This is still an issue for me. It just happened again. It was impossible to do a smooth restart in any way. I was forced to login from another machine and 'sudo shutdown -r now'. I first tried 'sudo restart lightdm'. This just blacked the screen.
I am requesting help with this bug, please. -- 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/1179583 Title: Xorg freeze Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: The system freezes under a specific but not consistent circumstance. "System freeze" means: complete lock-up except for mouse movement (only, no response to mouse-button); windows cannot be opened or closed, console cannot be changed (via ctrl-alt-fN), etc. The specific circumstance (but not consistent, meaning that it doesn't always happen but only happens during) is linking a URL from Thunderbird 12.0 to Firefox 20.0. The link is accessed (via mouse- button click), no tab opens in Firefox, with the system freezing immediately. In other words, the response of the system to linking the URL is the freeze. Thank you. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: xorg 1:7.6+12ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-41.66-generic 3.2.42 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-41-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia .proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0' .proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: "" .proc.driver.nvidia.version: NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 304.88 Wed Mar 27 14:26:46 PDT 2013 GCC version: gcc version 4.6.3 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu5) .proc.driver.nvidia.warnings.fbdev: Your system is not currently configured to drive a VGA console on the primary VGA device. The NVIDIA Linux graphics driver requires the use of a text-mode VGA console. Use of other console drivers including, but not limited to, vesafb, may result in corruption and stability problems, and is not supported. .tmp.unity.support.test.0: ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.2 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: [core,composite,decor,mousepoll,vpswitch,session,imgpng,move,gnomecompat] CompositorRunning: None Date: Mon May 13 10:20:38 2013 DistUpgraded: 2012-05-02 15:35:46,278 DEBUG enabling apt cron job DistroCodename: precise DistroVariant: ubuntu DkmsStatus: nvidia-current, 304.88, 3.2.0-40-generic, x86_64: installed nvidia-current, 304.88, 3.2.0-41-generic, x86_64: installed ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, GpuHangFrequency: Several times a week GpuHangReproducibility: Occurs more often under certain circumstances GpuHangStarted: Within the last week or two GraphicsCard: NVIDIA Corporation GF106GL [Quadro 2000] [10de:0dd8] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: NVIDIA Corporation Device [10de:084a] InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012) JockeyStatus: xorg:nvidia_current - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (Proprietary, Enabled, In use) xorg:nvidia_current_updates - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (post-release updates) (Proprietary, Disabled, Not in use) xorg:nvidia_experimental_304 - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (**experimental** beta) (Proprietary, Disabled, Not in use) xorg:nvidia_experimental_310 - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (**experimental** beta) (Proprietary, Disabled, Not in use) MachineType: Dell Inc. Precision WorkStation T5500 MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-41-generic root=UUID=6a593eec-e632-46cf-bbb8-890502944daa ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xorg Symptom: display Title: Xorg freeze UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-05-02 (375 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 04/20/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A09 dmi.board.name: 0CRH6C dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: A01 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 1284503 dmi.chassis.type: 7 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA09:bd04/20/2011:svnDellInc.:pnPrecisionWorkStationT5500:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0CRH6C:rvrA01:cvnDellInc.:ct7:cvr: dmi.product.name: Precision WorkStation T5500 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.7.12-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu36 version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.43-0ubuntu0.0.1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 8.0.4-0ubuntu0.5 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 8.0.4-0ubuntu0.5 version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.11.4-0ubuntu10.13 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.0-0ubuntu1.2 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99~git20111219.aacbd629-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.17.0-1ubuntu4.4 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20111201+b5534a1-1build3 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers/+bug/1179583/+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
