I get pretty much the same errors in the dmesg log, but the X server starts up and runs mostly alright, but after it's been running a while, starts getting wonky, like it won't respond for a long time, then suddenly comes back to life, but hangs intermittently from then on. A reboot is necessary to make it usable again.
I suspect this is nVidia's bug, though I do see a few mentions via Google searches of patches made in the past to the Linux kernel surrounding the ioremap and nVidia's proprietary drivers. I've tried their newer driver, 304.60, and it's the same. NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 304.51 Tue Sep 18 17:16:56 PDT 2012 GCC version: gcc version 4.7.2 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.7.2-2ubuntu1) Model: GeForce 7600 GT IRQ: 24 GPU UUID: N/A Video BIOS: 05.73.22.18.00 Bus Type: PCI-E DMA Size: 39 bits DMA Mask: 0x7fffffffff Bus Location: 0000:01.00.0 -- 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/1039148 Title: When logging in to Unity, the Desktop session crashes Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: When launching either Thunderbird or Firefox, my desktop session crashes. I see the underlying command line stuff for a second, and then lightdm launches and I have to re-log in again. This seems to coincide with my recent issue of not being able to launch Unity or Gnome Shell with nvidia-current drivers installed. The only DE that works for me is Classic Gnome w/o effects. When launching Unity from lightdm, the behavior is the same as mentioned above -- the desktop crashes, and immediately spawns lightdm again. I can repeat this cycle ad-nauseum. --- ApportVersion: 2.4-0ubuntu8 Architecture: amd64 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 EcryptfsInUse: Yes NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Package: unity 6.2.0-0ubuntu2 PackageArchitecture: amd64 ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-11.11-generic 3.5.2 Tags: third-party-packages quantal third-party-packages quantal Uname: Linux 3.5.0-11-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo --- ApportVersion: 2.4-0ubuntu8 Architecture: amd64 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 EcryptfsInUse: Yes NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Package: unity 6.2.0-0ubuntu2 PackageArchitecture: amd64 ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-11.11-generic 3.5.2 Tags: third-party-packages quantal third-party-packages quantal Uname: Linux 3.5.0-11-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers/+bug/1039148/+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
