This bug has been affecting me since around 2012 or so, when I was using Arch linux (still installed btw). Same graphics chip as OP's. Upgraded ubuntu MATE to 18.04 a week ago, and today the freeze happened again. This time, I intentionally wanted to test if it was fixed, and found out that it still was not. It is random as OP said, but easily reproducible by launching any application involving accelerated 3D. So today I wanted to turn on the 3D spectrum in VLC, and the screen became garbage like on the pic below :
https://i.stack.imgur.com/FEaIj.jpg And since it was VLC, I also heard the looping short bit of my music that was playing when my system froze. So no screenshot possible, the only way out is the reset button. I can confirm this never happened when I used the proprietary driver. This is not a production machine, so I'm willing to test possible fixes if needed. Will post my lspci output tomorrow, +whatever else is needed. Thanks. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1746638 Title: [GeForce 6150SE nForce 430] PC freezes and crashes Status in xorg package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: When using the nouveau graphics driver my pc freezes and crashes. WORKAROUND: Use the proprietary nvidia driver. WORKAROUND: Use PPA from https://launchpad.net/~oibaf/+archive/ubuntu /graphics-drivers ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: xorg (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-32.35~16.04.1-generic 4.13.13 Uname: Linux 4.13.0-32-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.15 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: None CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Thu Feb 1 01:36:25 2018 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: xenial DistroVariant: ubuntu ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes GraphicsCard: NVIDIA Corporation C61 [GeForce 6150SE nForce 430] [10de:03d0] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. C61 [GeForce 6150SE nForce 430] [1043:8234] InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-11-23 (69 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 16.04.3 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170801) Lsusb: Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 002 Device 003: ID 04b8:082f Seiko Epson Corp. PX-A620 [Stylus CX3900/DX4000/DX4050] Bus 002 Device 002: ID 1241:1166 Belkin MI-2150 Trust Mouse Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.13.0-32-generic root=UUID=d7ad7807-5ead-49f7-8978-2e035ab6dd15 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xorg UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 10/29/2008 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 0602 dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.board.name: M2N-MX SE Plus dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC. dmi.board.version: Rev x.xx dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr0602:bd10/29/2008:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnM2N-MXSEPlus:rvrRevx.xx:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion: dmi.product.family: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.product.name: System Product Name dmi.product.version: System Version dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer version.compiz: compiz N/A version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.83-1~16.04.1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 17.2.4-0ubuntu1~16.04.4 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 17.2.4-0ubuntu1~16.04.4 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core N/A version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati N/A version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel N/A version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau N/A xserver.bootTime: Thu Feb 1 01:34:53 2018 xserver.configfile: default xserver.devices: input Power Button KEYBOARD, id 6 input Power Button KEYBOARD, id 7 input HID 1241:1166 MOUSE, id 8 input AT Translated Set 2 keyboard KEYBOARD, id 9 xserver.errors: Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0) Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0) xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.version: 2:1.19.5-0ubuntu2~16.04.1 xserver.video_driver: nouveau To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1746638/+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
