8.1 kernel panic after installing restricted nvidia drivers 177

[jakerie]

This problem seems to only happen in 8.1, as I didn't experience the problem in 7.1 or 8.0.4

I am running a Dell Inspiron 1720, with 256MB NVIDIA GeForce Go 8600

When I enable the restricted nvidia drivers, both 173 and 177, desktop effects and resolutions work fine. I am experiencing kernel panics though, they are happening randomly. They do seem to happen more when ElectricSheep is running or when playing a movie file in Totem. The caps and scroll lock flash indicating the kernel panic.

It seems like there are other people having this same error, but I haven't been able to pinpoint a fix for this. I would attach my xorg.conf and log files, but I have since reinstalled Ubuntu and have not enabled the restricted drivers again. Haven't experienced any kernel panics without the drivers loaded.

Any thoughts or suggestions?
I will attach the Xorg.log file just for grins
Thanks
Jake

[Remco (remco47)]

I also have kernel panics with both drivers. They might be happening more when playing GPU-accelerated video. I see no "Oops" or "Aiee" in any logs, so I don't think it's logged. And nothing is written to the screen either.

I have a GeForce 8800M GTX.

[Remco (remco47)]

No, my kernel panics seem to be due to https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-backports-modules-2.6.27/+bug/276990

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

[This is an automated message]

Hi jake-thewolters,

Please attach the output of `lspci -vvnn` too.

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

[This is an automated message]

In Jaunty (9.04), we are dropping the nvidia-graphics-drivers-177 package, which
is now superseded by then nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 package.

  http://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-180

To transition your bug into the new package, we need your help. Please do the following:

 a. Verify the bug occurs in Jaunty with the -180 driver
     (ISOs: http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/jaunty/)
 b. If you haven't already, please include in the bug:
     * Your /var/log/Xorg.0.log
     * Your /etc/X11/xorg.conf
     * The output of `lspci -vvnn`
     * Steps to reproduce the issue
 c. Under Affects, click the down arrow to the left of 'nvidia-graphics-drivers-177'
 d. Edit the Package to change 'nvidia-graphics-drivers-177' to 'nvidia-graphics-drivers-180'
 e. Click Save Changes

Thank you!

[We'll expire the remaining -177 bugs in a month or so.]

[Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)]

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!