Hello Felix,
yes, you were right - NVIDIA GeForce 7100 is supported by nouveau. My fault! First there was an old kernel running without the nouveau kernel module and then the nouveau kernal module was blacklisted by the nonfree nvidia stuff.
Because of running the nonfree nvidia without any success, I removed them as you suggested by purgeing *vidia*. Purgeing xserver-xorg-video-nouveau leeds to a low resolution fallback - so I installed it again and libdrm-nouveau2 was (and is) already installed. When I now start the gdm.service (or the graphical.target), I first get the login screen only without a properly working mouse (no visible pointer but due to mouse movement user entries get somehow highlighted as active). When I then login, the screen resolution is basically OK but the whole gnome-session is extremely instable and the dmesg output lists a lot of ugly ("write ... FAULT") entries:
uli:/var/log# dmesg | grep nouveau
[ 13.448383] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: NVIDIA C73 (063000a2)
[ 13.457058] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: bios: version 05.73.32.08.00
[ 13.462817] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: fb: 64 MiB of unknown memory type
[ 13.531025] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: DRM: VRAM: 61 MiB
[ 13.531066] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: DRM: GART: 512 MiB
[ 13.531109] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: DRM: TMDS table version 1.1
[ 13.531151] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: DRM: TMDS table script pointers not stubbed
[ 13.531194] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: DRM: DCB version 3.0
[ 13.531236] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: DRM: DCB outp 00: 01000310 00000023
[ 13.531278] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: DRM: DCB outp 01: 01031322 00000080
[ 13.531321] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: DRM: DCB conn 00: 0000
[ 13.531362] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: DRM: DCB conn 01: 1161
[ 13.531407] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: DRM: Pointer to flat panel table invalid
[ 13.531674] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: DRM: Saving VGA fonts
[ 13.571379] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: DRM: MM: using M2MF for buffer copies
[ 13.641340] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: DRM: allocated 1680x1050 fb: 0x9000, bo f6a51400
[ 13.641537] fbcon: nouveaufb (fb0) is primary device
[ 13.665021] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: DRM: 0xC2F7: Parsing digital output script table
[ 13.789335] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: fb0: nouveaufb frame buffer device
[ 13.808063] [drm] Initialized nouveau 1.3.1 20120801 for 0000:00:10.0 on minor 0
[ 159.317076] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: DRM: 0xC2F7: Parsing digital output script table
[ 177.054432] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: bus: MMIO write of 02c80001 FAULT at 00b000
[ 177.222359] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: DRM: 0xC2F7: Parsing digital output script table
[ 179.476344] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: bus: MMIO write of 033f0001 FAULT at 00b010
[ 179.482720] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: bus: MMIO write of 03410001 FAULT at 00b020
[ 180.158424] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: bus: MMIO write of 00000000 FAULT at 00b020
[ 180.164783] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: bus: MMIO write of 02c50001 FAULT at 00b010
[ 181.530070] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: bus: MMIO write of 02c50001 FAULT at 00b010
[ 181.536833] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: bus: MMIO write of 02c50001 FAULT at 00b010
[ 190.691303] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: bus: MMIO write of 02360001 FAULT at 00b020
[ 193.325622] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: bus: MMIO write of 00000000 FAULT at 00b010
[ 205.187710] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: bus: MMIO write of 01920001 FAULT at 00b010
[ 205.225362] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: bus: MMIO write of 00000000 FAULT at 00b010
[ 232.254509] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: bus: MMIO write of 00000000 FAULT at 00b020
[ 232.803842] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: bus: MMIO write of 02c50001 FAULT at 00b010
[ 232.810293] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: bus: MMIO write of 02c50001 FAULT at 00b010
[ 246.703414] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: DRM: 0xC2F7: Parsing digital output script table
[ 247.179416] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: bus: MMIO write of 00000000 FAULT at 00b000
[ 247.185800] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: bus: MMIO write of 00000000 FAULT at 00b010
[ 247.211583] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: DRM: 0xC2F7: Parsing digital output script table
[ 262.740624] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: bus: MMIO write of 01a80001 FAULT at 00b000
[ 262.864636] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: DRM: 0xC2F7: Parsing digital output script table
[ 263.282219] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: bus: MMIO write of 021f0001 FAULT at 00b010
[ 263.288870] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: bus: MMIO write of 02210001 FAULT at 00b020
[ 263.715820] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: bus: MMIO write of 00000000 FAULT at 00b020
[ 263.722680] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: bus: MMIO write of 01a50001 FAULT at 00b010
[ 264.520233] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: bus: MMIO write of 01a50001 FAULT at 00b010
[ 264.526950] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: bus: MMIO write of 01a50001 FAULT at 00b010
[ 268.254574] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: bus: MMIO write of 02ad0001 FAULT at 00b020
[ 272.158440] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: bus: MMIO write of 00000000 FAULT at 00b010
[ 278.475324] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: bus: MMIO write of 02a00001 FAULT at 00b010
[ 278.490837] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: bus: MMIO write of 00000000 FAULT at 00b010
[ 294.995441] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: bus: MMIO write of 021f0001 FAULT at 00b010
[ 295.001794] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: bus: MMIO write of 021f0001 FAULT at 00b010
[ 298.191853] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: bus: MMIO write of 003a0001 FAULT at 00b030
[ 300.943218] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: bus: MMIO write of 00000000 FAULT at 00b000
[ 301.045154] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: bus: MMIO write of 00000000 FAULT at 00b010
uli:/var/log#
[ 13.448383] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: NVIDIA C73 (063000a2)
[ 13.457058] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: bios: version 05.73.32.08.00
[ 13.462817] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: fb: 64 MiB of unknown memory type
[ 13.531025] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: DRM: VRAM: 61 MiB
[ 13.531066] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: DRM: GART: 512 MiB
[ 13.531109] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: DRM: TMDS table version 1.1
[ 13.531151] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: DRM: TMDS table script pointers not stubbed
[ 13.531194] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: DRM: DCB version 3.0
[ 13.531236] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: DRM: DCB outp 00: 01000310 00000023
[ 13.531278] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: DRM: DCB outp 01: 01031322 00000080
[ 13.531321] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: DRM: DCB conn 00: 0000
[ 13.531362] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: DRM: DCB conn 01: 1161
[ 13.531407] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: DRM: Pointer to flat panel table invalid
[ 13.531674] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: DRM: Saving VGA fonts
[ 13.571379] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: DRM: MM: using M2MF for buffer copies
[ 13.641340] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: DRM: allocated 1680x1050 fb: 0x9000, bo f6a51400
[ 13.641537] fbcon: nouveaufb (fb0) is primary device
[ 13.665021] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: DRM: 0xC2F7: Parsing digital output script table
[ 13.789335] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: fb0: nouveaufb frame buffer device
[ 13.808063] [drm] Initialized nouveau 1.3.1 20120801 for 0000:00:10.0 on minor 0
[ 159.317076] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: DRM: 0xC2F7: Parsing digital output script table
[ 177.054432] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: bus: MMIO write of 02c80001 FAULT at 00b000
[ 177.222359] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: DRM: 0xC2F7: Parsing digital output script table
[ 179.476344] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: bus: MMIO write of 033f0001 FAULT at 00b010
[ 179.482720] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: bus: MMIO write of 03410001 FAULT at 00b020
[ 180.158424] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: bus: MMIO write of 00000000 FAULT at 00b020
[ 180.164783] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: bus: MMIO write of 02c50001 FAULT at 00b010
[ 181.530070] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: bus: MMIO write of 02c50001 FAULT at 00b010
[ 181.536833] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: bus: MMIO write of 02c50001 FAULT at 00b010
[ 190.691303] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: bus: MMIO write of 02360001 FAULT at 00b020
[ 193.325622] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: bus: MMIO write of 00000000 FAULT at 00b010
[ 205.187710] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: bus: MMIO write of 01920001 FAULT at 00b010
[ 205.225362] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: bus: MMIO write of 00000000 FAULT at 00b010
[ 232.254509] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: bus: MMIO write of 00000000 FAULT at 00b020
[ 232.803842] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: bus: MMIO write of 02c50001 FAULT at 00b010
[ 232.810293] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: bus: MMIO write of 02c50001 FAULT at 00b010
[ 246.703414] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: DRM: 0xC2F7: Parsing digital output script table
[ 247.179416] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: bus: MMIO write of 00000000 FAULT at 00b000
[ 247.185800] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: bus: MMIO write of 00000000 FAULT at 00b010
[ 247.211583] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: DRM: 0xC2F7: Parsing digital output script table
[ 262.740624] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: bus: MMIO write of 01a80001 FAULT at 00b000
[ 262.864636] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: DRM: 0xC2F7: Parsing digital output script table
[ 263.282219] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: bus: MMIO write of 021f0001 FAULT at 00b010
[ 263.288870] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: bus: MMIO write of 02210001 FAULT at 00b020
[ 263.715820] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: bus: MMIO write of 00000000 FAULT at 00b020
[ 263.722680] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: bus: MMIO write of 01a50001 FAULT at 00b010
[ 264.520233] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: bus: MMIO write of 01a50001 FAULT at 00b010
[ 264.526950] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: bus: MMIO write of 01a50001 FAULT at 00b010
[ 268.254574] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: bus: MMIO write of 02ad0001 FAULT at 00b020
[ 272.158440] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: bus: MMIO write of 00000000 FAULT at 00b010
[ 278.475324] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: bus: MMIO write of 02a00001 FAULT at 00b010
[ 278.490837] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: bus: MMIO write of 00000000 FAULT at 00b010
[ 294.995441] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: bus: MMIO write of 021f0001 FAULT at 00b010
[ 295.001794] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: bus: MMIO write of 021f0001 FAULT at 00b010
[ 298.191853] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: bus: MMIO write of 003a0001 FAULT at 00b030
[ 300.943218] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: bus: MMIO write of 00000000 FAULT at 00b000
[ 301.045154] nouveau 0000:00:10.0: bus: MMIO write of 00000000 FAULT at 00b010
uli:/var/log#
The other commands report the following (in comparison to yours):
uli:/var/log# cat /etc/debian_version
9.1
uli:/var/log# uname -a
Linux uli 4.9.0-3-rt-686-pae #1 SMP PREEMPT RT Debian 4.9.30-2+deb9u5 (2017-09-19) i686 GNU/Linux
uli:/var/log# inxi -G -c0
Graphics: Card: NVIDIA C73 [GeForce 7100 / nForce 630i]
Display Server: X.org 1.19.2 driver: nouveau tty size: 167x34 Advanced Data: N/A for root
uli:/var/log# dpkg-query -l | egrep 'veau|idia'
ii libdrm-nouveau2:i386 2.4.74-1 i386 Userspace interface to nouveau-specific kernel DRM services -- runtime
ii xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.13-3 i386 X.Org X server -- Nouveau display driver
uli:/var/log# cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
cat: /etc/X11/xorg.conf: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
uli:/var/log# dpkg-query -l | grep firmware
ii amd64-microcode 3.20160316.3 i386 Processor microcode firmware for AMD CPUs
ii firmware-amd-graphics 20161130-3 all Binary firmware for AMD/ATI graphics chips
ii firmware-linux 20161130-3 all Binary firmware for various drivers in the Linux kernel (meta-package)
ii firmware-linux-free 3.4 all Binary firmware for various drivers in the Linux kernel
ii firmware-linux-nonfree 20161130-3 all Binary firmware for various drivers in the Linux kernel (meta-package)
ii firmware-misc-nonfree 20161130-3 all Binary firmware for various drivers in the Linux kernel
ii intel-microcode 3.20170707.1~deb9u1 i386 Processor microcode firmware for Intel CPUs
ii linux-wlan-ng-firmware 0.2.9+dfsg-5 all firmware files used by the linux-wlan-ng driver
uli:/var/log#
9.1
uli:/var/log# uname -a
Linux uli 4.9.0-3-rt-686-pae #1 SMP PREEMPT RT Debian 4.9.30-2+deb9u5 (2017-09-19) i686 GNU/Linux
uli:/var/log# inxi -G -c0
Graphics: Card: NVIDIA C73 [GeForce 7100 / nForce 630i]
Display Server: X.org 1.19.2 driver: nouveau tty size: 167x34 Advanced Data: N/A for root
uli:/var/log# dpkg-query -l | egrep 'veau|idia'
ii libdrm-nouveau2:i386 2.4.74-1 i386 Userspace interface to nouveau-specific kernel DRM services -- runtime
ii xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.13-3 i386 X.Org X server -- Nouveau display driver
uli:/var/log# cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
cat: /etc/X11/xorg.conf: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
uli:/var/log# dpkg-query -l | grep firmware
ii amd64-microcode 3.20160316.3 i386 Processor microcode firmware for AMD CPUs
ii firmware-amd-graphics 20161130-3 all Binary firmware for AMD/ATI graphics chips
ii firmware-linux 20161130-3 all Binary firmware for various drivers in the Linux kernel (meta-package)
ii firmware-linux-free 3.4 all Binary firmware for various drivers in the Linux kernel
ii firmware-linux-nonfree 20161130-3 all Binary firmware for various drivers in the Linux kernel (meta-package)
ii firmware-misc-nonfree 20161130-3 all Binary firmware for various drivers in the Linux kernel
ii intel-microcode 3.20170707.1~deb9u1 i386 Processor microcode firmware for Intel CPUs
ii linux-wlan-ng-firmware 0.2.9+dfsg-5 all firmware files used by the linux-wlan-ng driver
uli:/var/log#
Mmmm ... would it make sense to purge all the firmware packages next? ... As I see, you don't use any of these.
Thanks and regards,
Andreas
Gesendet: Dienstag, 03. Oktober 2017 um 21:52 Uhr
Von: "Felix Miata" <....>
An: [email protected]
Betreff: Re: X does not start any more since upgrading to Debian 9.1 with NVIDIA GeForce 7100
Von: "Felix Miata" <....>
An: [email protected]
Betreff: Re: X does not start any more since upgrading to Debian 9.1 with NVIDIA GeForce 7100
"Andreas Köhler" composed on 2017-10-03 14:03 (UTC+0200):
> Hello Felix,
> thanks for your posting.
> The upgrade was already finished. The open source driver nouveau does not seem
> to support the NVIDIA GeForce 7100 any more....
I doubt that's true. I have several Stretch installations with old GeForce gfxchips.
These two hosts have similar in age to the 7100: 8400GS roughly a year newer, 6150SE,
roughly the same age (series is older, but specific chip was released 6 months after
the 7x00 series was initially released).
# cat /etc/debian-version
9.1
# uname -a
Linux mcp61 4.9.0-3-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.30-2+deb9u5 (2017-09-19) x86_64 GNU/Linux
# inxi -G -c0
Graphics: Card: NVIDIA C61 [GeForce 6150SE nForce 430]
Display Server: X.org 1.19.2 drivers: modesetting (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
tty size: 118x38 Advanced Data: N/A for root
# cat /etc/debian-version
9.1
# uname -a
Linux g5eas 4.9.0-3-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.30-2+deb9u5 (2017-09-19) x86_64 GNU/Linux
# inxi -G -c0
Graphics: Card: NVIDIA G98 [GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 2]
Display Server: X.org 1.19.2 drivers: modesetting (unloaded: fbdev)
tty size: 132x43 Advanced Data: N/A for root
# dpkg-query -l | egrep 'veau|idia'
ii libdrm-nouveau2:amd64 2.4.74-1 amd64 Userspace interface to nouveau-specific kernel...
# cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
cat: /etc/X11/xorg.conf: No such file or directory
# dpkg-query -l | grep firmware
#
I suggest you try:
1-purge *vidia* and everything directly related to proprietary driver installation
2-purge xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
3-ensure libdrm-nouveau2 is installed
4-ensure there's nothing left to update from Jessie to Stretch
There could be other packages never installed or upgraded to Stretch from Jessie, but
since I have at least two GeForce oldies working, I'd think you should be able to too.
The Xorg nouveau might work, but I've had no reason I can remember to try it on these
two hosts.
Note that my installations all use Trinity as Xorg's DM and default DE.
https://www.trinitydesktop.org/
https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/DebianInstall
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> Hello Felix,
> thanks for your posting.
> The upgrade was already finished. The open source driver nouveau does not seem
> to support the NVIDIA GeForce 7100 any more....
I doubt that's true. I have several Stretch installations with old GeForce gfxchips.
These two hosts have similar in age to the 7100: 8400GS roughly a year newer, 6150SE,
roughly the same age (series is older, but specific chip was released 6 months after
the 7x00 series was initially released).
# cat /etc/debian-version
9.1
# uname -a
Linux mcp61 4.9.0-3-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.30-2+deb9u5 (2017-09-19) x86_64 GNU/Linux
# inxi -G -c0
Graphics: Card: NVIDIA C61 [GeForce 6150SE nForce 430]
Display Server: X.org 1.19.2 drivers: modesetting (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
tty size: 118x38 Advanced Data: N/A for root
# cat /etc/debian-version
9.1
# uname -a
Linux g5eas 4.9.0-3-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.30-2+deb9u5 (2017-09-19) x86_64 GNU/Linux
# inxi -G -c0
Graphics: Card: NVIDIA G98 [GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 2]
Display Server: X.org 1.19.2 drivers: modesetting (unloaded: fbdev)
tty size: 132x43 Advanced Data: N/A for root
# dpkg-query -l | egrep 'veau|idia'
ii libdrm-nouveau2:amd64 2.4.74-1 amd64 Userspace interface to nouveau-specific kernel...
# cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
cat: /etc/X11/xorg.conf: No such file or directory
# dpkg-query -l | grep firmware
#
I suggest you try:
1-purge *vidia* and everything directly related to proprietary driver installation
2-purge xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
3-ensure libdrm-nouveau2 is installed
4-ensure there's nothing left to update from Jessie to Stretch
There could be other packages never installed or upgraded to Stretch from Jessie, but
since I have at least two GeForce oldies working, I'd think you should be able to too.
The Xorg nouveau might work, but I've had no reason I can remember to try it on these
two hosts.
Note that my installations all use Trinity as Xorg's DM and default DE.
https://www.trinitydesktop.org/
https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/DebianInstall
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