System locks up when using using "visual effects" set to normal.

[Richard Reid]

Binary package hint: compiz

Old Celeron/G945 system ran jaunty fine. Load karmic from liveCD. After reboot, system becomes flaky (freezes). Notice this happens mostly while opening dropdown menus from the top panel. Change Appearance preferences, Visual Effects to none and problems go away.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,move,resize,place,decoration,animation,ccp,dbus,mousepoll,gnomecompat,png,svg,imgjpeg,text,commands,neg,video,wall,snap,scale,scaleaddon,expo,staticswitcher,regex,resizeinfo,workarounds,ezoom,vpswitch,extrawm,fade,session]
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
MachineType: To Be Filled By O.E.M. To Be Filled By O.E.M.
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: compiz 1:0.8.2-0ubuntu8.1
PackageArchitecture: all
PciDisplay: 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2772] (rev 02)
ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=abe4c6e5-c79b-40ab-9a96-4b44edb6f26f ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.28-16.55-generic
RelatedPackageVersions:
 xserver-xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu7
 libgl1-mesa-glx 7.6.0-1ubuntu4
 libdrm2 2.4.14-1ubuntu1
 xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.9.0-1ubuntu2
 xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.12.99+git20090929.7968e1fb-0ubuntu1
SourcePackage: compiz
XorgConf: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/etc/X11/xorg.conf'
dmi.bios.date: 04/26/2007
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 080012
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: 945GCT-M
dmi.board.vendor: ECS
dmi.board.version: ECS
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: ECS
dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr080012:bd04/26/2007:svnECS:pn945GCT-M:pvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:rvnECS:rn945GCT-M:rvrECS:cvnECS:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
dmi.product.name: 945GCT-M
dmi.product.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.sys.vendor: ECS
system: distro = Ubuntu, architecture = x86_64, kernel = 2.6.31-14-generic

[WeatherGod (ben-v-root)]

Richard, thank you for reporting this issue. If I am reading your system information correctly, I believe you are using a NVidia card and driver. Have you tried to use the nouveau drivers instead? Also, there is a newer nvidia driver available (version 190), but try the nouveau drivers first.

Let us know how if any of this helps you out.

[Richard Reid (richardr98)]

I guess my reference to a G945 wasn't clear. The system I was reporting about used an Intel G945 motherboard chip set with an Intel IGP and the Intel xorg driver. This system is no longer available for testing since it has been used to build a NAS based on FreeNAS.

[WeatherGod (ben-v-root)]

I guess I got confused by the "nvidia" value for the nonfree modules entry in your description.

Well, because the machine is no longer available for testing, and there really isn't enough information to work off of, I am going to have to set this bug report to "Invalid". Please, do feel free to report issues in the future, and thank you for helping to make Ubuntu better!