Nvidia 304.64 is now stable and "certified": http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux-display-ia32-304.64-driver.html
I'm assigning this bug to the nvidia driver. It's not possible for user- space code like Unity to hand the system. Only something in the kernel like the graphics driver can do that. ** Package changed: unity (Ubuntu) => nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu) -- 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/1063046 Title: The whole system hanged and stop responding. Had to reboot and lost unsaved data Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I had a few applications open, namely: - Google Chrome - a Nautilus window - Gedit - a terminal Suddenly, after clicking on Google Chrome to give it focus, the whole system hanged and I couldn't give focus to any other window, nor close, minimize or move the current focused window (which was Chrome), nor do anything. - CPU consumption wasn't high (I can tell because the fan cooler wasn't running fast) - the Google Chrome maximized window, to which I had just given focus, was on front - I could see and move the mouse cursor, but wherever I clicked or dragged, nothing happened at all - Moving the cursor to the top of the screen would NOT show the window's top buttons nor the application menu - moving the cursor to the left would not show up the Launcher - alt+tab wouldn't switch to another window - Ctrl+Super+D would not show the desktop - left or right-clicking anywhere did nothing I couldn't save the files that I was editing in Gedit, so I lost a huge lot of unsaved work. Additionally, because of bug #1016457, I couldn't even open a virtual terminal and try killing some process or anything. The KEYBOARD DID RESPOND, in some way, meaning that for example: - the Ctrl+Alt+M shortcut that I have associated to the touchpad-indicator program did work and would disable and reenable the touchpad - Ctrl+Alt+F1 did show a black screen (which is what usually happen, because of bug 1016457, instead of showing the virtual terminal) However neither Alt+TAB nor Ctrl+Super+D (show Desktop) worked. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: unity 5.16.0-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-32.51-generic 3.2.30 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-32-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu13 Architecture: i386 CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,vpswitch,mousepoll,compiztoolbox,snap,place,resize,session,regex,grid,wall,move,gnomecompat,imgpng,animation,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,workarounds,scale,expo,ezoom,unityshell] Date: Sun Oct 7 00:46:06 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: unity UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-05-17 (142 days ago) --- ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu14 Architecture: i386 CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,decor,vpswitch,mousepoll,compiztoolbox,snap,commands,place,resize,session,regex,grid,wall,move,gnomecompat,imgpng,animation,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,workarounds,scale,expo,ezoom,unityshell] DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429) NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Package: unity 5.16.0-0ubuntu1 PackageArchitecture: i386 ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-33.52-generic 3.2.31 Tags: precise running-unity Uname: Linux 3.2.0-33-generic i686 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-05-17 (176 days ago) UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout lpadmin netdev plugdev sambashare vboxusers video To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers/+bug/1063046/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
