Same problem here, ever since kernel 3.5.x. Using an Nvidia GTX 570 card with the nouveau driver and kernel 3.5.x results in no X start-up. Same messages, and I`ve tried Fedora 17 x64 - Fedora 18 Alpha x64 and Ubuntu 12.10 x64.
lspci -v 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF110 [GeForce GTX 570] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: eVga.com. Corp. Device 1570 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16 Memory at fd000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M] Memory at f0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M] Memory at f8000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M] I/O ports at cc00 [size=128] [virtual] Expansion ROM at fe900000 [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: nvidia uname -a Linux 3.5.3-1.fc17.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Aug 29 18:46:34 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1041637 Title: GF114 cards = "PFIFO - playlist update failed" on boot. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linux/+bug/1041637/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs