Hi Daniel, Just for your information I installed the Nvidia version 440 driver $ sudo nvidia-smi Mon Aug 10 14:02:14 2020 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | NVIDIA-SMI 440.100 Driver Version: 440.100 CUDA Version: 10.2 | |-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+ | GPU Name Persistence-M| Bus-Id Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC | | Fan Temp Perf Pwr:Usage/Cap| Memory-Usage | GPU-Util Compute M. | |===============================+======================+======================| | 0 GeForce GTX 950 Off | 00000000:82:00.0 On | N/A | | 11% 64C P0 30W / 110W | 1220MiB / 2000MiB | 8% Default | +-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Processes: GPU Memory | | GPU PID Type Process name Usage | |=============================================================================| | 0 10459 G /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg 71MiB | | 0 10959 G /usr/bin/gnome-shell 47MiB | | 0 13605 G /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg 771MiB | | 0 13727 G /usr/bin/gnome-shell 193MiB | | 0 15399 G ...AAAAAAAAAAAACAAAAAAAAAA= --shared-files 63MiB | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ So far things booted up fine. Since this was an intermittent (albeit often) issue, it will take a few days of my use to fully evaluate. I'll keep you posted. Thanks, Phil On Sun, Aug 9, 2020 at 11:03 PM phil marsh <marsh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Will do and thanks again for your help! > > On Sun, Aug 9, 2020, 10:45 PM Daniel van Vugt <1890...@bugs.launchpad.net> > wrote: > >> Yes please do try Nvidia driver 440. And certainly don't upgrade the >> whole OS unless you can afford the time and risk. >> >> If the problem persists then please run the commands in comment #4. And >> come to think of it, please also check /var/crash for any crash files. >> >> -- >> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug >> report. >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1890843 >> >> Title: >> Freeze >> >> Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: >> Incomplete >> >> Bug description: >> I am running Ubuntu 18.04 64 bit with Gnome III. Action to see bug: >> 1. double left mouse click on launcher icon on left toolbar (usually >> happens with Chromium Browser icon) >> 2. Desired result: Drop down menu appears with options to open Chromium >> browser >> 3. Actual result when bug appears: Drop down menu appears then whole >> desktop freezes. No further mouseclicks on display work. Dropdown menu >> remains frozen on display. >> 4. Current workaround: >> When bug appears, the desktop can be unfrozen via cntl-alt-del keys >> but the drop-down menu remains frozen in place. Next, the frozen drop-down >> menu can now be closed by clicking on the "Activities" menu on the >> upper-left corner of the desktop and then clicking on the icon with the >> frozen drop-down menu. These actions close the frozen drop-down menu and >> restore normal operation of the Gnome III for a while until the bug pops up >> again. This bug has become especially common now rendering the desktop >> almost unusable and I'm thinking of replacing Gnome III due to this. >> Thanks, Phil >> >> ProblemType: Bug >> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 >> Package: xorg 1:7.7+19ubuntu7.1 >> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-112.113-generic 4.15.18 >> Uname: Linux 4.15.0-112-generic x86_64 >> NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair >> nvidia_modeset nvidia >> .proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0000.82.00.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a >> directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0000:82:00.0' >> .proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: "" >> .proc.driver.nvidia.version: >> NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 390.138 Thu May 14 >> 01:01:53 PDT 2020 >> GCC version: gcc version 7.5.0 (Ubuntu 7.5.0-3ubuntu1~18.04) >> ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.16 >> Architecture: amd64 >> BootLog: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/boot.log' >> CompizPlugins: No value set for >> `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' >> CompositorRunning: None >> CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME >> Date: Fri Aug 7 12:37:36 2020 >> DistUpgraded: Fresh install >> DistroCodename: bionic >> DistroVariant: ubuntu >> ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes >> GpuHangFrequency: Several times a week >> GpuHangReproducibility: Seems to happen randomly >> GpuHangStarted: Immediately after installing this version of Ubuntu >> GraphicsCard: >> NVIDIA Corporation GM206 [GeForce GTX 950] [10de:1402] (rev a1) >> (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) >> Subsystem: eVga.com. Corp. GM206 [GeForce GTX 950] [3842:2951] >> InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-06-01 (798 days ago) >> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 >> (20180426) >> MachineType: Supermicro X9DR3-F >> ProcEnviron: >> PATH=(custom, no user) >> XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> >> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 >> SHELL=/bin/bash >> ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.15.0-112-generic >> root=UUID=89151cf5-98dc-43fa-9046-917fe8211331 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=1 >> SourcePackage: xorg >> Symptom: display >> Title: Xorg freeze >> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) >> dmi.bios.date: 07/31/2013 >> dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. >> dmi.bios.version: 3.0a >> dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M. >> dmi.board.name: X9DR3-F >> dmi.board.vendor: Supermicro >> dmi.board.version: 0123456789 >> dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. >> dmi.chassis.type: 3 >> dmi.chassis.vendor: Supermicro >> dmi.chassis.version: 0123456789 >> dmi.modalias: >> dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr3.0a:bd07/31/2013:svnSupermicro:pnX9DR3-F:pvr0123456789:rvnSupermicro:rnX9DR3-F:rvr0123456789:cvnSupermicro:ct3:cvr0123456789: >> dmi.product.family: To be filled by O.E.M. >> dmi.product.name: X9DR3-F >> dmi.product.version: 0123456789 >> dmi.sys.vendor: Supermicro >> version.compiz: compiz N/A >> version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.101-2~18.04.1 >> version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 20.0.8-0ubuntu1~18.04.1 >> version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 20.0.8-0ubuntu1~18.04.1 >> version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers-* N/A >> version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.19.6-1ubuntu4.4 >> version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A >> version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:18.0.1-1 >> version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel >> 2:2.99.917+git20171229-1 >> version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau >> 1:1.0.15-2 >> >> To manage notifications about this bug go to: >> >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1890843/+subscriptions >> > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1890843 Title: Freeze To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1890843/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
