[Desktop-packages] [Bug 940564] Re: [8400m] nvidia-graphics-drivers (295.33-0ubuntu1), is causing failed restarts. shutdowns only a blackscreen on tty's other than tty7
Subscribing NVIDIA to the bug report -- 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/940564 Title: [8400m] nvidia-graphics-drivers (295.33-0ubuntu1), is causing failed restarts. shutdowns only a blackscreen on tty's other than tty7 Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: It's possible that this is an extreme corner case, (my hardware), 8400m chipsets in general or a bit more widespread. So i'm opening this report in case it's one of the latter 2 It occurs like this: After the install or upgrading to the .20 drivers shutdowns/restarts works as expected. This lasts for at least 3 normal uses of either, by normal I mean boot up, use the session a bit, then do a shutdown or restart. Somewhere between the 4 - 8 attepmt either a shutdown or restart fails to complete properly. Once this occurs it then continues for all subsequent attempts, there may be an occasional exception to that, if needed I can relay, in any event the respite is only temporary, basically a reset of the above What happens is this - My normal shut down or restart takes about 2.5 sec's, after clicking either the restart or shutdown button there is a screen flash, then a plymouth splash for 2 sec's, then the machine either shuts down or restarts as normal. When it fails - as soon as the button is clicked the display is immediately shut off, there is harddrive activity for about 2 sec's, then nothing else. The machine remains powered on, the harddrive stays spinning, all else is like it was shutdown. Recovery is only possible holding the power button down for 10 sec's to affect a forced power off Have tested completly here with multiple installs, both from A2 upgraded any number of installs from the dailies, same exact thing. Meanwhile this never occurs with the .10 driver, which baring this just 'going away' will be the one I'll use, now come release [dmesg] [ 1400.375732] show_signal_msg: 36 callbacks suppressed [ 1400.375737] synaptic[3430]: segfault at 782d636c ip 08096e77 sp bfb12b7c error 4 in synaptic[8048000+b4000] ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: nvidia-current 295.20-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-17.26-generic-pae 3.2.6 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-17-generic-pae i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia .proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0' .proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: .proc.driver.nvidia.version: NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86 Kernel Module 295.20 Mon Feb 6 20:25:38 PST 2012 GCC version: gcc version 4.6.2 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.2-14ubuntu2) .tmp.unity.support.test.0: ApportVersion: 1.93-0ubuntu2 Architecture: i386 CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,snap,gnomecompat,regex,resize,place,mousepoll,animation,move,vpswitch,expo,wall,ezoom,session,fade,scale,unityshell] CompositorRunning: compiz Date: Fri Feb 24 14:05:34 2012 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: precise DistroVariant: ubuntu DkmsStatus: nvidia-current, 295.20, 3.2.0-17-generic-pae, i686: installed GraphicsCard: NVIDIA Corporation G86 [GeForce 8400M GS] [10de:0427] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0209] InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin - Alpha i386 (20120220) JockeyStatus: xorg:nvidia_current - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (Proprietary, Enabled, In use) xorg:nvidia_current_updates - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (post-release updates) (Proprietary, Disabled, Not in use) MachineType: Dell Inc. XPS M1330 ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-17-generic-pae root=UUID=0f691c02-28fb-4367-ac9c-6a4c52fb79c2 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) XorgConf: Section Device Identifier NVIDIA GeForce Driver nvidia Option RegistryDwords PowerMizerEnable=0x1; PerfLevelSrc=0x3322; PowerMizerDefaultAC=0x1 EndSection dmi.bios.date: 12/26/2008 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A15 dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.chassis.type: 8 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA15:bd12/26/2008:svnDellInc.:pnXPSM1330:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr: dmi.product.name: XPS M1330 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.7.0~bzr2995-0ubuntu5 version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.30-1ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 8.0.1-0ubuntu2 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 8.0.1-0ubuntu2 version.nvidia-graphics-drivers:
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 940564] Re: [8400m] nvidia-graphics-drivers (295.33-0ubuntu1), is causing failed restarts. shutdowns only a blackscreen on tty's other than tty7
I just came across this report, and while I'm not having problems with black screens or failed shut-downs so much, I have a similar set-up to the original reporter: Nvidia 8400M GT, Core 2 Duo, and I've been having problems with the GPU failing to activate (see Bug #1009312). It seems to be happening at the actual kernel level very early in booting, not the nvidia drivers. I'm seeing a lot of similarities in the patterns here though: problem seems to happen in cycles over multiple shutdowns, much better luck with the 64bit version of Ubuntu and the kernel (comment #6 above), having to revert to the VGA drivers (comment #12), some relation to power management. I don't think my report is an exact duplicate of this (and I think all kernel reports are supposed to be treated separately), but I would be interested if anyone here is seeing something similar to what I am. If anyone is, that could really help us narrow down what's going on. And again, if you have a 64bit processor, you really might want to try moving to the 64bit build of Ubuntu; when I was on the PAE kernel, GPU problems were the norm, but since switching to the 64bit version, I've only had one bad session over at least 10 reboots. -- 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/940564 Title: [8400m] nvidia-graphics-drivers (295.33-0ubuntu1), is causing failed restarts. shutdowns only a blackscreen on tty's other than tty7 Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: It's possible that this is an extreme corner case, (my hardware), 8400m chipsets in general or a bit more widespread. So i'm opening this report in case it's one of the latter 2 It occurs like this: After the install or upgrading to the .20 drivers shutdowns/restarts works as expected. This lasts for at least 3 normal uses of either, by normal I mean boot up, use the session a bit, then do a shutdown or restart. Somewhere between the 4 - 8 attepmt either a shutdown or restart fails to complete properly. Once this occurs it then continues for all subsequent attempts, there may be an occasional exception to that, if needed I can relay, in any event the respite is only temporary, basically a reset of the above What happens is this - My normal shut down or restart takes about 2.5 sec's, after clicking either the restart or shutdown button there is a screen flash, then a plymouth splash for 2 sec's, then the machine either shuts down or restarts as normal. When it fails - as soon as the button is clicked the display is immediately shut off, there is harddrive activity for about 2 sec's, then nothing else. The machine remains powered on, the harddrive stays spinning, all else is like it was shutdown. Recovery is only possible holding the power button down for 10 sec's to affect a forced power off Have tested completly here with multiple installs, both from A2 upgraded any number of installs from the dailies, same exact thing. Meanwhile this never occurs with the .10 driver, which baring this just 'going away' will be the one I'll use, now come release [dmesg] [ 1400.375732] show_signal_msg: 36 callbacks suppressed [ 1400.375737] synaptic[3430]: segfault at 782d636c ip 08096e77 sp bfb12b7c error 4 in synaptic[8048000+b4000] ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: nvidia-current 295.20-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-17.26-generic-pae 3.2.6 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-17-generic-pae i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia .proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0' .proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: .proc.driver.nvidia.version: NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86 Kernel Module 295.20 Mon Feb 6 20:25:38 PST 2012 GCC version: gcc version 4.6.2 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.2-14ubuntu2) .tmp.unity.support.test.0: ApportVersion: 1.93-0ubuntu2 Architecture: i386 CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,snap,gnomecompat,regex,resize,place,mousepoll,animation,move,vpswitch,expo,wall,ezoom,session,fade,scale,unityshell] CompositorRunning: compiz Date: Fri Feb 24 14:05:34 2012 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: precise DistroVariant: ubuntu DkmsStatus: nvidia-current, 295.20, 3.2.0-17-generic-pae, i686: installed GraphicsCard: NVIDIA Corporation G86 [GeForce 8400M GS] [10de:0427] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0209] InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin - Alpha i386 (20120220) JockeyStatus: xorg:nvidia_current - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (Proprietary, Enabled, In use) xorg:nvidia_current_updates - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (post-release updates) (Proprietary, Disabled, Not in use) MachineType: Dell Inc. XPS M1330 ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm
