new install, "nouveau DRM: failed to create ce channel, -22"

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would appreciate help on correcting this nouveau error seen in logs.

this is a new install of ParrotOS 6.12.12-1parrot1 today. the message “DRM: failed to create ce channel, -22” was also displayed on screen briefly a couple of days ago when i was having the root lockout issue with the previous install of parrotOS.


  • Parrot version in use (if you are not aware of it, open terminal and type cat /etc/os-release | grep VERSION):
    6.3 (lorikeet)

  • Kernel version (if you are not aware of it, open terminal and type uname -r):
    6.12.12-amd64

  • Logs/Terminal output (use pastebin or similar services):

May 23 12:50:52 parrot kernel: nouveau 0000:01:00.0: msvld: init failed, -19
May 23 12:50:52 parrot kernel: nouveau 0000:01:00.0: msvld: unable to load firmware data
May 23 12:50:52 parrot kernel: nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for nouveau/nvce_fuc084d failed with error -2
May 23 12:50:52 parrot kernel: nouveau 0000:01:00.0: firmware: failed to load nouveau/nvce_fuc084d (-2)
May 23 12:50:52 parrot kernel: nouveau 0000:01:00.0: firmware: failed to load nouveau/nvce_fuc084d (-2)
May 23 12:50:52 parrot kernel: nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for nouveau/nvce_fuc084 failed with error -2
May 23 12:50:52 parrot kernel: nouveau 0000:01:00.0: firmware: failed to load nouveau/nvce_fuc084 (-2)
May 23 12:50:52 parrot kernel: nouveau 0000:01:00.0: firmware: failed to load nouveau/nvce_fuc084 (-2)

May 23 12:50:40 parrot kernel: nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: failed to create ce channel, -22
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