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**bemerk** · 03 July 2016, 02:16 AM

Code:

nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for nvidia/gm204/fecs_inst.bin failed with error -2
nouveau 0000:01:00.0: gr: failed to load fecs_inst

Code:

kubuntu@kubuntu:~$ ll /lib/firmware/nvidia/gm204/

total 0
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root  36 Jul  1 05:25 ./
drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 124 Jul  1 05:25 ../
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root  75 Jul  1 05:26 acr/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 272 Jul  1 05:26 gr/
kubuntu@kubuntu:~$ ll /lib/firmware/nvidia/gm204/gr/
total 6
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root  272 Jul  1 05:26 ./
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root   36 Jul  1 05:25 ../
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   26 May  6 12:42 fecs_bl.bin -&amp;gt; ../../gm200/gr/fecs_bl.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1968 May  6 12:42 fecs_data.bin
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   28 May  6 12:42 fecs_inst.bin -&amp;gt; ../../gm200/gr/fecs_inst.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   76 May  6 12:42 fecs_sig.bin
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   27 May  6 12:42 gpccs_bl.bin -&amp;gt; ../../gm200/gr/gpccs_bl.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2056 May  6 12:42 gpccs_data.bin
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   29 May  6 12:42 gpccs_inst.bin -&amp;gt; ../../gm200/gr/gpccs_inst.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   76 May  6 12:42 gpccs_sig.bin
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   33 May  6 12:42 sw_bundle_init.bin -&amp;gt; ../../gm200/gr/sw_bundle_init.bin
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   25 May  6 12:42 sw_ctx.bin -&amp;gt; ../../gm200/gr/sw_ctx.bin
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   33 May  6 12:42 sw_method_init.bin -&amp;gt; ../../gm200/gr/sw_method_init.bin
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   28 May  6 12:42 sw_nonctx.bin -&amp;gt; ../../gm200/gr/sw_nonctx.bin

Is that a failed install, is there old code in the stack?

**bemerk** · 03 July 2016, 02:17 AM

I am a little confused about the interaction between the various sources of code needed for a working graphic environment.

My current system is running Kubuntu 16.04 with a current 4.4.0-28 kernel on a 64bit basis.
For my 980 i enabled the nouveau-driver.

The weird thing is that although both in the source archive for for the 4.4 Kernel from Ubuntu as well as the upstream repositories by Ben-Skeggs the firmware should be loaded from

/lib/firmware/nvidia/gm204/gr/

it tries one level higher and fails to find the files.

Code:

kubuntu@kubuntu:~$ ll /lib/firmware/nvidia/gm204/

total 0
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root  36 Jul  1 05:25 ./
drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 124 Jul  1 05:25 ../
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root  75 Jul  1 05:26 acr/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 272 Jul  1 05:26 gr/
kubuntu@kubuntu:~$ ll /lib/firmware/nvidia/gm204/gr/
total 6
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root  272 Jul  1 05:26 ./
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root   36 Jul  1 05:25 ../
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   26 May  6 12:42 fecs_bl.bin -> ../../gm200/gr/fecs_bl.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1968 May  6 12:42 fecs_data.bin
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   28 May  6 12:42 fecs_inst.bin -> ../../gm200/gr/fecs_inst.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   76 May  6 12:42 fecs_sig.bin
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   27 May  6 12:42 gpccs_bl.bin -> ../../gm200/gr/gpccs_bl.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2056 May  6 12:42 gpccs_data.bin
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   29 May  6 12:42 gpccs_inst.bin -> ../../gm200/gr/gpccs_inst.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   76 May  6 12:42 gpccs_sig.bin
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   33 May  6 12:42 sw_bundle_init.bin -> ../../gm200/gr/sw_bundle_init.bin
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   25 May  6 12:42 sw_ctx.bin -> ../../gm200/gr/sw_ctx.bin
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   33 May  6 12:42 sw_method_init.bin -> ../../gm200/gr/sw_method_init.bin
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   28 May  6 12:42 sw_nonctx.bin -> ../../gm200/gr/sw_nonctx.bin

Is that a failed install, is there old code in the stack?

**Dukenukemx** · 06 July 2016, 05:19 PM

Tried this PPA on both Mint 18 Cinnamon and Mate 64-bit. The Cinnamon version breaks, once the UI loads. Not sure what happened, but the UI has this after effect and ghosting really badly. Plus some windows don't show up. The Mate version works perfectly fine, just like on Ubuntu 16.04. Anyone else running Mint 18 Cinnamon and experience the same problem? Maybe found a solution?

**bemerk** · 07 July 2016, 12:17 PM

I am a little confused about the interaction between the various sources of code needed for a working graphic environment.

My current system is running Kubuntu 16.04 with a current 4.4.0-28 kernel on a 64bit basis.
For my 980 i enabled the nouveau-driver.

The weird thing is that although both in the source archive for for the 4.4 Kernel from Ubuntu as well as the upstream repositories by Ben-Skeggs the firmware should be loaded from

/lib/firmware/nvidia/gm204/gr/

it tries one level higher and fails to find the files.

Code:

[    4.501767] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for nvidia/gm204/fecs_inst.bin failed with error -2
[    4.501769] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: gr: failed to load fecs_inst

Code:

kubuntu@kubuntu:~$ ll /lib/firmware/nvidia/gm204/

total 0
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root  36 Jul  1 05:25 ./
drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 124 Jul  1 05:25 ../
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root  75 Jul  1 05:26 acr/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 272 Jul  1 05:26 gr/
kubuntu@kubuntu:~$ ll /lib/firmware/nvidia/gm204/gr/
total 6
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root  272 Jul  1 05:26 ./
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root   36 Jul  1 05:25 ../
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   26 May  6 12:42 fecs_bl.bin -&gt; ../../gm200/gr/fecs_bl.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1968 May  6 12:42 fecs_data.bin
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   28 May  6 12:42 fecs_inst.bin -&gt; ../../gm200/gr/fecs_inst.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   76 May  6 12:42 fecs_sig.bin
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   27 May  6 12:42 gpccs_bl.bin -&gt; ../../gm200/gr/gpccs_bl.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2056 May  6 12:42 gpccs_data.bin
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   29 May  6 12:42 gpccs_inst.bin -&gt; ../../gm200/gr/gpccs_inst.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   76 May  6 12:42 gpccs_sig.bin
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   33 May  6 12:42 sw_bundle_init.bin -&gt; ../../gm200/gr/sw_bundle_init.bin
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   25 May  6 12:42 sw_ctx.bin -&gt; ../../gm200/gr/sw_ctx.bin
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   33 May  6 12:42 sw_method_init.bin -&gt; ../../gm200/gr/sw_method_init.bin
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   28 May  6 12:42 sw_nonctx.bin -&gt; ../../gm200/gr/sw_nonctx.bin

Is that a failed install, is there old code in the stack?

**bemerk** · 07 July 2016, 12:20 PM

I am a little confused about the interaction between the various sources of code needed for a working graphic environment.

My current system is running Kubuntu 16.04 with a current 4.4.0-28 kernel on a 64bit basis.
For my 980 i enabled the nouveau-driver.

The weird thing is that although both in the source archive for for the 4.4 Kernel from Ubuntu as well as the upstream repositories by Ben-Skeggs the firmware should be loaded from

./lib/firmware/nvidia/gm204/gr/

it tries one level higher and fails to find the files.

Code:

    4.501767 nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for nvidia/gm204/fecs_inst.bin failed with error -2
   4.501769 nouveau 0000:01:00.0: gr: failed to load fecs_inst

Code:

kubuntu@kubuntu:~$ ll /lib/firmware/nvidia/gm204/

total 0
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root  36 Jul  1 05:25 ./
drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 124 Jul  1 05:25 ../
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root  75 Jul  1 05:26 acr/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 272 Jul  1 05:26 gr/
kubuntu@kubuntu:~$ ll /lib/firmware/nvidia/gm204/gr/
total 6
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root  272 Jul  1 05:26 ./
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root   36 Jul  1 05:25 ../
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   26 May  6 12:42 fecs_bl.bin -&gt; ../../gm200/gr/fecs_bl.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1968 May  6 12:42 fecs_data.bin
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   28 May  6 12:42 fecs_inst.bin -&gt; ../../gm200/gr/fecs_inst.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   76 May  6 12:42 fecs_sig.bin
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   27 May  6 12:42 gpccs_bl.bin -&gt; ../../gm200/gr/gpccs_bl.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2056 May  6 12:42 gpccs_data.bin
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   29 May  6 12:42 gpccs_inst.bin -&gt; ../../gm200/gr/gpccs_inst.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   76 May  6 12:42 gpccs_sig.bin
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   33 May  6 12:42 sw_bundle_init.bin -&gt; ../../gm200/gr/sw_bundle_init.bin
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   25 May  6 12:42 sw_ctx.bin -&gt; ../../gm200/gr/sw_ctx.bin
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   33 May  6 12:42 sw_method_init.bin -&gt; ../../gm200/gr/sw_method_init.bin
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   28 May  6 12:42 sw_nonctx.bin -&gt; ../../gm200/gr/sw_nonctx.bin

Is that a failed install, is there old code in the stack?

**bemerk** · 07 July 2016, 12:21 PM

I am a little confused about the interaction between the various sources of code needed for a working graphic environment.

My current system is running Kubuntu 16.04 with a current 4.4.0-28 kernel on a 64bit basis.
For my 980 i enabled the nouveau-driver.

The weird thing is that although both in the source archive for for the 4.4 Kernel from Ubuntu as well as the upstream repositories by Ben-Skeggs the firmware should be loaded from

Code:

/lib/firmware/nvidia/gm204/gr/

it tries one level higher and fails to find the files.

Code:

    4.501767 nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for nvidia/gm204/fecs_inst.bin failed with error -2
   4.501769 nouveau 0000:01:00.0: gr: failed to load fecs_inst

[CODE]kubuntu@kubuntu:~$ ll /lib/firmware/nvidia/gm204/

total 0
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 36 Jul 1 05:25 ./
drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 124 Jul 1 05:25 ../
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 75 Jul 1 05:26 acr/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 272 Jul 1 05:26 gr/
kubuntu@kubuntu:~$ ll /lib/firmware/nvidia/gm204/gr/
total 6
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 272 Jul 1 05:26 ./
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 36 Jul 1 05:25 ../
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 May 6 12:42 fecs_bl.bin -> ../../gm200/gr/fecs_bl.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1968 May 6 12:42 fecs_data.bin
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 28 May 6 12:42 fecs_inst.bin -> ../../gm200/gr/fecs_inst.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 76 May 6 12:42 fecs_sig.bin
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 May 6 12:42 gpccs_bl.bin -> ../../gm200/gr/gpccs_bl.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2056 May 6 12:42 gpccs_data.bin
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 May 6 12:42 gpccs_inst.bin -> ../../gm200/gr/gpccs_inst.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 76 May 6 12:42 gpccs_sig.bin
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 May 6 12:42 sw_bundle_init.bin -> ../../gm200/gr/sw_bundle_init.bin
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 May 6 12:42 sw_ctx.bin -> ../../gm200/gr/sw_ctx.bin
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 May 6 12:42 sw_method_init.bin -> ../../gm200/gr/sw_method_init.bin
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 28 May 6 12:42 sw_nonctx.bin -> ../../gm200/gr/sw_nonctx.bin[
/CODE]

Is that a failed install, is there old code in the stack?

**bemerk** · 07 July 2016, 12:23 PM

My current system is running Kubuntu 16.04 with a current 4.4.0-28 kernel on a 64bit basis.
For my 980 i enabled the nouveau-driver.

The weird thing is that although both in the source archive for for the 4.4 Kernel from Ubuntu as well as the upstream repositories by Ben-Skeggs the firmware should be loaded from

Code:

/lib/firmware/nvidia/gm204/gr/

it tries one level higher and fails to find the files.

Code:

    4.501767 nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for nvidia/gm204/fecs_inst.bin failed with error -2
   4.501769 nouveau 0000:01:00.0: gr: failed to load fecs_inst

[CODE]kubuntu@kubuntu:~$ ll /lib/firmware/nvidia/gm204/

total 0
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 36 Jul 1 05:25 ./
drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 124 Jul 1 05:25 ../
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 75 Jul 1 05:26 acr/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 272 Jul 1 05:26 gr/
kubuntu@kubuntu:~$ ll /lib/firmware/nvidia/gm204/gr/
total 6
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 272 Jul 1 05:26 ./
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 36 Jul 1 05:25 ../
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 May 6 12:42 fecs_bl.bin -> ../../gm200/gr/fecs_bl.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1968 May 6 12:42 fecs_data.bin
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 28 May 6 12:42 fecs_inst.bin -> ../../gm200/gr/fecs_inst.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 76 May 6 12:42 fecs_sig.bin
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 May 6 12:42 gpccs_bl.bin -> ../../gm200/gr/gpccs_bl.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2056 May 6 12:42 gpccs_data.bin
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 May 6 12:42 gpccs_inst.bin -> ../../gm200/gr/gpccs_inst.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 76 May 6 12:42 gpccs_sig.bin
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 May 6 12:42 sw_bundle_init.bin -> ../../gm200/gr/sw_bundle_init.bin
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 May 6 12:42 sw_ctx.bin -> ../../gm200/gr/sw_ctx.bin
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 May 6 12:42 sw_method_init.bin -> ../../gm200/gr/sw_method_init.bin
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 28 May 6 12:42 sw_nonctx.bin -> ../../gm200/gr/sw_nonctx.bin[
/CODE]

Is that a failed install, is there old code in the stack?

**bemerk** · 07 July 2016, 12:23 PM

I am a little confused about the interaction between the various sources of code needed for a working graphic environment.

My current system is running Kubuntu 16.04 with a current 4.4.0-28 kernel on a 64bit basis.
For my 980 i enabled the nouveau-driver.

The weird thing is that although both in the source archive for for the 4.4 Kernel from Ubuntu as well as the upstream repositories by Ben Skeggs the firmware should be loaded from

Code:

/lib/firmware/nvidia/gm204/gr/

it tries one level higher and fails to find the files.

Code:

    4.501767 nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for nvidia/gm204/fecs_inst.bin failed with error -2
   4.501769 nouveau 0000:01:00.0: gr: failed to load fecs_inst

[CODE]kubuntu@kubuntu:~$ ll /lib/firmware/nvidia/gm204/

total 0
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 36 Jul 1 05:25 ./
drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 124 Jul 1 05:25 ../
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 75 Jul 1 05:26 acr/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 272 Jul 1 05:26 gr/
kubuntu@kubuntu:~$ ll /lib/firmware/nvidia/gm204/gr/
total 6
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 272 Jul 1 05:26 ./
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 36 Jul 1 05:25 ../
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 May 6 12:42 fecs_bl.bin -> ../../gm200/gr/fecs_bl.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1968 May 6 12:42 fecs_data.bin
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 28 May 6 12:42 fecs_inst.bin -> ../../gm200/gr/fecs_inst.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 76 May 6 12:42 fecs_sig.bin
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 May 6 12:42 gpccs_bl.bin -> ../../gm200/gr/gpccs_bl.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2056 May 6 12:42 gpccs_data.bin
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 May 6 12:42 gpccs_inst.bin -> ../../gm200/gr/gpccs_inst.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 76 May 6 12:42 gpccs_sig.bin
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 May 6 12:42 sw_bundle_init.bin -> ../../gm200/gr/sw_bundle_init.bin
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 May 6 12:42 sw_ctx.bin -> ../../gm200/gr/sw_ctx.bin
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 May 6 12:42 sw_method_init.bin -> ../../gm200/gr/sw_method_init.bin
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 28 May 6 12:42 sw_nonctx.bin -> ../../gm200/gr/sw_nonctx.bin[
/CODE]

Is that a failed install, is there old code in the stack?

**bemerk** · 07 July 2016, 12:27 PM

Does this use the secboot patches from Gnurou to load maxwell firmware for nouveau?
For me using this ppa still fails to load the firmware on a 980 geforce and says it can't find the file.

**oibaf** · 13 July 2016, 10:34 AM

Wily/15.10 is EOL and will also be dropped in the PPA.

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