On Mon, 29 May 2023 11:54:07 +0100, Spencer Collyer wrote: > I managed to get netconsole working (had to wait until the long > weekend so I could replace my work machine with my old desktop) and > I've seen two lockups today, both referring to the nouveau driver. > Looking on the ArchWiki I found that there are known problems with > this driver and some (unspecified) chips, and the suggestion is to > add the kernel parameter `nouveau.noaccel=1', so I'm going to try > that. > > I had a look at the ArchWiki description of the official drivers and > for the driver for my GPU, nvidia-open, it says 'This is currently > alpha quality, so there will be issues.' So I think I'll keep away > from that for the moment. > > I'll report back if adding the kernel parameter helps. If I can get a > week of use out of this box with no lockups that will be a start. > > Regards, > > Spencer As promised, a quick update. Since adding the kernel parameter I have had no random lockups at all. So it looks like it is working now. As suggested by riveravaldez I will be contacting the nouveau mailing list at some point, but again I'm going to have to wait until I can hook up my old desktop again - work takes priority over that. I do still see one oddity - every now and then when I return to the machine after being away for a while, sometimes the monitor shows no video input. I can bring the machine back to life by tapping the power button off then back on and after a few seconds the screen comes back to life and everything is as I left it. No idea what is causing that - haven't had netconsole running at any point when it's occurred yet. It's more an annoyance than anything else - at least I haven't (yet) lost any work. Regards, Spencer
