Recently (the last few weeks) a desktop here has been hanging in the middle of the night. The last thing in syslog before the hang is "NVRM: Xid (0001:00): 6, PE0001" This is on lucid.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/717873 Title: NVIDIA X driver causes flickering Status in NVIDIA Drivers Ubuntu: New Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Doing nothing special, my display flickered and those messages appeared in the log files: /var/log/Xorg.0.log [ 25121.917] (WW) NVIDIA(0): The NVIDIA X driver has encountered too many errors. Falling [ 25121.917] (WW) NVIDIA(0): back to write-back cached memory. /var/log/kern.log Feb 12 21:26:57 obiwan kernel: [25078.679920] NVRM: Xid (0001:00): 6, PE0001 Feb 12 21:26:57 obiwan kernel: [25078.701158] NVRM: Xid (0001:00): 6, PE0001 Feb 12 21:26:57 obiwan kernel: [25078.721347] NVRM: Xid (0001:00): 6, PE0001 Feb 12 21:26:57 obiwan kernel: [25078.741324] NVRM: Xid (0001:00): 6, PE0001 Feb 12 21:26:57 obiwan kernel: [25078.761275] NVRM: Xid (0001:00): 6, PE0001 Feb 12 21:26:57 obiwan kernel: [25078.781157] NVRM: Xid (0001:00): 6, PE0001 Feb 12 21:26:57 obiwan kernel: [25078.801296] NVRM: Xid (0001:00): 6, PE0001 Feb 12 21:26:57 obiwan kernel: [25078.821163] NVRM: Xid (0001:00): 6, PE0001 I'm using an (lspci -vv): 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G92 [Quadro FX 2800M] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Dell Device 02ef Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- Latency: 0 Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 16 Region 0: Memory at f5000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M] Region 1: Memory at e0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M] Region 3: Memory at f2000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32M] Region 5: I/O ports at df00 [size=128] [virtual] Expansion ROM at f6e00000 [disabled] [size=128K] Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 3 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) Status: D0 NoSoftRst+ PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- Capabilities: [68] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+ Address: 0000000000000000 Data: 0000 Capabilities: [78] Express (v2) Endpoint, MSI 00 DevCap: MaxPayload 128 bytes, PhantFunc 0, Latency L0s <512ns, L1 <4us ExtTag+ AttnBtn- AttnInd- PwrInd- RBE+ FLReset- DevCtl: Report errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal- Unsupported- RlxdOrd+ ExtTag+ PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop+ MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 256 bytes DevSta: CorrErr- UncorrErr- FatalErr- UnsuppReq- AuxPwr- TransPend- LnkCap: Port #0, Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x16, ASPM L0s L1, Latency L0 <512ns, L1 <1us ClockPM- Surprise- LLActRep- BwNot- LnkCtl: ASPM L1 Enabled; RCB 128 bytes Disabled- Retrain- CommClk+ ExtSynch- ClockPM- AutWidDis- BWInt- AutBWInt- LnkSta: Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x16, TrErr- Train- SlotClk+ DLActive- BWMgmt- ABWMgmt- DevCap2: Completion Timeout: Not Supported, TimeoutDis+ DevCtl2: Completion Timeout: 50us to 50ms, TimeoutDis- LnkCtl2: Target Link Speed: 2.5GT/s, EnterCompliance- SpeedDis-, Selectable De-emphasis: -6dB Transmit Margin: Normal Operating Range, EnterModifiedCompliance- ComplianceSOS- Compliance De-emphasis: -6dB LnkSta2: Current De-emphasis Level: -6dB Capabilities: [100 v1] Virtual Channel Caps: LPEVC=0 RefClk=100ns PATEntryBits=1 Arb: Fixed- WRR32- WRR64- WRR128- Ctrl: ArbSelect=Fixed Status: InProgress- VC0: Caps: PATOffset=00 MaxTimeSlots=1 RejSnoopTrans- Arb: Fixed- WRR32- WRR64- WRR128- TWRR128- WRR256- Ctrl: Enable+ ID=0 ArbSelect=Fixed TC/VC=01 Status: NegoPending- InProgress- Capabilities: [128 v1] Power Budgeting <?> Capabilities: [600 v1] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0001 Rev=1 Len=024 <?> Kernel driver in use: nvidia Kernel modules: nvidia-current, nvidia-173, nouveau, nvidiafb System is Kubuntu 10.10: #uname -a Linux obiwan 2.6.35-25-generic #44-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jan 21 17:40:44 UTC 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux The driver is nvidia-current 270.18-0ubuntu1~maverick~xup1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nvidia-drivers-ubuntu/+bug/717873/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp