Re: nVidia GT218M [GeForce 315M] issues on kUbuntu 17.04 x86-64.

[ygrishin-lists-VsQdQPVIGO4@public.gmane.org]

OK looks like you are not interested in test results that apply to a 
vintage version of nouveau. I understand that.
I was able to burn and run October 09, 2017's image downloaded from 
here: https://nouveau.pmoreau.org/iso/nouveau-2017_10_09.iso

There are at least 3 options to choose from:
---
(1) Boot Arch Linux Nouveau (x86_64)
(2) Boot Arch Linux Latest (x86_64)
(3) Boot Arch Linux LTS (x86_64)
...
----
which one to run? NO IDEA! But let's choose (1). It boots to a command 
prompt:
---
root@archiso ~ #
---

How to run tests there? NO IDEA! But I was able to find this command:
---
piglit $ ./piglit-run.py -x glx -x streaming-texture-leak -x 
max-texture-size \
             -1 --dmesg tests/gpu.py \
       	    ~/piglit-results/nvXX-`date +%Y-%m-%d`-$USER
---
on this page https://people.freedesktop.org/~imirkin/

Too bad the distro doesn't have piglit-run.py but it has a Pythin script 
piglit in PATH, let's try running it:

---
root@archiso ~ # piglit
Traceback (most recent calls):
   File "/usr/bin/piglit", line 42 in <modules>
     import six
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'six'
1 root@archiso ~ #
---

=( :-[] =(

According to the front page: https://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/
"Testers wanted", how to run tests? NO IDEA!

So guys either state explicitly that testers are not needed OR provide 
adequate instructions to follow. I wanted to help, I am not able anymore 
since I have to return this hardware back to the owner.


On 2017-10-09 20:42, ygrishin-lists@mail2.ca wrote:
> OK I got access to the hardware, it's Toshiba Satellite L730. One of
> the obvious problems is that there's no video in VLC nor in Dragon
> Player. Is this expected?
> 
> Some output:
> ---
> yuriy@yuriy-Satellite-L730:~$ dmesg | grep NVID
> [    2.752675] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: NVIDIA GT218 (0a8d00b1)
> 
> ...
> 
> root@yuriy-Satellite-L730:/home/yuriy# dpkg -l | grep nouv
> ii  libdrm-nouveau2:amd64                           2.4.76-1
>                                       amd64        Userspace interface
> to nouveau-specific kernel DRM services -- runtime
> ii  xserver-xorg-video-nouveau                      1:1.0.14-0ubuntu1
>                                       amd64        X.Org X server --
> Nouveau display driver
> root@yuriy-Satellite-L730:/home/yuriy#
> ---
> 
> 
> On 2017-09-18 22:15, Ilia Mirkin wrote:
>> Generically, yes, the hardware is supported.
>> 
>> On Mon, Sep 18, 2017 at 11:42 PM,  <ygrishin-lists@mail2.ca> wrote:
>>> I will update the thread as soon as I get the hardware back. It was
>>> something serious like artifacts or no video in X so that I had to 
>>> resort to
>>> proprietary drivers.
>>> So the question is whether this hardware is supported or not.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 2017-09-18 21:31, Ilia Mirkin wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> What seems to be the problem? I think you forgot to include a
>>>> description of the issues you're seeing.
>>>> 
>>>> On Sep 18, 2017 11:23 PM, <ygrishin-lists@mail2.ca> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Hello looks like the device is not supported, the logs are as
>>>>> follows:
>>>>> 
>>>>> ---
>>>>> # dmesg | grep nouve
>>>>> [    2.789899] fb: switching to nouveaufb from VESA VGA
>>>>> [    2.790060] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: NVIDIA GT218 (0a8d00b1)
>>>>> [    2.815596] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: bios: version 70.18.7f.00.14
>>>>> [    2.816421] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: bios: OOB 1 01452301 01452301
>>>>> [    2.816427] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: bios: OOB 1 22234d20 22234d20
>>>>> [    2.816431] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: bios: OOB 1 22234d20 22234d20
>>>>> [    2.816434] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: bios: OOB 1 22234d20 22234d20
>>>>> [    2.817560] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: fb: 1024 MiB DDR3
>>>>> [    2.868651] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: VRAM: 1024 MiB
>>>>> [    2.868652] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: GART: 1048576 MiB
>>>>> [    2.868655] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: TMDS table version 2.0
>>>>> [    2.868657] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: DCB version 4.0
>>>>> [    2.868659] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: DCB outp 00: 01000323
>>>>> 00010034
>>>>> [    2.868661] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: DCB outp 01: 02014300
>>>>> 00000000
>>>>> [    2.868662] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: DCB outp 02: 02021362
>>>>> 00020010
>>>>> [    2.868663] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: DCB conn 00: 00000340
>>>>> [    2.868664] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: DCB conn 01: 00001061
>>>>> [    2.868665] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: DCB conn 02: 00000147
>>>>> [    2.868667] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: DCB conn 03: 00202346
>>>>> [    2.868668] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: DCB conn 04: 00000400
>>>>> [    2.868669] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: DCB conn 05: 00000210
>>>>> [    2.868670] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: DCB conn 06: 00000211
>>>>> [    2.868671] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: DCB conn 07: 00000213
>>>>> [    2.876862] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: hwmon_device_register() is
>>>>> deprecated. Please convert the driver to use
>>>>> hwmon_device_register_with_info().
>>>>> [    2.899146] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: MM: using COPY for buffer
>>>>> copies
>>>>> [    2.947414] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: allocated 1366x768 fb:
>>>>> 0x70000, bo ffff98488129b800
>>>>> [    2.948762] fbcon: nouveaufb (fb0) is primary device
>>>>> [    2.948872] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: fb0: nouveaufb frame buffer
>>>>> device
>>>>> [    2.996667] [drm] Initialized nouveau 1.3.1 20120801 for
>>>>> 0000:01:00.0 on minor 0
>>>>> [   49.592176] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for
>>>>> nouveau/nva8_fuc084 failed with error -2
>>>>> [   49.592197] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for
>>>>> nouveau/nva8_fuc084d failed with error -2
>>>>> [   49.592199] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: msvld: unable to load firmware
>>>>> data
>>>>> [   49.592206] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: msvld: init failed, -19
>>>>> 
>>>>> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GT218M
>>>>> [GeForce 315M] (rev a2)
>>>>> ---
>>>>> 
>>>>> This is 2011 Toshiba Satellite.
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