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FS#11732 - Nvidia drivers crash computer at logout

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Carl Mueller (cmlr) - Tuesday, 14 October 2008, 02:39 GMT
Last edited by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Friday, 26 December 2008, 21:48 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Tobias Powalowski (tpowa)
Jan de Groot (JGC)
Architecture i686
Severity High
Priority Normal
Reported Version None
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description: After I upgraded from nvidia-173.14.12-3 to nvidia-177.80-1, and also upgraded nvidia-utils, the computer crashed when I logged out of kde or gnome, or pressed C-A-Backspace. The problem went away when I downgraded nvidia. I had the same problem after I upgraded to kernel26-2.6.27-2 and nvidia-177.80-2, and upgraded nvidia-utils. As before, the problem went away after downgrading the kernel and nvidia.

To repeat, I had no problem starting X, but the computer froze up after logging out.

My video card is Nvidia GEForce 6150 LE, rev 2. I also tried the new nvidia-173xx drivers, but they didn't work at all.

Additional info:
* package version(s)
* config and/or log files etc.


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Closed by  Jan de Groot (JGC)
Friday, 26 December 2008, 21:48 GMT
Reason for closing:  Upstream
Additional comments about closing:  Upstream problem. Can't fix, won't fix.
Comment by Tobias Powalowski (tpowa) - Tuesday, 14 October 2008, 05:00 GMT
does rebuild nvidia help?
Comment by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Tuesday, 14 October 2008, 07:36 GMT
I don't think this is a kernel related issue, this is a bug in the nvidia driver. You could try the xorg-server package from testing to see if it occurs there. If it does, please report a bug upstream at nvidia, as we can't and won't fix binary blobs.
Comment by Carl Mueller (cmlr) - Tuesday, 14 October 2008, 12:59 GMT
Jan, I followed your suggestions and upgraded xorg, but the problem still occurred. I've sent a bug report to Nvidia.

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