The missing firmware seems to be something which can be extracted from nvidia binary drivers but is not distributed via an open source license, therefore we cannot distribute the firmware in linux-firmware.
https://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/VideoAcceleration/ However, the feature connected to this firmware seems to be video decode acceleration so I don't see any reason to think that the gdm3 crashes are connected to these missing firmware messages. Anyway, setting the linux-firmware task to "won't fix" as there's nothing we can do about it. ** Changed in: linux-firmware (Ubuntu) Status: New => Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux-firmware in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1751497 Title: Bionic daily build - nouveau: Direct firmware load for nouveau/nve7_fuc084 failed with error -2 Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Status in linux-firmware package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Bug description: [ 136.559610] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for nouveau/nve7_fuc084 failed with error -2 Hello, from time to time I find this annoying messages in dmesg in various Ubuntu versions (I believe since 16.04 or 16.10 up until now, including Bionic Beaver daily build). From time to time, the gdm3 crashes. The current HW/SW setup will be described below. I cannot replicate the situation, but it happens. See the excerpt from dmesg output below. [ 9.386558] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): enp3s0: link is not ready [ 9.399079] input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=3 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card1/input12 [ 9.399134] input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=7 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card1/input13 [ 9.399208] input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=8 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card1/input14 [ 9.399274] input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=9 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card1/input15 [ 12.312741] r8169 0000:03:00.0 enp3s0: link up [ 12.312748] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): enp3s0: link becomes ready [ 13.439863] rfkill: input handler disabled [ 15.125569] nf_conntrack: default automatic helper assignment has been turned off for security reasons and CT-based firewall rule not found. Use the iptables CT target to attach helpers instead. [ 136.559610] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for nouveau/nve7_fuc084 failed with error -2 [ 136.559618] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for nouveau/nve7_fuc084d failed with error -2 [ 136.559619] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: msvld: unable to load firmware data [ 136.559622] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: msvld: init failed, -19 [ 1376.746130] lp: driver loaded but no devices found [ 1376.756790] st: Version 20160209, fixed bufsize 32768, s/g segs 256 [ 1381.398605] do_IRQ: 1.37 No irq handler for vector rr HW setup: Asrock Extreme 6 Z97 Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-4160 CPU @ 3.60GHz, 3563 MHz nVidia GK107 [GeForce GT 640] SW setup: Linux bionic 4.15.0-10-generic #11-Ubuntu SMP Tue Feb 13 18:23:35 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux root@bionic:~# lsmod | grep nouveau nouveau 1716224 5 i2c_algo_bit 16384 1 nouveau ttm 106496 1 nouveau drm_kms_helper 167936 1 nouveau mxm_wmi 16384 1 nouveau drm 401408 8 nouveau,ttm,drm_kms_helper wmi 24576 2 mxm_wmi,nouveau video 40960 1 nouveau To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1751497/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
