Compter lock-up in several programs with nvidia card and desktop effects.

Fresh install of Kubuntu 9.04 on a HP G30 244dx.

When I would try to open certian programs (jackctl, quassel, or gimp) or while clicking the "preferences" tab in konqueror, computer would completely lock up. Had to be hard-reset.

Went for help in the #ubuntu room at freenode, someone said that this was the problem.

"Jun 26 19:44:40 max-laptop kernel: [ 1840.863218] NVRM: Xid (0002:00): 13, 0001 00000000 00008397 00000680 00040008 00000100
Jun 26 19:44:40 max-laptop kernel: [ 1841.066882] NVRM: Xid (0002:00): 13, 0001 00000000 00008397 00000538 3f800000 00000100
Jun 26 19:44:41 max-laptop kernel: [ 1841.233361] NVRM: Xid (0002:00): 13, 0001 00000000 00008397 00000680 001e0000 00000100
Jun 26 20:08:11 max-laptop kernel: [ 3251.640546] NVRM: Xid (0002:00): 13, 0001 00000000 00008397 00000680 00040008 00000100
Jun 26 20:08:11 max-laptop kernel: [ 3251.822774] NVRM: Xid (0002:00): 13, 0001 00000000 00008397 00000680 00820009 00000100
Jun 26 20:08:11 max-laptop kernel: [ 3251.980058] NVRM: Xid (0002:00): 13, 0001 00000000 00008397 00000680 00820089 00000100
Jun 26 20:08:11 max-laptop kernel: [ 3252.132624] NVRM: Xid (0002:00): 13, 0001 00000000 00008397 00000680 00820109 00000100
Jun 26 20:08:12 max-laptop kernel: [ 3252.285830] NVRM: Xid (0002:00): 13, 0001 00000000 00008397 00000680 00820189 00000100
Jun 26 20:08:12 max-laptop kernel: [ 3252.436587] NVRM: Xid (0002:00): 13, 0001 00000000 0000502d 000002ac 00000003 00000100
Jun 26 20:08:12 max-laptop kernel: [ 3252.586359] NVRM: Xid (0002:00): 13, 0001 00000000 0000502d 000002ac 00000003 00000100
Jun 26 20:08:12 max-laptop kernel: [ 3252.752950] NVRM: Xid (0002:00): 13, 0001 00000000 0000502d 000002ac 00000003 00000100"

Found two work-arounds.

The first was to disable the nvidia drivers in the "hardware devices" menu. This made the computer very slow however (experienced this before, know it is due to lack of nvidia driver). So that didn't work well from a usability standpoint. But it resolved the issue at hand.

The second workaround was to disable "desktop effects" in the settings. This could be done while still using the nvidia driver. Disabling desktop effects stops all programs I had found that lock up, from locking up.