On Fri, Oct 1, 2021 at 3:58 PM Jerry Geis <jerry.geis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > On Fri, Oct 1, 2021 at 3:40 PM Ilia Mirkin <imirkin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> On Fri, Oct 1, 2021 at 3:36 PM Jerry Geis <jerry.geis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > >> > >> > >> > On Fri, Oct 1, 2021 at 3:27 PM Jerry Geis <jerry.geis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Fri, Oct 1, 2021 at 3:20 PM Ilia Mirkin <imirkin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>> >> >>> On Fri, Oct 1, 2021 at 3:17 PM Jerry Geis <jerry.geis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>> > On Fri, Oct 1, 2021 at 3:06 PM Ilia Mirkin <imirkin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>> >> >> >>> >> On Fri, Oct 1, 2021 at 3:00 PM Jerry Geis <jerry.geis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>> >> > lsmod | grep nouveau >> >>> >> > >> >>> >> > What dont I have ? >> >>> >> >> >>> >> nouveau :) >> >>> >> >> >>> >> Other than that, you got everything... >> >>> >> >> >>> >> Check dmesg for errors. >> >>> >> >> >>> >> Cheers, >> >>> >> >> >>> >> -ilia >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> > I see this: >> >>> > Oct 1 15:11:21 mediaport57 /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[1546]: (==) Matched nouveau as autoconfigured driver 0 >> >>> >> >>> This is not dmesg. This is some log file. Please look in dmesg. >> >>> >> >>> > Oct 1 15:11:23 mediaport57 /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[1546]: (**) VESA(0): Using "Shadow Framebuffer" >> >>> >> >>> X is using the VESA driver because nouveau (nor any other DRM driver) is loaded. >> >>> >> >>> > >> >>> > So it seems like its loading .... but perhaps its not happy ???? >> >>> > >> >>> > What do I do ? >> >>> >> >>> Check dmesg for why nouveau didn't load. >> >>> >> >>> -ilia >> >> >> >> >> >> grep -i nouveau /var/log/dmesg >> >> [ 19.934733] kernel: fb0: switching to nouveaufb from VESA VGA >> >> [ 20.013197] kernel: nouveau 0000:03:00.0: vgaarb: deactivate vga console >> >> [ 20.013415] kernel: nouveau 0000:03:00.0: NVIDIA GT218 (0a8200b1) >> >> [ 20.159472] kernel: nouveau 0000:03:00.0: bios: version 70.18.45.00.00 >> >> [ 20.162603] kernel: nouveau 0000:03:00.0: fb: 512 MiB DDR3 >> >> [ 21.552858] kernel: nouveau 0000:03:00.0: DRM: VRAM: 512 MiB >> >> [ 21.552873] kernel: nouveau 0000:03:00.0: DRM: GART: 1048576 MiB >> >> [ 21.552888] kernel: nouveau 0000:03:00.0: DRM: TMDS table version 2.0 >> >> [ 21.552900] kernel: nouveau 0000:03:00.0: DRM: DCB version 4.0 >> >> [ 21.552911] kernel: nouveau 0000:03:00.0: DRM: DCB outp 00: 01000302 00000030 >> >> [ 21.552924] kernel: nouveau 0000:03:00.0: DRM: DCB outp 01: 02000300 00000000 >> >> [ 21.552937] kernel: nouveau 0000:03:00.0: DRM: DCB outp 02: 02011362 00020010 >> >> [ 21.552950] kernel: nouveau 0000:03:00.0: DRM: DCB conn 00: 00001030 >> >> [ 21.552961] kernel: nouveau 0000:03:00.0: DRM: DCB conn 01: 00002161 >> >> [ 21.568834] kernel: nouveau 0000:03:00.0: DRM: MM: using COPY for buffer copies >> >> [ 21.645206] kernel: nouveau 0000:03:00.0: DRM: allocated 1920x1080 fb: 0x70000, bo (____ptrval____) >> >> [ 21.648681] kernel: fbcon: nouveaudrmfb (fb0) is primary device >> >> [ 21.837701] kernel: nouveau 0000:03:00.0: [drm] fb0: nouveaudrmfb frame buffer device >> >> [ 21.873290] kernel: [drm] Initialized nouveau 1.3.1 20120801 for 0000:03:00.0 on minor 0 >> >> I was looking for you to just run "dmesg", BTW, not read a log file. >> >> >> >> >> lsmod | grep nouveau >> >> nouveau 1986560 30 >> >> mxm_wmi 16384 1 nouveau >> >> i2c_algo_bit 16384 1 nouveau >> >> drm_ttm_helper 16384 1 nouveau >> >> ttm 73728 2 drm_ttm_helper,nouveau >> >> drm_kms_helper 237568 1 nouveau >> >> drm 548864 25 drm_kms_helper,drm_ttm_helper,ttm,nouveau >> >> video 53248 1 nouveau >> >> wmi 32768 2 mxm_wmi,nouveau >> >> >> >> I took off ALL extra kernel command paramters - nothing specific to nouveau - and I got better results. however - video is still dropping frames. >> >> Perhaps you had a "nomodeset" in there? That would prevent nouveau >> from doing anything useful, although I think it'd still load in that >> case. >> >> >> >> >> So progress. but still no good. >> >> Check xorg log to make sure you see NOUVEAU lines, not modeset lines. >> If you see modeset lines, make sure you force the nouveau DDX driver >> to load. (Some distros think it's funny to prevent it from loading by >> default...) >> >> >> >> >> Jerry >> > >> > >> > I see this error: >> > nouveau 0000:03:00.0: Direct firmware load for nouveau/nva8_fuc084 failed >> > >> > I did apt-file search nva8_fuc084 >> > and it did not return anything. >> >> This is for video decoding acceleration (vdpau / va-api). You can set >> this up by following the instructions at >> https://nouveau.freedesktop.org/VideoAcceleration.html . Note that >> it's hardly perfect. >> >> Cheers, >> >> -ilia > > > These were the kernel command line items I removed. > acpi=off pci=nomsi Oh dear. Esp acpi=off is very bad for any post-2010 machine. (The cut-off is probably earlier, but def by 2010, ACPI is basically required for things to function.) pci=nomsi won't affect things too much either way, but I'm not aware of needing to turn off MSI except for very odd situations. > > The machine seems happier - now - althought I no longer have sound for some reason - but after installing the firmware - CPU % is way down. Nouveau will have registered a second sound adapter (whose sound would get piped out through HDMI / DP ports, if available). Make sure you're still using the "right" audio hardware in your settings. You can also check that pstate file I was talking about earlier to adjust the power levels of the GPU (either more power / more heat / less battery or less power / less heat / more battery...) Good luck, -ilia
