Bug #12438

Document workarounds for NVIDIA Maxwell series graphics cards

Added by intrigeri about 8 years ago. Updated about 8 years ago.

Status:
Resolved
Priority:
High
Assignee:
intrigeri
Category:
Hardware support
Target version:
Tails_3.1
Start date:
2017-04-10
Due date:
% Done:

100%

Feature Branch:
emmapeel:doc/12438-known-nvidia-issue
Type of work:
End-user documentation
Blueprint:

Starter:
Affected tool:
Deliverable for:

Description

Keywords: NV110 family, Maxwell, NV124 (GM204) chipset. See the parent ticket if you need details. Symptoms: the Greeter doesn’t start (Tails 3.0~beta3), or graphics operation are so slow it’s unusable (some Tails 2.x). As said on Bug #11831#note-81 I don’t see what we can do about it, so please add this to the Known Issues page, so that people get a chance to learn about this before they buy a fancy new laptop.

https://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/CodeNames/#nv110familymaxwell and https://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/FeatureMatrix/ have some background info & terminology.

Thanks in advance!

Subtasks

Related issues

Related to Tails - Bug #11831: NVIDIA Maxwell series graphic card: X.Org doesn't start, or slow graphics operations Resolved 2017-04-10
Related to Tails - Bug #15116: X.Org does not start with some NVidia Maxwell and Pascal graphic cards Confirmed 2017-12-27
Blocks Tails - Feature #13423: Core work 2017Q3: Technical writing Resolved 2017-07-05

History

#1 Updated by anonym about 8 years ago

I’ve seen a WhisperBack report (1303650f57d2aa0c9d736f8ed1189c94) that implies that passing nouveau.noaccel=1 on the Kernel cmdline fixes the issue (probably you get some performance issues though). Documenting this workaround would be nice, ideally after confirming the fix with some other user.

#2 Updated by intrigeri about 8 years ago

  • Subject changed from Document that NVIDIA Maxwell series graphics cards are not supported to Document workarounds for NVIDIA Maxwell series graphics cards
  • Status changed from Confirmed to In Progress
  • % Done changed from 0 to 10

And Bug #11831#note-98 teaches us that on 3.0~rc1, nouveau.modeset=0 fixes the problem (except HDMI output still doesn’t work) with a GeForce GTX 970M. So IMO we should document both as possible workarounds, i.e. have users try each until they find one that works.

Setting as “In Progress” as we now know exactly what to document.

#3 Updated by intrigeri about 8 years ago

  • Priority changed from Normal to High
  • Target version set to Tails_3.1

We got 5-8 reports about this and the real fix can’t be shipped before 3 months (Tails 3.2).

#4 Updated by emmapeel about 8 years ago

  • Assignee deleted (emmapeel)
  • % Done changed from 10 to 50
  • QA Check set to Ready for QA
  • Feature Branch set to emmapeel:doc/12438-known-nvidia-issue

please review

https://git-tails.immerda.ch/emmapeel/tails/log/?h=doc/12438-known-nvidia-issue

#5 Updated by intrigeri about 8 years ago

#6 Updated by intrigeri about 8 years ago

  • Assignee set to sajolida

#7 Updated by intrigeri about 8 years ago

  • Assignee changed from sajolida to intrigeri

#8 Updated by intrigeri about 8 years ago

  • Status changed from In Progress to Resolved
  • % Done changed from 50 to 100

Applied in changeset commit:a0e9dc1f174fa776399fe071ffa804d064b605d0.

#9 Updated by intrigeri about 8 years ago

#10 Updated by intrigeri about 8 years ago

  • related to Bug #11831: NVIDIA Maxwell series graphic card: X.Org doesn't start, or slow graphics operations added

#11 Updated by intrigeri about 8 years ago

  • QA Check changed from Ready for QA to Pass

Merged, thanks!

#12 Updated by intrigeri about 8 years ago

  • related to Bug #15116: X.Org does not start with some NVidia Maxwell and Pascal graphic cards added