** Summary changed: - 3d session fails to initialize with nouveau on some GeForce cards + 3d session fails to initialize with nouveau on many GeForce cards
** Description changed: With the current 3.7.0-2-generic #8-Ubuntu SMP & also the mainline 3.7.0-030700rc6 both unity & gnome-shell fail to start. The greeter screen comes up fine then goes to just the background with a cursor. No actions are possible inc. going to a VT. After a period of time system logs back out to the greeter. (or a totally corrupted greeter A Classic (no effects) session loads fine, am filing bug from that Installing nvidia-* & 3d sessions work fine 3d sessions also worked fine with nouveau with the previous 3.7.0.0 kernel On todays current live image the same is seen, attempting "Try Me" goes to a blank background image with a cursor, nothing can be done at that point Quite possibly related to this reported kernel bug https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/11/17/108 + Confirmed affected cards so far - + 8400m GS + GT-210 + 8500 GT + 7600gs + GTX 660 + GTS 250 + + ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: linux-image-3.7.0-2-generic 3.7.0-2.8 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.7.0-2.8-generic 3.7.0-rc5 Uname: Linux 3.7.0-2-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.6.2-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: - USER PID ACCESS COMMAND - /dev/snd/controlC0: doug 2529 F.... pulseaudio + USER PID ACCESS COMMAND + /dev/snd/controlC0: doug 2529 F.... pulseaudio Date: Sun Nov 18 11:30:40 2012 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=aa193222-44ce-4f0e-9c9f-83758886b5c8 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-10-23 (26 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017) MachineType: Dell Inc. XPS M1330 MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: - TERM=xterm - PATH=(custom, no user) - XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> - LANG=en_US.UTF-8 - SHELL=/bin/bash + TERM=xterm + PATH=(custom, no user) + XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> + LANG=en_US.UTF-8 + SHELL=/bin/bash ProcFB: 0 nouveaufb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.7.0-2-generic root=UUID=7276fdbb-8025-4feb-aff4-f2da9732a928 ro quiet splash RelatedPackageVersions: - linux-restricted-modules-3.7.0-2-generic N/A - linux-backports-modules-3.7.0-2-generic N/A - linux-firmware 1.97 + linux-restricted-modules-3.7.0-2-generic N/A + linux-backports-modules-3.7.0-2-generic N/A + linux-firmware 1.97 SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 12/26/2008 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A15 dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.chassis.type: 8 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA15:bd12/26/2008:svnDellInc.:pnXPSM1330:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr: dmi.product.name: XPS M1330 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1080389 Title: 3d session fails to initialize with nouveau on many GeForce cards To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1080389/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs