#807007 xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: graphics freeze with PCE0 engine fault

Package:
xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
Source:
xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
Description:
X.Org X server -- Nouveau display driver
Submitter:
Eric Cooper
Date:
2015-12-04 01:24:06 UTC
Severity:
normal
#807007#5
Date:
2015-12-04 01:21:16 UTC
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I get these error messages and then the graphics system is unresponsive:

[287179.390141] nouveau E[   PFIFO][0000:01:00.0] read fault at 0x0000e90000 [PAGE_NOT_PRESENT] from PCE0/PCOPY0 on channel 0x001fdb2000 [DRM]
[287179.390148] nouveau E[   PFIFO][0000:01:00.0] PCE0 engine fault on channel 0, recovering...

The only thing I can do is ssh in from another machine and reboot.