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[Robert Fleming <fleming@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

Ubuntu 10.10
nvidia-current=260.19.06-0ubuntu1
nvidia-kernel-common=20080825+1ubuntu2
nvidia-common=0.2.24

>From comment 136 on bug 650539:

> Exactly what problem are you seeing?
>
> If you've got problems in a single monitor setup then you'll be
> triggering a different bug. Please feel free to file a new bug so we
> can start to figure out the cause of your problem.

I'm seeing the same problem as Jérôme and Mauro [from bug 650539]. I
have exactly one NVIDIA display adapter, using the proprietary driver
(version 173 and "current" both exhibit the problem), and the adapter is
attached to exactly one monitor. Emacs, rxvt, VLC, and xawtv each crash
the server. Here is the Xorg output:

  Backtrace:
  0: X (xorg_backtrace+0x3b) [0x80e82fb]
  1: X (0x8048000+0x5da8d) [0x80a5a8d]
  2: (vdso) (__kernel_rt_sigreturn+0x0) [0x13e40c]
  3: X (ProcessWorkQueue+0x30) [0x8073a60]
  4: X (WaitForSomething+0x56) [0x809fc06]
  5: X (0x8048000+0x25d3e) [0x806dd3e]
  6: X (0x8048000+0x1a5ba) [0x80625ba]
  7: /lib/libc.so.6 (__libc_start_main+0xe7) [0xd3ace7]
  8: X (0x8048000+0x1a191) [0x8062191]
  Segmentation fault at address (nil)

  Caught signal 11 (Segmentation fault). Server aborting

I ran through half of the demos in the "qtdemo" package and none crashed
the server. (I don't have all the KDE infrastructure installed, so I
didn't test that.) So it does not seem to be related to bug 650539.  The
server does *not* crash when using the free-software NVIDIA driver.

I have not been able to disable the Xinerama extension either by putting
'Option "Xinerama" "0"' in the "ServerLayout" sections, or by using the
"-xinerama" command-line argument to /usr/bin/Xorg. I've read that the
NVIDIA driver forces it on or something.

Also, "ubuntu-bug" accused my of installing NVIDIA drivers manually from
nvidia.com.  I did not.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: nvidia-current 260.19.06-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-23.40-generic 2.6.35.7
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-23-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
.proc.driver.nvidia.version:
 NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86 Kernel Module  260.19.06  Mon Sep 13 06:35:06 PDT 2010
 GCC version:  gcc version 4.4.5 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.4.4-14ubuntu5)
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Nov 30 02:00:09 2010
DkmsStatus: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
MachineType: Dell Inc. Dimension 9100
ProcCmdLine: root=/dev/md0 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/tcsh
SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers
UdevDb: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
dmi.bios.date: 05/25/2005
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A01
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.type: 7
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA01:bd05/25/2005:svnDellInc.:pnDimension9100:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct7:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Dimension 9100
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
system:
 distro:             Ubuntu
 codename:           maverick
 architecture:       i686
 kernel:             2.6.35-23-generic

** Affects: nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 maverick possible-manual-nvidia-install

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emacs23/rxvt/xawtv/vlc crash Xorg w/ proprietary NVIDIA driver
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/683016
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