Now I am able to stabilize the system with the following trick $sudo nvidia-xconfig --registry-dwords="PowerMizerEnable=0x1; PerfLevelSrc=0x2222; PowerMizerDefault=0x3; PowerMizerDefaultAC=0x1"
The /etc/X11/xorg.conf should have a line in Section "Screen" like Option "RegistryDwords" "PowerMizerEnable=0x1; PerfLevelSrc=0x2222; PowerMizerDefault=0x3; PowerMizerDefaultAC=0x1" Explanation: According to http://tutanhamon.com.ua/technovodstvo/NVIDIA-UNIX-driver/, the power setting is configurable. I believe that it is the Adaptive thing that makes X unhappy when it switches performance levels. The reason why it becomes stable when an external display is plugged in is also probably due to switching to max performance and stays at that level. Therefore, I simply disable it when on AC power (using Max performance setting) and on battery (using min performance). -- NVIDIA - Xorg crashes (empty backtrace) with segfault OR "general protection" in ld-2.10.1.so https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/507233 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs