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xorg-server package

Dapper-64 bit UI Freeze, need hard reboot to get out

Bug #51089 reported by Juby Victor
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Bug Description

Background
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Fresh install of dapper 64 bit on

AMD64-754 pin-3000+
Gigabyte K8VM800M mobo
1G ram (512x2)
Nvidia FX5200 256 MB AGP card
Sony DRU810-A DVD+RW
Logitech Express USB web cam
Logitech PS2 Mouse
Logitech PS2 keyboard

Using nvidia-closed drivers installed thru apt

Description
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UI comes to a halt, keyboard freezes , mouse moves but no response if clicked. Only way out is reset / power off

How to reproduce
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Difficult to pinpoint as the freeze is random but in general happens when one uses firefox and browses thru pagenated content. eg:- The ones in ubuntuforums.org where a thread may span multiple pages

Logs
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Cannot monitor the system because the keyboard freezes and switching to another window is not possible

kern.log / Xorg.0.log / sys.log / top dont report anything unusual. Im not a guru in this , so plz tell me wt specific info u need

Further information
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root@fiero64:~# uname -r
2.6.15-23-amd64-generic

Performed memtest , no issues.

Tried booting in thru recovery mode and couldnt reproduce the issue.

Can provide further info if steps needed to do so are provided

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Juby Victor (juby-victor-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

Modifying device section of xorg.conf like this makes the freeze to disappear

Section "Device"
        Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200]"
        Driver "nvidia"
        BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
        Option "NvAGP" "0"
        Option "RenderAccel" "Off"
        Option "IgnoreDisplayDevices" "DFP,TV"
        Option "NoRenderExtension" "Off"
        Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "Off"
EndSection

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Juby Victor (juby-victor-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

Happens on 32 bit install too.

It has somethign to do with Xserver/ AGP settings of xserver , Freeze doesnt happen when we use Xgl.

Its specific to do with the 8756 drivers , I used to run Dapper on TNT2 card , then it never gave a problem.

Feels like working on win-95 !!

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Philip Paquette (pcpaquette) wrote :

Set package from (undefined) to xorg-server
Can you confirm that it still happens in edgy/feisty?
Thanks

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Philip Paquette (pcpaquette) wrote :

We are closing this bug report as it lacks the information, described in the previous comments, we need to investigate the problem further. However, please reopen it if you can give us the missing information and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future.

Changed in xorg-server:
assignee: shooters → nobody
status: Needs Info → Rejected
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Juby Victor (juby-victor-deactivatedaccount) wrote : Re: [Bug 51089] Re: Dapper-64 bit UI Freeze, need hard reboot to get out

Hi

Ive updated to the latest version of bios released on March 23 v 5.50, and
now the problems seems to have disappeared.

Thanks
JV

On 4/18/07, Philip Paquette <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> We are closing this bug report as it lacks the information, described in
> the previous comments, we need to investigate the problem further.
> However, please reopen it if you can give us the missing information and
> don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future.
>
> ** Changed in: xorg-server (Ubuntu)
> Assignee: Philip Paquette => (unassigned)
> Status: Needs Info => Rejected
>
> --
> Dapper-64 bit UI Freeze, need hard reboot to get out
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/51089
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