec  3 15:20:58 saturn kernel: [    4.614087] NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module  285.05.09  Fri Sep 23 17:31:57 PDT 2011
Dec  3 15:21:09 saturn kernel: [   16.267342] NVRM: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x27:0x38:1193)
Dec  3 15:21:09 saturn kernel: [   16.267348] NVRM: rm_init_adapter(0) failed

Here is the important parts of my glxinfo output (taken while running
mainline kernel):

direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
server glx version string: 1.4
OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
OpenGL renderer string: GeForce GTX 560 Ti/PCI/SSE2
OpenGL version string: 4.2.0 NVIDIA 285.05.09
OpenGL shading language version string: 4.20 NVIDIA via Cg compiler

What I've tried:
-----------------
I've completely reformatted/reinstalled from the current (Precise) daily live-cd image to make sure this was not some artifact of upgrading the system from 11.10.  But, the symptoms remained exactly the same.

Before reinstalling, I also tried the newer packages from the Edgers
repository (including the nvidia 290.10 drivers there) - but saw no
change in results.

I've looked around, but can't find an existing report that seems to
exactly match my issue, and I know others are using the standard repo
versions of the Precise 3.2 kernels with nvidia-current without issue,
so I'm wondering if it's not the result of some kernel patch that's only
affecting some higher-end cards.

Other info:
-------------
evil@saturn:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description:    Ubuntu precise (development branch)
Release:        12.04

evil@saturn:~$ apt-cache policy nvidia-current
nvidia-current:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 285.05.09-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
     285.05.09-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/restricted amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

The card is a GTX 560 with 1GB RAM.

** Affects: nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu)
     Importance: High
         Status: Confirmed


** Tags: bot-stop-nagging kernel-request-3.2.0-3.9 precise
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Ubuntu 3.2 kernels vs. nvidia-current vs GTX 560 (Mainline works)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/901386
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