[NVC0+] Fedora 17 "PFIFO - playlist update failed" on boot
Submitted by mog55356@huskies.bloomu.edu
Assigned to Nouveau Project
Description
Created attachment 65099
Kernel log from boot
Problem:
Can no longer start x server.
Steps to reproduce:
1. Boot the computer
Expected behaviour:
User expects to reach the login prompt.
Actual behaviour:
X Server fails to start
History:
Updated to latest kernel on Fedora 17 x86_64: Linux version 3.5.0-2.fc17.x86_64 (mockbuild@buildvm-16.phx2.fedoraproject.org) (gcc version 4.7.0 20120507 (Red Hat 4.7.0-5) (GCC) ) #1 SMP Mon Jul 30 14:48:59 UTC 2012
Rebooted
Saw fedora begin to boot up, but instead of being presented with a login screen I saw noise/leftover images from previous boot
X server terminated and I saw some nouveau errors on screen:
[ 43.155163] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: PFIFO - playlist update failed
[ 53.020045] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Failed to idle channel 1.
[ 57.019076] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: PFIFO - playlist update failed
[ 60.017783] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Failed to idle channel 2.
[ 64.016807] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: PFIFO - playlist update failed
The screen then went back to noise/leftovers for a few seconds, then displayed those error messages again in sequence
This continued endlessly until I boot with the previous kernel.
Hardware information:
The model is a GTX 580m. According to the wiki, this is an NVCE (GF114).
sudo lspci -v | less found this:
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Device 1211 (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer Device 7100
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
Memory at f4000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32M]
Memory at e8000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
Memory at f0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
I/O ports at e000 [size=128]
Expansion ROM at f6000000 [disabled] [size=512K]
Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [68] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
Capabilities: [78] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
Capabilities: [b4] Vendor Specific Information: Len=14 >
Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
Capabilities: [128] Power Budgeting >
Capabilities: [600] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0001 Rev=1 Len=024 <?>
Kernel driver in use: nouveau
Attached files:
messages.txt
This is the kernel log from the boot with the new kernel. The Fatal X server error and the PFIFO errors can be found near the end of the log. If I had let the computer keep running, the last few messages would have looped, presumably endlessly.
NOTE: THE LOG CAN ALSO BE ACCESSED HERE - http://pastebin.com/rrVddzgq
Thank you for taking the time to look into this matter. Please let me know if you require any additional information.
Attachment 65099, "Kernel log from boot":
messages.txt