Why does nouveau driver give errors with kepler chipsets ?
Issue
- After booting into Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7, the following screen is appearing
[ 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.
- Getting similar errors in 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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