Giordano Battilana, as per http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/19/Product/latitude-e6520 an update is available for your BIOS (A18). If you update to this following https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BiosUpdate , does it change anything? If it doesn't, could you please both specify what happened, and just provide the output of the following terminal command: sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date
Please note your current BIOS is already in the Bug Description, so posting this on the old BIOS would not be helpful. For more on BIOS updates and linux, please see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#Bug_reporting_etiquette . Thank you for your understanding. ** Summary changed: - System freezes when using nouveau driver with Nvidia NVS 4200M + 10de:1056 [Dell Latitude E6520] System freezes when using nouveau driver with Nvidia NVS 4200M ** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 553789 10de:0a3c [MASTER] [GT21x] X freeze/crash with nouveau driver ** Description changed: - I enabled the Nouveau driver in my Ubuntu 13.10 and started using my - laptop. + I enabled the Nouveau driver in my Ubuntu 13.10 and started using my laptop. After I used it for few minutes (3-4 minutes) the system froze. Only the mouse was working. + After about 1 minute the mouse cursor stopped responding as well, leaving me with a 100% frozen laptop. I couldn't even switch to a console (Alt + F1) and reboot gracefully. I had to do an hard reboot. The problem arises every time I start my pc, I can only use it for few minutes. The mouse cursor is always the last to freeze. - After I used it for few minutes (3-4 minutes) the system froze. Only the mouse was working. - After about 1 minute the mouse cursor stopped responding as well, leaving me with a 100% frozen laptop. - - I couldn't even switch to a console (Alt + F1) and reboot gracefully. I had to do an hard reboot. - The problem arises every time I start my pc, I can only use it for few minutes. The mouse cursor is always the last to freeze. - The only way to use my laptop is to enable the Nvidia proprietary drivers. + WORKAROUND: Enable the Nvidia proprietary drivers. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.9-2ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.19-generic 3.11.3 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-12-generic x86_64 .tmp.unity.support.test.0: - + ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: compiz CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0' CompositorUnredirectFSW: true CurrentDmesg: Error: command ['sh', '-c', 'dmesg | comm -13 --nocheck-order /var/log/dmesg -'] failed with exit code 1: comm: /var/log/dmesg: Permission denied Date: Fri Oct 18 15:24:52 2013 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: saucy DistroVariant: ubuntu EcryptfsInUse: Yes ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, including running git bisection searches GraphicsCard: - NVIDIA Corporation GF119M [NVS 4200M] [10de:1056] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) - Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0494] + NVIDIA Corporation GF119M [NVS 4200M] [10de:1056] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) + Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0494] MachineType: Dell Inc. Latitude E6520 MarkForUpload: True ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.11.0-12-generic root=UUID=10f4484c-5111-4b16-b2c8-56adb9691331 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 08/15/2012 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A15 dmi.board.name: 0J4TFW dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: A01 dmi.chassis.type: 9 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA15:bd08/15/2012:svnDellInc.:pnLatitudeE6520:pvr01:rvnDellInc.:rn0J4TFW:rvrA01:cvnDellInc.:ct9:cvr: dmi.product.name: Latitude E6520 dmi.product.version: 01 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.10+13.10.20131011-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.46-1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 9.2.1-1ubuntu3 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 9.2.1-1ubuntu3 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.14.3-3ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.3-0ubuntu3.1 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.2.0-0ubuntu10 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.904-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.9-2ubuntu1 ** Tags added: bios-outdated-a18 ** Attachment removed: "IMG_20131111_195824.jpg" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-nouveau/+bug/1241595/+attachment/3910720/+files/IMG_20131111_195824.jpg ** Attachment removed: "IMG_20131108_104015.jpg" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-nouveau/+bug/1241595/+attachment/3910721/+files/IMG_20131108_104015.jpg ** Attachment removed: "IMG_20131108_104006.jpg" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-nouveau/+bug/1241595/+attachment/3910722/+files/IMG_20131108_104006.jpg ** Attachment removed: "IMG_20131108_103952.jpg" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-nouveau/+bug/1241595/+attachment/3910724/+files/IMG_20131108_103952.jpg ** Attachment removed: "IMG_20131108_103944.jpg" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-nouveau/+bug/1241595/+attachment/3910723/+files/IMG_20131108_103944.jpg ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1241595 Title: 10de:1056 [Dell Latitude E6520] System freezes when using nouveau driver with Nvidia NVS 4200M To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-nouveau/+bug/1241595/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
