running Mint 14 Cinnamon DE with exact same graphics card as VMC & using Nouveau driver & same AMD Athlon K8 X 2 Dual Core CPU
same problem occurs..screen freezes & computer locks up have to do CTRL-ALT-F1 to get to terminal to reboot.... this doesn't always work...only way to get back up is to do hard power down and then restart also seen using Ubuntu 14.04 have NOT seen this using Ubuntu 12.04...yet -- 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/1242767 Title: computer freeze trying to exit "gnome-control-center" Status in “xserver-xorg-video-nouveau” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: 1) Description: Ubuntu 13.10 Release: 13.10 === 2) gnome-control-center: Installed: 1:3.6.3-0ubuntu44 Candidate: 1:3.6.3-0ubuntu44 Version table: *** 1:3.6.3-0ubuntu44 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 3) I expect to be able to exit System Settings (gnome-control-center), without freezing the computer 4) Clicking on the "X" to exit System Settings, the computer froze. No response whatsoever. A power cycle was needed. This happens using NOUVEAU driver only. If I install NVIDIA driver, then this problem does not occur. Hardware: VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation C61 [GeForce 6150SE nForce 430] (rev a2) AMD Athlon(tm) II X2 250 Processor 4GB ram 650GB hard drive ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.19-generic 3.11.3 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-12-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Mon Oct 21 08:51:15 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-19 (2 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: gnome-control-center UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) usr_lib_gnome-control-center: deja-dup 27.3.1-0ubuntu1 gnome-control-center-datetime 13.10.0+13.10.20131016.2-0ubuntu1 gnome-control-center-signon 0.1.7~+13.10.20130724.1-0ubuntu1 gnome-control-center-unity 1.3+13.10.20131004-0ubuntu1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-nouveau/+bug/1242767/+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
