ubuntu-x-swat team mailing list archive

[MadMax <madmax@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

     My gnome session kept crashing using the nouveau driver when
surfing the web with a high graphic content site.  After researching, I
decided to use the proprietary drivers from Nvidia.  After installing
those drivers, I could not start a X session (gdm), I would get the
"white screen of death" at boot, after the Ubuntu splash.

     After a couple of days, I found that adding  Option
"UseDisplayDevice" "DFP" in my Device section of the xorg.conf fixed
that.  My gdm stopped crashing, all looked happy.  Then I played a
video, and when I tried to go to full screen, the player crashed as
reported above.

     Disabling the effects under the Visual Effects tab in  System -
Preferences - Appearance solved the full screen problem.

Here is a report from sysinfo:

System information report, generated by Sysinfo: 6/11/2010 2:53:42 AM
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gsysinfo

SYSTEM INFORMATION
	Running Ubuntu Linux, the Ubuntu 10.04 (lucid) release.
	GNOME: 2.30.0 (Ubuntu 2010-03-31)
	Kernel version: 2.6.32-22-generic (#36-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jun 3 22:02:19 UTC 2010)
	GCC: 4.4.3 (i486-linux-gnu)
	Xorg: unknown (23 April 2010  05:11:50PM)
	Hostname: toshiba
	Uptime: 0 days 2 h 10 min

CPU INFORMATION
	GenuineIntel, Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 Mobile CPU 2.00GHz
	Number of CPUs: 1
	CPU clock currently at 2000.000 MHz with 512 KB cache
	Numbering: family(15) model(2) stepping(4)
	Bogomips: 3986.43
	Flags: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm up pebs bts

MEMORY INFORMATION
	Total memory: 1002 MB
	Total swap: 740 MB

STORAGE INFORMATION
	SCSI device -  scsi0
		Vendor:  ATA      
		Model:  TOSHIBA MK4019GA 
	SCSI device -  scsi0
		Vendor:  TEAC     
		Model:  DW-224E          
	SCSI device -  scsi3
		Vendor:  WD       
		Model:  6400AAV External 

HARDWARE INFORMATION
MOTHERBOARD
	Host bridge
		Intel Corporation 82845 845 [Brookdale] Chipset Host Bridge (rev 04)
		Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device 0001
	PCI bridge(s)
		Intel Corporation 82845 845 [Brookdale] Chipset AGP Bridge (rev 04)
		Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 42)
	USB controller(s)
		NEC Corporation USB (rev 41) (prog-if 10)
		NEC Corporation USB (rev 41) (prog-if 10)
		NEC Corporation USB 2.0 (rev 02) (prog-if 20)
	ISA bridge
		Intel Corporation 82801CAM ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 02)
	IDE interface
		Intel Corporation 82801CAM IDE U100 Controller (rev 02) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
		Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device 0001

GRAPHIC CARD
	VGA controller
		nVidia Corporation NV17 [GeForce4 460 Go] (rev a3)
		Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device 0001

SOUND CARD
	Multimedia controller
		Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
		Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device 0002

NETWORK
	Network controller
		Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3B Mini PCI Adapter (rev 04)
		Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 2565
	Ethernet controller
		Intel Corporation 82801CAM (ICH3) PRO/100 VE (LOM) Ethernet Controller (rev 42)
		Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device 0001
	Modem
		Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 02)
		Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device 0001

NVIDIA GRAPHIC CARD INFORMATION
	Model name: GeForce4 460 Go
	Card Type: AGP 4x
	Video RAM: 32 MB
	GPU Frequency: 249 MHz
	Driver version: NVIDIA Linux x86 Kernel Module  96.43.17  Thu Apr 15 05:28:41 PDT 2010

-- 
Totem and VLC crash when doing just about anything with visual effects enabled
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/249222
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X,
which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers-96 in ubuntu.