Nouveau errors when starting a system with nvidia kepler chipset

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • After booting the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 server, the following error is appearing on the screen:
[    1.539786] nouveau ![  DEVICE][0000:06:00.0] unknown Kepler chipset
[    1.539813] nouveau E[  DEVICE][0000:06:00.0] unknown chipset, 0x0f13a0a1
[    1.539835] nouveau E[     DRM] failed to create 0x80000080, -22
  • After about 5 min, it is starting GNOME Desktop without fail with generic(VESA) display driver, but similar errors are getting logged in the /var/log/dmesg:
[    1.539373] nouveau 0000:06:00.0: enabling device (0104 -> 0107)
[    1.539786] nouveau ![  DEVICE][0000:06:00.0] unknown Kepler chipset
[    1.539813] nouveau E[  DEVICE][0000:06:00.0] unknown chipset, 0x0f13a0a1
[    1.539835] nouveau E[     DRM] failed to create 0x80000080, -22
[    1.539985] isci 0000:04:00.0: irq 113 for MSI/MSI-X
[    1.539993] isci 0000:04:00.0: irq 114 for MSI/MSI-X
[    1.540044] nouveau: probe of 0000:06:00.0 failed with error -22
[    1.540071] checking generic (e1000000 1d5000) vs hw (d0000000 10000000)
[    1.540073] checking generic (e1000000 1d5000) vs hw (e0000000 2000000)
[    1.540074] fb: conflicting fb hw usage nouveaufb vs EFI VGA - removing generic driver
[    1.540086] Console: switching to colour dummy device 80x25
[    1.540708] nouveau ![  DEVICE][0000:05:00.0] unknown Kepler chipset
[    1.540712] nouveau E[  DEVICE][0000:05:00.0] unknown chipset, 0x0f13a0a1
[    1.540715] nouveau E[     DRM] failed to create 0x80000080, -22
[    1.541064] nouveau: probe of 0000:05:00.0 failed with error -22

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0
  • xorg-x11-drv-nouveau-1.0.10-5.el7.x86_64
  • kernel-3.10.0-123.9.2.el7.x86_64

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