** Description changed: If SLI is enabled, there are many flickering artifacts and double images - (especially tooltips). Eventually, the desktop environment locks up - completely and the computer needs a forced manual reset. I needed to + (especially tooltips). Eventually, the desktop environment locks up + completely and the computer needs a forced manual reset. I needed to disable SLI as soon as possible and restart in order to get out of the constant freezing and artifacts. This issue was not present in 12.04 but became immediately present the - first time using 14.04 on the same computer. I know my hardware is not - the problem because my video cards work perfectly fine in Windows 8 and - I have seen other identical reports about NVIDIA SLI issues causing the - exact same problems in 14.04. + first time using 14.04 on the same computer. I know my hardware is not + the problem because my video cards work perfectly fine in Windows 8. Bug + report and logs below are taken from when SLI is disabled. - Bug report and logs below are taken from when SLI is disabled and system - is working perfectly fine. I wish I could capture logs and bug report - while bug is occurring, but the system is too unstable and unusable to - allow me to submit a bug report while the bug is occurring. + WORKAROUND: Disable SLI. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu8 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-35.62-generic 3.13.11.6 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-35-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia .proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0' .proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.1: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/1' .proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: "" .proc.driver.nvidia.version: NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 331.38 Wed Jan 8 19:32:30 PST 2014 GCC version: gcc version 4.8.2 (Ubuntu 4.8.2-19ubuntu1) .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: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.3 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: compiz CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0' CompositorUnredirectFSW: true CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Wed Sep 3 13:28:21 2014 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: trusty DistroVariant: ubuntu DkmsStatus: bbswitch, 0.7, 3.13.0-35-generic, x86_64: installed nvidia-331, 331.38, 3.13.0-35-generic, x86_64: installed EcryptfsInUse: Yes ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical GraphicsCard: NVIDIA Corporation GF110 [GeForce GTX 580] [10de:1080] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: eVga.com. Corp. Device [3842:1582] NVIDIA Corporation GF110 [GeForce GTX 580] [10de:1080] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: eVga.com. Corp. Device [3842:1582] InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-09-03 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2) MachineType: MSI MS-7681 ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US PATH=(custom, no username) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.13.0-35-generic.efi.signed root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xorg Symptom: display UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 02/14/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: V1.8 dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.board.name: P67A-GD55 (MS-7681) dmi.board.vendor: MSI dmi.board.version: 1.0/2.0 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: MSI dmi.chassis.version: 1.0/2.0 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrV1.8:bd02/14/2011:svnMSI:pnMS-7681:pvr1.0/2.0:rvnMSI:rnP67A-GD55(MS-7681):rvr1.0/2.0:cvnMSI:ct3:cvr1.0/2.0: dmi.product.name: MS-7681 dmi.product.version: 1.0/2.0 dmi.sys.vendor: MSI version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.11.2+14.04.20140714-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.52-1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.1.3-0ubuntu0.1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.1.3-0ubuntu0.1 version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.8.2-1ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.3.0-1ubuntu3.1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1.1 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.10-1ubuntu2 xserver.bootTime: Wed Sep 3 11:18:54 2014 xserver.configfile: /etc/X11/xorg.conf xserver.errors: xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.outputs: xserver.version: 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2
** Tags removed: bug nvidia sli ** Tags added: bios-outdated-4.3 ** No longer affects: nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu) ** No longer affects: xorg (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1365102 Title: Enabling SLI on NVIDIA "tested" drivers causes 14.04 artifacts and freeze of desktop environment forcing manual system reset. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1365102/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
