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linux-restricted-modules-2.6.15 package

random crashes with nvidia drivers using kubuntu

Bug #38260 reported by Asraniel
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linux-restricted-modules-2.6.15 (Ubuntu)
Won't Fix
Medium
Unassigned

Bug Description

With the nvidia driver provided by the dappers drake repositorys, the computer freezes at random intervals.
This is the GPU:
Asus N6200/TD, Geforce 6200, 128MB, DVI, TV-out, low profile

until now no interessting error could be found in any of the logs.
Using the nv drivers linux is stable again.
All this is with kubuntu flight 5 updated with all updates until today.

Note: the original reporter indicated the bug was in package 'nvidia-glx'; however, that package was not published in Baltix.

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Jens Askengren (jens-askengren) wrote :
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This bug is 100% reproducable running glest (a 3d game). The kernel crashes when glest exit. I have managed to fetch the dmesg by killing glest from at text mode console:

[17191832.408000] kernel BUG at mm/page_alloc.c:1069!
[17191832.408000] invalid operand: 0000 [#1]
[17191832.408000] PREEMPT SMP
[17191832.408000] Modules linked in: binfmt_misc cpufreq_userspace cpufreq_stats freq_table cpufreq_powersave cpufreq_ondemand cpufreq_conservative video tc1100_wmi sony_acpi pcc_acpi hotkey dev_acpi container button acpi_sbs battery ac i2c_acpi_ec ipv6 sch_ingress cls_u32 sch_sfq sch_cbq md_mod dm_mod loop af_packet snd_ens1371 gameport snd_rawmidi snd_seq_device snd_ac97_codec snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm snd_timer snd floppy pcspkr nvidia via686a i2c_isa i2c_viapro i2c_core psmouse serio_raw soundcore snd_page_alloc snd_ac97_bus parport_pc parport 3c59x via_agp agpgart shpchp pci_hotplug mii evdev tsdev ext3 jbd usbhid ide_generic uhci_hcd usbcore pdc202xx_old ide_cd cdrom ide_disk via82cxxx generic thermal processor fan capability commoncap vga16fb vgastate fbcon tileblit font bitblit softcursor
[17191832.408000] CPU: 0
[17191832.408000] EIP: 0060:[<c0154c6a>] Tainted: P S B VLI
[17191832.408000] EFLAGS: 00010212 (2.6.15-27-k7)
[17191832.408000] EIP is at free_pages+0x2a/0x40
[17191832.408000] eax: 0000666e ebx: d2f6e5a0 ecx: 00040006 edx: 00000000
[17191832.408000] esi: 0000000c edi: 00000003 ebp: c97fe468 esp: d2429c1c
[17191832.408000] ds: 007b es: 007b ss: 0068
[17191832.408000] Process glest.bin (pid: 4847, threadinfo=d2428000 task=d372f580)
[17191832.408000] Stack: e1010f6f 00000000 e103e3d4 00000200 d2f6e5a0 e119e700 00000200 00000000
[17191832.408000] e101432f e119e700 d2f6e5a0 00000001 00000200 00000000 00000000 00000200
[17191832.408000] d2429cac e0e030aa e119e700 cf1d79f0 00000200 00000000 00000000 beef0003
[17191832.408000] Call Trace:
[17191832.408000] [<e1010f6f>] nv_vm_free_pages+0xa9/0x10a [nvidia]
[17191832.408000] [<e101432f>] nv_free_pages+0x290/0x2ae [nvidia]
[17191832.408000] [<e0e030aa>] _nv001716rm+0x4e/0x58 [nvidia]
[17191832.408000] [<e0e03089>] _nv001716rm+0x2d/0x58 [nvidia]
[17191832.408000] [<e0de116b>] _nv007631rm+0x13/0x34 [nvidia]
[17191832.408000] [<e0dead7e>] _nv001239rm+0x1c6/0x1e0 [nvidia]
[17191832.408000] [<e0deba4b>] _nv001228rm+0x8b/0x9c [nvidia]
[17191832.408000] [<e0deab3d>] _nv001241rm+0xa5/0x120 [nvidia]
[17191832.408000] [<e0f23668>] _nv004169rm+0x88/0x94 [nvidia]
[17191832.408000] [<e0dea875>] _nv001246rm+0x3d/0x260 [nvidia]
[17191832.408000] [<e0e096e6>] rm_disable_interrupts+0x42/0x54 [nvidia]
[17191832.408000] [<e0e02a33>] _nv001672rm+0x1b/0x20 [nvidia]
[17191832.408000] [<e0e08993>] _nv001226rm+0x67/0x98 [nvidia]
[17191832.408000] [<e0e08985>] _nv001226rm+0x59/0x98 [nvidia]
[17191832.408000] [<e0e02ef6>] _nv001740rm+0x12/0x18 [nvidia]
[17191832.408000] [<e0e09bea>] rm_free_unused_clients+0x2e/0x88 [nvidia]
[17191832.408000] [<e0e09c22>] rm_free_unused_clients+0x66/0x88 [nvidia]
[17191832.408000] [<e0e09c0e>] rm_free_unused_clients+0x52/0x88 [nvidia]
[17191832.408000] [<e1013313>] nv_kern_ctl_close+0x6f/0x90 [nvidia]
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Jens Askengren (jens-askengren) wrote :

I think this bug can be closed.
I have not experienced this problem after the 7.04 release.

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Sitsofe Wheeler (sitsofe) wrote :

Asraniel:
Can you indicate whether the issue has been resolved in later versions of Ubuntu?

Changed in linux-restricted-modules-2.6.15:
status: New → Incomplete
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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote :

This bug report is being closed due to your last comment regarding this being fixed with in a newer version of the kernel. For future reference you can manage the status of your own bugs by clicking on the current status in the yellow line and then choosing a new status in the drop down box. You can learn more about bug statuses at http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Status . Thank you again for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Feel free to submit any future bugs you may find.

Changed in linux-restricted-modules-2.6.15:
status: Incomplete → Won't Fix
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