[G72] nvidia binary driver (295.40 and 295.49) segmentation fault
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
I get the following seg fault when trying to use nvidia binary driver version 295.49 (posted here: https:/
[...]
[ 45.156] (II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "nvidia-
[ 45.194] Backtrace:
[ 45.250] 0: /usr/bin/X (xorg_backtrace
[ 45.250] 1: /usr/bin/X (0x7f11496cc000
[ 45.250] 2: /lib/x86_
[ 45.250] 3: /usr/lib/
[...]
[ 45.250] 12: /usr/lib/
[ 45.250] 13: /usr/bin/X (AddScreen+0x171) [0x7f114971aad1]
[ 45.250] 14: /usr/bin/X (InitOutput+0x294) [0x7f114975a884]
[ 45.250] 15: /usr/bin/X (0x7f11496cc000
[ 45.250] 16: /lib/x86_
[ 45.251] 17: /usr/bin/X (0x7f11496cc000
[ 45.251] Segmentation fault at address 0x30
[ 45.251] Caught signal 11 (Segmentation fault). Server aborting
[...]
More info:
$ sudo lshw -C display; lsb_release -a; uname -a; dpkg -l | grep nvidia
[sudo] password for jason:
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: G72 [GeForce 7300 SE/7200 GS]
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
version: a1
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
configura
resources: irq:18 memory:
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Release: 12.04
Codename: precise
Linux pinot 3.2.0-24-generic #37-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 25 08:43:22 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
ii nvidia-common 1:0.2.44 Find obsolete NVIDIA drivers
ii nvidia-settings 295.33-0ubuntu1 Tool of configuring the NVIDIA graphics driver
| tags: | added: driver nvidia xorg |
| tags: | added: precise |
| James Uffindell (uffindelljn) wrote | #1 |
| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
I've been experiencing this issue too, ever since 11.10, and still on 12.04. I've tried the nvidia drivers every few months but they still aren't working yet. I've even tried using the 304.51 drivers from the ppa:ubuntu-
The default ubuntu driver (vesa, I think, possibly nouveau) works okay, but I can't enable multiple monitors on it, and I can't change the display resolution to the native resolution or aspect ratio (display is natively 1920x1200; only options are available are 1280x1024, 1024x768, or 800x600).
Using the nvidia drivers causes a segfault every single time that X tries to start. Sometimes it manages to get just as far as the 'ubuntu' logo, but most times it doesn't. It displays a message along the lines of "udevd[xxx] inotify_add_watch failed: No such file or directory" a few times, and then does nothing further; I don't know if this is related.
I've included the output that I get which corresponds to the already-mentioned output:
From /var/log/
[ 17.923] (II) NVIDIA(GPU-1): NVIDIA GPU GeForce Go 7950 GTX (G71) at PCI:3:0:0 (GPU-1)
[ 17.923] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-1): Memory: 524288 kBytes
[ 17.923] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-1): VideoBIOS: 05.71.22.45.17
[ 17.923] (II) NVIDIA(GPU-1): Detected PCI Express Link width: 16X
[ 17.923] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-1): Interlaced video modes are supported on this GPU
[ 17.923] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-1): Valid display device(s) on GeForce Go 7950 GTX at PCI:3:0:0
[ 17.923] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-1): none
[ 17.972] (II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "DFP-0:
[ 18.491]
Backtrace:
[ 18.500] 0: /usr/bin/X (xorg_backtrace
[ 18.500] 1: /usr/bin/X (0x7f8583fdf000
[ 18.500] 2: /lib/x86_
[ 18.500] 3: /usr/lib/
[ 18.500] 4: /usr/lib/
[ 18.500] 5: /usr/lib/
[ 18.500] 6: /usr/lib/
[ 18.500] 7: /usr/lib/
[ 18.500] 8: /usr/lib/
[ 18.500] 9: /usr/lib/
[ 18.500] 10: /usr/lib/
[ 18.500] 11: /usr/bin/X (AddScreen+0x171) [0x7f858402dbe1]
[ 18.500] 12: /usr/bin/X (InitOutput+0x294) [0x7f858406d9b4]
[ 18.500] 13: /usr/bin/X (0x7f8583fdf000
[ 18.500] 14: /lib/x86_
[ 18.500] 15: /usr/bin/X (0x7f8583fdf000
[ 18.500] Segmentation fault at address 0x23...