https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34296
Summary: Failure loading nouveau for nVidia GeForce 8600 GT on ASUS XG Station(external 1x PCIe encasing for an GPU) Product: DRI Version: XOrg CVS Platform: x86-64 (AMD64) OS/Version: Linux (All) Status: NEW Severity: normal Priority: medium Component: DRM/other AssignedTo: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org ReportedBy: revellion@gmail.com
loading Nouveau fails with
Feb 15 01:39:21 localhost kernel: [drm] nouveau 0000:0c:00.0: Detected 256MiB VRAM Feb 15 01:39:21 localhost kernel: mtrr: zero sized request Feb 15 01:39:21 localhost kernel: [drm] nouveau 0000:0c:00.0: 512 MiB GART (aperture) Feb 15 01:39:21 localhost kernel: [drm] nouveau 0000:0c:00.0: Error mapping EVO DMA push buffer: -12 Feb 15 01:39:21 localhost kernel: [drm] nouveau 0000:0c:00.0: Error creating EVO channel: -12 Feb 15 01:39:21 localhost kernel: nouveau 0000:0c:00.0: PCI INT A disabled Feb 15 01:39:21 localhost kernel: nouveau: probe of 0000:0c:00.0 failed with error -12
And nothing gets outputted on any of the connected monitors during any part of the driver loading, not even a mode switch or anything.