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Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: nvidia-current

I'm running VMWare Workstation 7.1.3 build-324285 on Ubuntu Maverick. I
use the nvidia-current driver from the x-updates ppa. I'm using a
"nVidia Corporation G96 [Quadro FX 580] (rev a1)" video card, according
to lspci.

I recently rebooted my computer to take a kernel update. Upon restart,
running 2.6.35-25-generic, VMWare would freeze the entire computer just
after I typed in my username and password into my Windows 7 VM.

I returned to 2.6.35-24-generic, and VMWare crashed at the same place,
but instead threw an error. I have attached the error log.

I then disabled 3D rendering for the VM, and after a reboot (into
2.6.35-25) was able to successfully log in to my VM.

It appears that the most likely culprit is the update to the nvidia
drivers that I took from the x-updates ppa recently. I could confirm
this if the previous driver were provided to me.

:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description:	Ubuntu 10.10
Release:	10.10

:~$ apt-cache policy nvidia-current
nvidia-current:
  Installed: 270.18-0ubuntu1~maverick~xup1
  Candidate: 270.18-0ubuntu1~maverick~xup1
  Version table:
 *** 270.18-0ubuntu1~maverick~xup1 0
        500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates/ubuntu/ maverick/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     260.19.06-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/restricted amd64 Packages

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

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/709331

Title:
  VMWare crashes with 3D Accel on latest PPA nvidia driver