I used the "netconsole" method and got the following crash report with Ubuntu 12.04 daily build and the "Nouveau" driver:
[ 574.999831] Loglevel set to 4 [ 580.144180] SysRq : Show State [ 676.540016] general protection fault: f200 [#1] SMP [ 676.540017] Modules linked in: nls_utf8 isofs ppdev snd_hda_codec_realtek snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_hwdep snd_pcm snd_seq_midi snd_rawmidi snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq snd_timer snd_seq_device snd adt7475 hwmon_vid sp5100_tco soundcore i2c_piix4 snd_page_alloc k8temp nouveau asus_atk0110 ttm drm_kms_helper drm parport_pc netconsole i2c_algo_bit mxm_wmi wmi configfs video mac_hid ati_agp lp parport usbhid hid uas usb_storage pata_atiixp floppy r8169 [ 676.540017] [ 676.540017] Pid: 2290, comm: chromium-browse Not tainted 3.2.0-23-generic #36-Ubuntu System manufacturer System Product Name/M2A-VM [ 676.540017] EIP: 0060:[<c1577349>] EFLAGS: 00210082 CPU: 1 [ 676.540017] EIP is at apic_timer_interrupt+0x21/0x38 [ 676.540017] EAX: 00001400 EBX: 2aebf688 ECX: 00000106 EDX: 720000d8 [ 676.540017] ESI: a28b9110 EDI: a07ce060 EBP: bfa385a8 ESP: f0809fb4 [ 676.540017] DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 0000 GS: 00e0 SS: 0068 [ 676.540017] Process chromium-browse (pid: 2290, ti=f0808000 task=f0869940 task.ti=f0808000) [ 676.540017] Stack: [ 676.540017] 2aebf688 00000106 bfa38644 a28b9110 a07ce060 bfa385a8 00001400 0000007b [ 676.540017] 0000007b 00000000 00000033 ffffff10 2a6d5f10 00000073 00200282 bfa38550 [ 676.540017] 0000007b 0c080a0c 764a6270 [ 676.540017] Call Trace: cf a8 ff e9 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/981813 Title: Linux freezes when playing video To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/981813/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs