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nvidia 1.0.9629 crashes X

Bug #74146 reported by chantra
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linux-restricted-modules-2.6.19 (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: nvidia-glx

the actual feisty nvidia-glx is kind of buggy.

see for instance:
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=81316

known bug which is triggered when making a specific type of mode change while using a DFP, and will be resolved in the next driver release. The current workarounds are to either change to the mode you need with xrandr or downgrade to an older driver version.

How to make X crash: simply start a game which modify your resolution.

This issue makes me wonder if feisty should jump directly to the actual beta driver 1.0.9742

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chantra (chantra) wrote :

1.0-9631 has been released since the 4th of december.
Changelog seems to say that the bug is fixed:
Release Highlights

    * Fixed an OpenGL crash on some GeForce 3 and GeForce 4 GPUs.
    * Fixed an X server crash starting some fullscreen OpenGL games.
    * Improved interaction with newer Linux kernels.

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Daniel Hahler (blueyed) wrote :

I've been using 1.0-9631 through an unofficial repository (http://www.albertomilone.com/drivers/edgy/nonlegacy/32bit) and it indeed fixed the crashing bug.

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Randakar (randakar) wrote :

I appear to be having similar problems. I turned on the 'desktop-effects' stuff yesterday and it turns my machine into a brick after I login. I get some interesting 'Xid' messages in syslog (attached).

I already had problems with the screensaver kicking in and hanging the machine, and of late it appears usplash and these drivers have begun a catfight about resolutions, as usplash suddenly turns to blueish (kubuntu) snow halfway during boot.

More worrying is that these crashes appear to be causing filesystem corruption. At first it was not clear to me what was happening but after such a crash I had some really odd behaviour that cleared up after running an fsck. (which found errors, I might add).

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Randakar (randakar) wrote :

Note that I am using a DFP device, as describe in that nv forum comment.

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Jason Fergus (leech-sisna) wrote :

I will confirm this bug, and it happens on CRT screens as well. I've tried it with both Planet Penguin Racer and atari800 emulator. The 9631 driver fixes the issue.

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chantra (chantra) wrote :

As it has been confirmed by others, I guess I can switch the bug to confirm.

I still have my edgy system up and running so I will be waiting for the latest nvidia drivers to get included in the distro.

Changed in linux-restricted-modules-2.6.19:
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
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chantra (chantra) wrote :

1.0.9631 is now out. Closing the bug

Changed in linux-restricted-modules-2.6.19:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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