Bug#709684: gnome-shell: characters missing on top bar, menu, and sometimes the application menu (specifically a e l r and t)

Emilio Pozuelo Monfort pochu at debian.org
Sun May 26 22:18:31 UTC 2013


reassign 709684 xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
thanks

Hi,

On 26/05/13 14:16, Larry Johnson wrote:
> I'm just learning the debian bug tracking system, so I hope I understood
> the instructions correctly that replying to this message is the proper
> means of adding information to a bug report.

It is.

>
> Since I filed the bug I've discovered several things:
>
> 1) I initially installed the i386 version of wheezy, and should have
> installed amd64.  Since I reinstalled the problem has occurred only once.
>
> 2) Before the offending reboot (with the amd64 version) kernel messages of
> the following sort were spewed to my messages file:
>
> May 25 19:15:50 nerowolfe kernel: [29293.093583] [drm] nouveau
> 0000:00:0d.0: PGRAPH - ch 3 (0x0006b000) subc 4 class 0x0039 mthd 0x0300
> data 0x00000003
> May 25 19:15:50 nerowolfe kernel: [29293.093588] [drm] nouveau
> 0000:00:0d.0: PGRAPH - ERROR nsource: ILLEGAL_MTHD nstatus: BAD_ARGUMENT
> PROTECTION_FAULT
> May 25 19:15:50 nerowolfe kernel: [29293.093594] [drm] nouveau
> 0000:00:0d.0: PGRAPH - ch 3 (0x0006b000) subc 4 class 0x0039 mthd 0x0304
> data 0x00000003
> May 25 19:15:50 nerowolfe kernel: [29293.093598] [drm] nouveau
> 0000:00:0d.0: PGRAPH - ERROR nsource: ILLEGAL_MTHD nstatus: BAD_ARGUMENT
> PROTECTION_FAULT
> May 25 19:15:50 nerowolfe kernel: [29293.093604] [drm] nouveau
> 0000:00:0d.0: PGRAPH - ch 3 (0x0006b000) subc 4 class 0x0039 mthd 0x0308
> data 0x012001df
> May 25 20:02:16 nerowolfe kernel: [32079.928230] nouveau_ratelimit: 32
> callbacks suppressed
> May 25 20:02:16 nerowolfe kernel: [32079.928238] [drm] nouveau
> 0000:00:0d.0: PGRAPH - ERROR nsource: DATA_ERROR nstatus: BAD_ARGUMENT
> PROTECTION_FAULT
> May 25 20:02:16 nerowolfe kernel: [32079.928257] [drm] nouveau
> 0000:00:0d.0: PGRAPH - ch 3 (0x0006b000) subc 2 class 0x3089 mthd 0x0300
> data 0x0a0a000a

Looks like an issue with the nouveau driver. Please run this command:

/usr/share/bug/xserver-xorg-core/script 3> /tmp/nouveau-709684.txt

and attach /tmp/nouveau-709684.txt

Cheers,
Emilio

>
> 3) Here is the output of lspci on my system:
>
> 00:00.0 RAM memory: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 Memory Controller (rev a1)
> 00:01.0 ISA bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 LPC Bridge (rev a2)
> 00:01.1 SMBus: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 SMBus (rev a2)
> 00:01.2 RAM memory: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 Memory Controller (rev a2)
> 00:02.0 USB controller: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 USB 1.1 Controller (rev a3)
> 00:02.1 USB controller: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 USB 2.0 Controller (rev a3)
> 00:04.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 PCI bridge (rev a1)
> 00:05.0 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 High Definition Audio (rev
> a2)
> 00:06.0 IDE interface: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 IDE (rev a2)
> 00:07.0 Bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 Ethernet (rev a2)
> 00:08.0 IDE interface: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 SATA Controller (rev a2)
> 00:09.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 PCI Express bridge (rev a2)
> 00:0b.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 PCI Express bridge (rev a2)
> 00:0d.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation C61 [GeForce 6150SE
> nForce 430] (rev a2)
> 00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron]
> HyperTransport Technology Configuration
> 00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron]
> Address Map
> 00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron]
> DRAM Controller
> 00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron]
> Miscellaneous Control
> 01:09.0 Communication controller: Conexant Systems, Inc. HSF 56k Data/Fax
> Modem
>
> 4) Here is the line from dmesg on detecting the NV40
>
>
> As I stated I am new to the bug reporting system here, and wish to submit
> good reports.  Anything I've done wrong or left out please let me know.
>
>
>
> On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 9:41 PM, Larry Felton Johnson <
> larryfeltonjohnson at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Package: gnome-shell
>> Version: 3.4.2-7
>> Severity: important
>>
>> Dear Maintainer,
>> *** Please consider answering these questions, where appropriate ***
>>
>>     * What led up to the situation?
>>
>> Newly installed Debian 7
>>
>>     * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
>>       ineffective)?
>>
>> So far I haven't figured out a workaround or quick fix.  This seems to be
>> identical to bug 636784, which was closed last year with no resolution.
>>
>>     * What was the outcome of this action?
>>     * What outcome did you expect instead?
>>
>> *** End of the template - remove these lines ***
>>
>>
>>
>> -- System Information:
>> Debian Release: 7.0
>>    APT prefers stable-updates
>>    APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
>> Architecture: i386 (i686)
>>
>> Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-686-pae (SMP w/1 CPU core)
>> Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
>> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
>>
>> Versions of packages gnome-shell depends on:
>> ii  dconf-gsettings-backend [gsettings-backend]  0.12.1-3
>> ii  gconf-service                                3.2.5-1+build1
>> ii  gir1.2-accountsservice-1.0                   0.6.21-8
>> ii  gir1.2-atk-1.0                               2.4.0-2
>> ii  gir1.2-caribou-1.0                           0.4.4-1
>> ii  gir1.2-clutter-1.0                           1.10.8-2
>> ii  gir1.2-cogl-1.0                              1.10.2-7
>> ii  gir1.2-coglpango-1.0                         1.10.2-7
>> ii  gir1.2-folks-0.6                             0.6.9-1+b1
>> ii  gir1.2-freedesktop                           1.32.1-1
>> ii  gir1.2-gconf-2.0                             3.2.5-1+build1
>> ii  gir1.2-gcr-3                                 3.4.1-3
>> ii  gir1.2-gdesktopenums-3.0                     3.4.2-3
>> ii  gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0                         2.26.1-1
>> ii  gir1.2-gee-1.0                               0.6.4-2
>> ii  gir1.2-gkbd-3.0                              3.4.0.2-1
>> ii  gir1.2-glib-2.0                              1.32.1-1
>> ii  gir1.2-gmenu-3.0                             3.4.2-5
>> ii  gir1.2-gnomebluetooth-1.0                    3.4.2-1
>> ii  gir1.2-gtk-3.0                               3.4.2-6
>> ii  gir1.2-json-1.0                              0.14.2-1
>> ii  gir1.2-mutter-3.0                            3.4.1-5
>> ii  gir1.2-networkmanager-1.0                    0.9.4.0-10
>> ii  gir1.2-pango-1.0                             1.30.0-1
>> ii  gir1.2-polkit-1.0                            0.105-3
>> ii  gir1.2-soup-2.4                              2.38.1-2
>> ii  gir1.2-telepathyglib-0.12                    0.18.2-2
>> ii  gir1.2-telepathylogger-0.2                   0.4.0-1
>> ii  gir1.2-upowerglib-1.0                        0.9.17-1
>> ii  gjs                                          1.32.0-5
>> ii  gnome-bluetooth                              3.4.2-1
>> ii  gnome-icon-theme-symbolic                    3.4.0-2
>> ii  gnome-settings-daemon                        3.4.2+git20121218.7c1322-3
>> ii  gnome-shell-common                           3.4.2-7
>> ii  gnome-themes-standard                        3.4.2-2.1
>> ii  gsettings-desktop-schemas                    3.4.2-3
>> ii  libatk1.0-0                                  2.4.0-2
>> ii  libc6                                        2.13-38
>> ii  libcairo-gobject2                            1.12.2-3
>> ii  libcairo2                                    1.12.2-3
>> ii  libcanberra0                                 0.28-6
>> ii  libclutter-1.0-0                             1.10.8-2
>> ii  libcogl-pango0                               1.10.2-7
>> ii  libcogl9                                     1.10.2-7
>> ii  libcroco3                                    0.6.6-2
>> ii  libdbus-1-3                                  1.6.8-1
>> ii  libdbus-glib-1-2                             0.100.2-1
>> ii  libebook-1.2-13                              3.4.4-3
>> ii  libecal-1.2-11                               3.4.4-3
>> ii  libedataserver-1.2-16                        3.4.4-3
>> ii  libedataserverui-3.0-1                       3.4.4-3
>> ii  libffi5                                      3.0.10-3
>> ii  libfolks25                                   0.6.9-1+b1
>> ii  libgck-1-0                                   3.4.1-3
>> ii  libgconf-2-4                                 3.2.5-1+build1
>> ii  libgcr-3-1                                   3.4.1-3
>> ii  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0                           2.26.1-1
>> ii  libgee2                                      0.6.4-2
>> ii  libgirepository-1.0-1                        1.32.1-1
>> ii  libgjs0b [libgjs0-libmozjs185-1.0]           1.32.0-5
>> ii  libgl1-mesa-glx [libgl1]                     8.0.5-4+deb7u1
>> ii  libglib2.0-0                                 2.33.12+really2.32.4-5
>> ii  libgnome-keyring0                            3.4.1-1
>> ii  libgnome-menu-3-0                            3.4.2-5
>> ii  libgstreamer0.10-0                           0.10.36-1.2
>> ii  libgtk-3-0                                   3.4.2-6
>> ii  libical0                                     0.48-2
>> ii  libjson-glib-1.0-0                           0.14.2-1
>> ii  libmozjs185-1.0                              1.8.5-1.0.0+dfsg-4
>> ii  libmutter0                                   3.4.1-5
>> ii  libnm-glib4                                  0.9.4.0-10
>> ii  libnm-util2                                  0.9.4.0-10
>> ii  libnspr4                                     2:4.9.2-1
>> ii  libnspr4-0d                                  2:4.9.2-1
>> ii  libp11-kit0                                  0.12-3
>> ii  libpango1.0-0                                1.30.0-1
>> ii  libpolkit-agent-1-0                          0.105-3
>> ii  libpolkit-gobject-1-0                        0.105-3
>> ii  libpulse-mainloop-glib0                      2.0-6.1
>> ii  libpulse0                                    2.0-6.1
>> ii  libsoup2.4-1                                 2.38.1-2
>> ii  libstartup-notification0                     0.12-1
>> ii  libtelepathy-glib0                           0.18.2-2
>> ii  libtelepathy-logger2                         0.4.0-1
>> ii  libx11-6                                     2:1.5.0-1+deb7u1
>> ii  libxcomposite1                               1:0.4.3-2
>> ii  libxdamage1                                  1:1.1.3-2
>> ii  libxext6                                     2:1.3.1-2+deb7u1
>> ii  libxfixes3                                   1:5.0-4+deb7u1
>> ii  libxi6                                       2:1.6.1-1+deb7u1
>> ii  libxml2                                      2.8.0+dfsg1-7+nmu1
>> ii  python                                       2.7.3-4
>> ii  telepathy-mission-control-5                  1:5.12.3-1
>>
>> Versions of packages gnome-shell recommends:
>> ii  gkbd-capplet            3.4.0.2-1
>> ii  gnome-contacts          3.4.1-1+b1
>> ii  gnome-control-center    1:3.4.3.1-2
>> ii  gnome-session-fallback  3.4.2.1-4
>> ii  gnome-user-guide        3.4.2-1+build1
>> ii  unzip                   6.0-8
>>
>> gnome-shell suggests no packages.
>>
>> -- no debconf information
>>
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