Thanks for the info. I guess we will have to wait until Nvidia post an updated driver and see what happens then.
On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 4:01 PM, Phil <[email protected]> wrote: > It seems that nvidia noticed there was a bug in their driver. The > website defaults back to 185.18.36 now, so they must have pulled 190.42 > until they get the bug fixed. > > -- > Karmic Frequently Hangs with 100% CPU > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/473722 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in Ubuntu: Incomplete > > Bug description: > During regular usage (no particular program, website, HDD access, etc.), > the desktop hangs for 5-30 seconds. It'll happen while opening programs, > closing programs, navigating the web, navigating local and network drives... > pretty much any time. It'll happen several times within a 5 minute period, > and other times I can go 30+ minutes without it happening. Sometimes the > mouse freezes as well, and sometimes it'll move but it just won't register > any clicks. When function returns, my System Monitor applet in gnome-panel > shows maxed CPU usage during the hang. If I try to monitor processes during > this time with System Monitor or "top", it never shows me what application > is hogging all of the CPU because the window won't update process CPU usage > in realtime. I only see the history of overall CPU usage, but not which > process was using it. > > I found a similar bug at > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/karmic/+source/usplash/+bug/439138 but > I'm not getting maxed Xorg usage specifically and it's not solved my logging > in/out. I'm not sure if this is the same thing or not. If it is, I > apologize for the duplicate. I have noticed that this appeared only > recently. I was using Karmic Beta since 1-2 weeks before the RC came out, > and I never experienced this until just a few days ago. I'm getting similar > behavior on my MythTV server/frontend, so I don't think it has anything to > do with my specific hardware. My initial conspiracy theory about a Windows > 7 dual boot (I installed Karmic 2nd) causing trouble also doesn't work, > seeing as my server has Ubuntu only. > > I apologize for the lack of information, but because I can't track it down > to a particular process, I'm not sure what log files I should post. If > there's something I can do to track which process it's getting hung up on, > please let me know. In the meantime, my system specs are: > > Desktop: > Ubuntu 9.10 - 64-bit > MSI P6N SLI Platinum > Core 2 Duo E6600 @ 2.4 GHz > 6 GB RAM, 2 GB Swap > GeForce GTS 250 w/ nvidia driver 190.42 > > Server: > Ubuntu 9.10 - 64-bit > Asus P5Q SE Plus > Core 2 Duo E8500 @ 3.16 GHz > 4 GB RAM, 2 GB swap > GeForce 8400GS w/ nvidia driver 190.42 > -- Karmic Frequently Hangs with 100% CPU https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/473722 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
