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Nvidia driver garbles screen and lets the computer freeze completely

Bug #1132121 reported by Michael Mess on 2013-02-23

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #986831: 10de:01df [Asus P5K] system freezes for some seconds: Attempted to yield the CPU while in atomic or interrupt context. Edit Remove

This bug affects 8 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

I am using the Nvidia driver version 295.40.

Using the window switcher, the switcher is always displayed garbled.

Using the window switcher multiple times led to a total freeze.
The computer didn't even respond to ping again.

After resetting and rebooting the computer, the dmesg log shows again the following messages:

[ 682.234444] NVRM: Xid (0000:01:00): 13, 0002 beef3097 00004497 00001a04 000ba528 00000002
[ 682.396275] NVRM: Xid (0000:01:00): 13, 0002 beef3097 00004497 00001a04 000ba528 00000002
[ 682.446063] NVRM: Xid (0000:01:00): 13, 0002 beef3097 00004497 00001a04 000ba528 00000002
[ 682.547012] NVRM: Xid (0000:01:00): 13, 0002 beef3097 00004497 00001a04 000ba528 00000002
[ 682.620474] NVRM: Xid (0000:01:00): 13, 0000 e0016100 0000008a 00000104 00008041 00000002
[ 682.622782] NVRM: Xid (0000:01:00): 9, Channel 00000020 Instance 00000000 Intr 00100000
[ 682.647355] NVRM: Xid (0000:01:00): 9, Channel 00000002 Instance 00000000 Intr 00100000
[ 682.747740] NVRM: Xid (0000:01:00): 13, 0002 beef3097 00004497 00001a04 000ba528 00000002
[ 684.747701] NVRM: os_schedule: Attempted to yield the CPU while in atomic or interrupt context
[ 856.795061] NVRM: os_pci_init_handle: invalid context!
[ 856.795066] NVRM: os_pci_init_handle: invalid context!
[ 856.795075] NVRM: os_map_kernel_space: can't map 0xd0000000, invalid context!
[ 856.795079] NVRM: os_pci_init_handle: invalid context!

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: nvidia-current 295.40-0ubuntu1.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-38.61-generic-pae 3.2.37
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-38-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 295.40 Thu Apr 5 21:28:09 PDT 2012
GCC version: gcc version 4.6.3 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu5)
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,decor,snap,compiztoolbox,resize,place,grid,vpswitch,imgpng,gnomecompat,mousepoll,move,regex,session,wall,animation,fade,scale,workarounds,expo,ezoom,switcher]
CompositorRunning: compiz
Date: Sat Feb 23 14:47:43 2013
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: precise
DistroVariant: ubuntu
GraphicsCard:
NVIDIA Corporation G71 [GeForce 7300 GS] [10de:01df] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device [1458:342a]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423)
MachineType: System manufacturer P5K
MarkForUpload: True
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-38-generic-pae root=UUID=66db0a4d-a8a9-40f4-b1fd-222710b3195e ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 10/14/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 1201
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: P5K
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr1201:bd10/14/2008:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnP5K:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnP5K:rvrRev1.xx:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: P5K
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.7.12-0ubuntu1
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.39-0ubuntu0.1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 8.0.4-0ubuntu0.3
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 8.0.4-0ubuntu0.3
version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.11.4-0ubuntu10.11
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.0-0ubuntu1.2
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99~git20111219.aacbd629-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.17.0-1ubuntu4.3
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20111201+b5534a1-1build2

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Michael Mess (michael-michaelmess) wrote on 2013-02-23:

.proc.driver.nvidia.params.txt Edit (455 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
BootDmesg.txt Edit (66.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
BootLog.gz Edit (848 bytes, application/x-gzip)
CurrentDmesg.txt Edit (9.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (3.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DkmsStatus.txt Edit (503 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgLog.txt Edit (272.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GconfCompiz.txt Edit (37.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
JockeyStatus.txt Edit (634 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
LightdmLog.txt Edit (3.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (19.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb.txt Edit (886 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
MonitorsUser.xml.txt Edit (514 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
NvidiaBugReportLog.txt Edit (656 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfo.txt Edit (3.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcEnviron.txt Edit (291 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcInterrupts.txt Edit (2.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcModules.txt Edit (8.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevDb.txt Edit (137.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevLog.txt Edit (307.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UnitySupportTest.txt Edit (589 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgConf.txt Edit (1.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLog.txt Edit (36.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLogOld.txt Edit (36.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Xrandr.txt Edit (7.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
nvidia-bug-report.log.gz Edit (68.9 KiB, application/x-gzip)
nvidia-settings.txt Edit (154.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xdpyinfo.txt Edit (30.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Michael Mess (michael-michaelmess) on 2013-02-23

summary:	- Nvidia driver garbles screen and lets the computer crash + Nvidia driver garbles screen and lets the computer freeze completely
description:	updated

Michael Mess (michael-michaelmess) on 2013-02-23

description:

updated

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2013-02-24:

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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Walter Ribeiro (wribeirojr) wrote on 2013-03-16:

Ubuntu 13.04, fresh install
HP Pavilion dv6000, AMD Turion64x2
Graphics GeForce 7150M / nForce 630M/integrated/SSE2/3DNOW!
Driver nvidia-304-updates

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MvW (2nv2u) wrote on 2013-06-06:

Experience a similar issue as well, using a Quadro FX 3800M with driver 304.*, 310.* and 313.* in 12.10 and 13.04.
(Dell Precision M6500 with a core i7)

Very frequent random lockup's which crashes both unity and gnome-shell, switching between tty1 and tty7 sometimes resolves this issue, but complete lockup's occur as well, ruining everything you've been working on.
It seems to be happening more when the GPU is under load.

Example of lockup which happened watching a flash based video in gnome-shell, it resolved itself by waiting for a couple of minutes, switching to tty1 didn't work this time. The machine was completely unresponsive to input, but the sound of the video continued just fine, it did however manage to show a moving mouse cursor at times before locking up completely again.
The screen was showing a frozen image of the desktop at the beginning of the issue, but changed to the start image of gnome-shell (the noise based background) after a while.

Jun 6 14:27:10 Machine kernel: [ 3290.175999] NVRM: GPU at 0000:01:00: GPU-9e2ddf6e-47c2-4331-d30f-b7adedcd90fc
Jun 6 14:27:10 Machine kernel: [ 3290.176007] NVRM: Xid (0000:01:00): 13, 0003 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000001
Jun 6 14:28:22 Machine kernel: [ 3362.260127] NVRM: Xid (0000:01:00): 13, 0003 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000001

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MvW (2nv2u) wrote on 2013-06-06:

And again:

Jun 6 17:02:21 Machine kernel: [12596.816317] NVRM: Xid (0000:01:00): 8, Channel 00000005
Jun 6 17:02:23 Machine kernel: [12598.815160] NVRM: os_schedule: Attempted to yield the CPU while in atomic or interrupt context

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MvW (2nv2u) wrote on 2013-08-19:

Tried 325.08 and 325.15 still the same issue. Anyone?

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MvW (2nv2u) wrote on 2014-01-21:

For those wondering, Christopher (penalvch) had me create another report for this issue.
Running quite well with kernel 3.2 for a week now and have switched to 3.4 2 days ago, still without any issues.
Perhaps all effecting should mark my bug happening to you as well, we should turn up the heat!

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1258231