https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=641901 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=641901#c0 Summary: nouveau: kernel logs hundreds of messages per second if no monitor is connected during booting Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 11.3 Version: Final Platform: x86-64 OS/Version: openSUSE 11.3 Status: NEW Severity: Minor Priority: P5 - None Component: Kernel AssignedTo: kernel-maintainers@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: Alexandr.Malusek@imv.liu.se QAContact: qa@suse.de Found By: --- Blocker: --- Created an attachment (id=391541) --> (http://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=391541) /var/log/boot.msg, monitor was connected, no messages were logged User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.10) Gecko/20100914 SUSE/3.6.10-0.3.1 Firefox/3.6.10 Kernel logs hundreds of messages per second if no monitor is connected during booting. Here is a short example of the messages: .. Sep 24 20:02:56 pion kernel: [ 691.503594] [drm] nouveau 0000:0f:00.0: PFIFO_INTR 0x00000010 - Ch 1 Sep 24 20:02:56 pion kernel: [ 691.503597] [drm] nouveau 0000:0f:00.0: PFIFO_INTR 0x00000010 - Ch 1 Sep 24 20:02:56 pion kernel: [ 691.503609] [drm] nouveau 0000:0f:00.0: PFIFO_INTR 0x00000010 - Ch 1 If a monitor is connected during booting (I used an LCD screen connected via DVI-D) then the computer works OK and the messages above are not logged in /var/log/messages. The machine is used as a computational server, and thus it doesn't need a monitor. But if try to boot with no monitor connected then /var/log/messages grows quite quickly in size. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Disconnect the monitor. 2.Turn on the computer. 3.Watch /var/log/messages. Actual Results: The machine works, for instance remote access via ssh is possible. But the kernel logs thousands of messages like Sep 24 20:02:56 pion kernel: [ 691.489143] [drm] nouveau 0000:0f:00.0: PFIFO_INTR 0x00000010 - Ch 1 to /var/log/messages Expected Results: No messages like this in /var/log/messages. Machine: HP workstation Z400 # lspci 0f:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G98 [Quadro NVS 295] (rev a1) The problem was observed on all (two) tested machines. If someone wants to investigate the problem further then I can collect more data. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.