Re: [gentoo-user] Failed to load driver: Nouveau

[Alexander Kapshuk <alexander.kapshuk@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 5:58 PM, IceAmber <iceamber2015@gmail.com> wrote:
> yes, I have in the video group.
>
> the version of mesa is
>
>    media-libs/mesa
>       Latest version available: 17.0.6
>       Latest version installed: 17.0.6
>       Size of files: 9,273 KiB
>       Homepage:      https://www.mesa3d.org/ https://mesa.freedesktop.org/
>       Description:   OpenGL-like graphic library for Linux
>       License:       MIT
>
> this is the first time to use the nouveau driver, I used the AMD video card,
> the model was HD6580, and the driver was radeon before.
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 2:28 PM, Alexander Kapshuk
> <alexander.kapshuk@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 12:35 PM, Alexander Kapshuk
>> <alexander.kapshuk@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 7:41 PM, Alexander Kapshuk
>> > <alexander.kapshuk@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 6:30 PM, IceAmber <iceamber2015@gmail.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>> here is the result
>> >>>
>> >>> iceamber@localhost:~ $ lsmod | grep nouveau
>> >>> nouveau              1507328  2
>> >>> i2c_algo_bit           16384  1 nouveau
>> >>> drm_kms_helper        118784  1 nouveau
>> >>> ttm                    77824  1 nouveau
>> >>> drm                   282624  5 nouveau,ttm,drm_kms_helper
>> >>> agpgart                32768  3 nouveau,ttm,drm
>> >>> led_class              16384  3 input_leds,hid_sony,nouveau
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >> Your nouveau kernel driver seems to be OK. That's good news.
>> >> The bad news is we're back to square one.
>> >>
>> >> It was glxinfo, which is a part of x11-apps/mesa-progs, that generated
>> >> the original error message.
>> >> So, perhaps, it is a mesa problem.
>> >>
>> >> Can you please try this command line and see what it outputs:
>> >> LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose glxgears
>> >
>> > This reference may help better debug your problem:
>> > https://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/MesaDrivers/
>>
>> The Mesa drivers wiki page above says:
>>
>> nv50 and nvc0
>>
>> Make sure you are using at least Mesa 7.11, but please consider using
>> latest stable release. You have to use at least the 2.6.38 kernel or
>> you will encounter memory corruptions. For nvc0 hardware it's
>> recommended to use at least kernel 3.1.
>>
>> Bug reports for nv50 and nvc0 can be submitted by following the
>> general reporting guidelines. Please, also follow the About bugs and
>> problems section above.
>>
>> What version is your media-libs/mesa?
>>
>> Is this the first time you've run into this trouble using the nouveau
>> driver?
>> What driver did you use before with this piece of hardware proprietary
>> nvidia one, or nouveau?
>>
>

I don't have any further suggestions to make at the moment. Sorry.
Hopefully, someone else might be able to help.