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[Harry <821702@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

** Description changed:

  The latest stable nvidia-current from Oneiric repos (280.13-0ubuntu1) hangs up my system.
- This happens every time I start synaptic.
- Then, if I try to close it, it won't close until the system asks to force quit it.
- Then, however, the whole system hangs (speeding up CPU).
+ This happens every time after I have started synaptic.
+ Then, if I try to close this application, it won't close until the system asks to force quit it.
+ Then, however, the whole system hangs (also speeding up CPU).
  If I then try to shut down or reboot, I get a message saying terminal is not responding.
  So somehow terminal process does not appear to shut down.
  
- This is easy to reproduce, as it happens each time I install nvidia-
+ This is easy to reproduce, as it happens every time with nvidia-
  current_280.13.
  
  The previous version 275.09.07-0ubuntu4 works just fine.
  In addition to this, also the beta version 280.04 (from xorg-edgers) works OK.
- However, the later beta 280.11 will also hang up my system just like 280.13 does.
+ However, the later beta 280.11 will also hang up just like 280.13 does.
+ 
+ This issue seems to be related to cairo and particularly enabling gl support.
+ This feature was applied to cairo from the version 1.10.2-6ubuntu1.
+ Downgrading cairo to earlier version (1.10.2-2ubuntu4) solves the issue.
+ This leads to the conclusion that nvidia-current is incompatible with gl enabled cairo.
  
  I have a fully updated 64-bit Oneiric-alfa3
  Mobo: Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P
  Graphics card: XFX GTX285 1 GB

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  [Oneiric] Nvidia-current 280.13 hangs up the system

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