Created attachment 152141 [details] kern.log This is with 3.17-rc5-amd64 from Debian experimental. The last thing I saw on the console was fb: switching to mgag200drmfb from simple and then there's [drm:mga_vram_init] *ERROR* can't reserve VRAM mgag200 0000:06:04.0: Fatal error during GPU init: -6
This is the graphics chip. The system also has a Nuvoton WPCM450 IPMI BMC that interfaces to it (or contains it, don't know.) 06:04.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Electronics Systems Ltd. MGA G200eW WPCM450 (rev 0a) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Super Micro Computer Inc Device 0100 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- Latency: 64 (4000ns min, 8000ns max), Cache Line Size: 256 bytes Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11 Region 0: Memory at f9000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=16M] Region 1: Memory at faffc000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Region 2: Memory at fb000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8M] Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 1 Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
Happens to me too with 4.5.3-2_bpo8+1 from Debian jessie-backports. Attaching kern.log, but relevant output is: May 26 16:31:39 bl460gen9-03 kernel: [ 57.554859] fb: switching to mgag200drmfb from simple May 26 16:31:39 bl460gen9-03 kernel: [ 57.802070] Console: switching to colour dummy device 80x25 May 26 16:31:39 bl460gen9-03 kernel: [ 58.075534] [drm:mgag200_driver_load [mgag200]] *ERROR* can't reserve VRAM May 26 16:31:39 bl460gen9-03 kernel: [ 58.402739] mgag200 0000:01:00.1: Fatal error during GPU init: -6
Created attachment 217761 [details] kern.log
I blacklisted mgag200 to fix it.
The latest Debian 4.6 kernel (4.6.0-1-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.6.1-1 (2016-06-06)) still shows [ 20.413954] [drm:mgag200_driver_load [mgag200]] *ERROR* can't reserve VRAM [ 20.413962] mgag200 0000:06:04.0: Fatal error during GPU init: -6 but it recovers and the console works. I'm running X with [ 41.153] (--) MGA(0): Chipset: "mgag200 eW Nuvoton" now.