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nvidia-graphics-drivers package

Xorg freeze

Bug #765502 reported by John Merrill on 2011-04-19

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu)	Expired	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: nvidia-current

When using ubuntu with nvidia-current drivers, any program that requires 3D acceleration (including Unity) runs for about 30-90 seconds before a total system lock-up.
I experienced the exact same problem in Ubuntu 10.10, but switched to the nvidia-193 drivers, which, it seems, are no longer available in the repositories for Ubuntu 11.04.

The simplest solution would be to make the older drivers available, or even default for people with this card.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: xorg 1:7.6+4ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,mousepoll,vpswitch,regex,animation,snap,expo,move,compiztoolbox,place,grid,imgpng,gnomecompat,wall,ezoom,workarounds,staticswitcher,resize,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,scale,session,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: None
DRM.card0.DVI.D.1:
status: connected
enabled: enabled
dpms: On
modes: 1600x900 1280x1024 1024x768 800x600 640x480 720x400
edid-base64: AP///////wAi8CgoAQEBARQTAQOALBl47u6Vo1RMmSYPUFShCACBgKnAAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBMCpAyGCEZDAYUBMAu/oQAAAeAAAA/QAwTBhVEQAKICAgICAgAAAA/ABIUCAyMDA5CiAgICAgAAAA/wAzQ1E5MjAxRzZXCiAgACE=
DRM.card0.LVDS.1:
status: connected
enabled: enabled
dpms: On
modes: 1920x1200 1920x1200 1920x1080 1600x1200 1600x1200 1680x1050 1400x1050 1280x1024 1280x1024 1280x960 1152x864 1024x768 1024x768 800x600 800x600 640x480 640x480 720x400 640x400 640x350
edid-base64: AP///////wAyDAEYAAAAAAARAQOAIRV46svllVVSiyciUFQhCACBgKlAAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEB4zqAWnCwMkAeHhMAS88QAAAZAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA/gBDTTIwMAExNTRXVTEKAAAA/gAoP05YgK/S9gIBCiAgAPM=
DRM.card0.VGA.1:
status: disconnected
enabled: disabled
dpms: Off
modes:
edid-base64:
Date: Tue Apr 19 01:01:40 2011
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: natty
DistroVariant: ubuntu
GraphicsCard:
nVidia Corporation G92 [GeForce 9800M GT] [10de:060b] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: QUANTA Computer Inc Device [152d:0770]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta amd64 (20110413)
MachineType: Alienware m15x
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_US:en
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic root=UUID=d168fd44-14be-48f1-9794-79727024bd1f ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
Renderer: Software
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
Title: Xorg freeze
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
XorgConf:

dmi.bios.date: 08/29/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Quanta
dmi.bios.version: vX36 P3
dmi.board.name: m15x
dmi.board.vendor: Alienware
dmi.board.version: Not Applicable
dmi.chassis.type: 1
dmi.chassis.vendor: Alienware
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnQuanta:bvrvX36P3:bd08/29/2008:svnAlienware:pnm15x:pvrNotApplicable:rvnAlienware:rnm15x:rvrNotApplicable:cvnAlienware:ct1:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: m15x
dmi.product.version: Not Applicable
dmi.sys.vendor: Alienware
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.4+bzr20110411-0ubuntu1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.23-1ubuntu6
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.10.2-0ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.10.2-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+4ubuntu3
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.0-0ubuntu4
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.14.0-4ubuntu7
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110107+b795ca6e-0ubuntu7

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John Merrill (delirus) wrote on 2011-04-19:

BootDmesg.txt Edit (67.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CurrentDmesg.txt Edit (377 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (5.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GconfCompiz.txt Edit (36.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GdmLog.gz Edit (5.9 KiB, application/x-gzip)
GdmLog1.gz Edit (6.0 KiB, application/x-gzip)
GdmLog2.txt Edit (17.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (17.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb.txt Edit (648 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfo.txt Edit (1.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcInterrupts.txt Edit (1.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcModules.txt Edit (2.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevDb.txt Edit (117.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevLog.txt Edit (268.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UnitySupportTest.txt Edit (653 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLog.gz Edit (8.0 KiB, application/x-gzip)
XorgLogOld.gz Edit (8.2 KiB, application/x-gzip)
Xrandr.txt Edit (7.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
locale.txt Edit (335 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
peripherals.txt Edit (1.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
setxkbmap.txt Edit (233 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xdpyinfo.txt Edit (17.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xinput.txt Edit (913 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xkbcomp.txt Edit (54.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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John Merrill (delirus) wrote on 2011-04-24:

The default proprietary nvidia drivers should be changed to either 270.41.06 or 260.19.44 to resolve this issue.

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Bryce Harrington (bryce) wrote on 2011-11-09:

Hey delirus,

You filed this bug report against natty, but I see it's still open and
doesn't appear to have much activity recently. So, now that oneiric
is released and stable, this may be a good point for you to upgrade
and re-test if this issue is still present there.

If it's solved in the new release and you think it's worth backporting
the fix, please indicate that. Or if having the fix in the new release
is good enough, feel free to close out the bug (or let us know and we'll
close it.)

If it's not solved, leave the bug report open. I can't promise we'll
get to it (we get way more bugs filed than we can usually get to), but
your testing and feedback can help out if and when we do.

Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Incomplete

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bugbot (bugbot) wrote on 2011-12-17:

We're closing this bug since it is has been some time with no response from the original reporter. However, if the issue still exists please feel free to reopen with the requested information. Also, if you could, please test against the latest development version of Ubuntu, since this confirms the bug is one we may be able to pass upstream for help.

Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu):
status:	Incomplete → Expired

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