Hangs like this have been happeneing randomly for me, since the 12.04 release. Again, the hang is mostly screen freezes, except for mouse. Sometimes, it locks the keyboard out, as well. And I have to use Sys-rq to reboot.
Finally decided to report it. :) I have attached the output from that script. Might go and try the nvidia drivers, but support was awful for my card in previous releases. ** Attachment added: "Output from /usr/share/bug/xserver-xorg-core/script 3>&1" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-nouveau/+bug/994306/+attachment/3436432/+files/debug.out -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-nouveau in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/994306 Title: [7025, 7300 GS, 7900 GS] Intermittent GUI hangs in 12.04 Status in Accelerated Xorg driver for nVidia cards: Incomplete Status in “xserver-xorg-video-nouveau” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I have upgraded to 12.04 two days ago and since then, the GUI has hung 4-5 times (a couple times a day basically). I'm running Gnome3 (not Unity) Here is a forum post which describes what happened and what I have done: http://askubuntu.com/questions/130803/12-04-gui-hangs I don't use much, only Eclipse, Chrome and terminal windows. Skype and Pidgeon are running as well. The hangs have happened in the middle of using Eclipse or typing into a terminal window. Prior to the upgrade (I was on 11.10) I had no similar problems. [16010.668949] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: fail post-validate sync [16010.668953] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: validate vram_list [16010.668970] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: validate: -16 [16010.705778] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: error fencing pushbuf: -16 [16659.050796] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Setting dpms mode 3 on vga encoder (output 0) [16897.375174] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Setting dpms mode 0 on vga encoder (output 0) [18430.055424] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: fail pre-validate sync [18430.055429] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: validate vram_list [18430.055450] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: validate: -16 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: xorg 1:7.6+12ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.38-generic 3.2.16 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64 .tmp.unity.support.test.0: ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,mousepoll,vpswitch,regex,animation,snap,expo,move,compiztoolbox,place,grid,imgpng,gnomecompat,wall,ezoom,workarounds,resize,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,scale,session,unityshell] CompositorRunning: None Date: Thu May 3 16:22:18 2012 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: precise DistroVariant: ubuntu ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, whatever it takes to get this fixed in Ubuntu GraphicsCard: NVIDIA Corporation G71 [GeForce 7300 GS] [10de:01df] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Device [196e:034e] InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007) MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-24-generic root=UUID=f7005cee-4159-4061-aed9-488ac44f8679 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xorg UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 01/22/2007 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 1004 dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.board.name: P5B-Deluxe dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC. dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr1004:bd01/22/2007:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnP5B-Deluxe:rvrRev1.xx:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion: dmi.product.name: System Product Name dmi.product.version: System Version dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.7.8-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu35 version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.32-1ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 8.0.2-0ubuntu3 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 8.0.2-0ubuntu3 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.11.4-0ubuntu10.1 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.0-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99~git20111219.aacbd629-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.17.0-1ubuntu4 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20111201+b5534a1-1build2 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nouveau/+bug/994306/+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

