Unity crashes when launched from a tty on NVidia hardware
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Unity |
Fix Released
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Medium
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unity (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Unity crashes in the closed nvidia driver if you try to run unity from a tty.
To reproduce:
1) On hardware w/ NVidia graphics + the closed NVidia driver, switch to a tty
2) Run 'unity --advanced-debug' and follow the example here: https:/
3) Unity crashes
This is reproducible on my system (Macbook Pro 3,1 NVidia GeForce 8600M GT, nvidia-current 280.13-0ubuntu5
See the attached unity.log for a backtrace
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: unity 4.22.0-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,
Date: Fri Oct 7 16:09:01 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Beta amd64 (20100901.1)
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-09-02 (35 days ago)
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.proc.driver.
.proc.driver.
.proc.driver.
NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 280.13 Wed Jul 27 16:53:56 PDT 2011
GCC version: gcc version 4.6.1 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.1-9ubuntu3)
.tmp.unity.
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,
CompositorRunning: compiz
DistUpgraded: Log time: 2011-09-02 09:45:42.465764
DistroCodename: oneiric
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
nvidia-current, 280.13, 3.0.0-12-generic, x86_64: installed
virtualbox, 4.1.2, 3.0.0-10-generic, x86_64: installed
virtualbox, 4.1.2, 3.0.0-11-generic, x86_64: installed
virtualbox, 4.1.2, 3.0.0-12-generic, x86_64: installed
GraphicsCard:
nVidia Corporation G84 [GeForce 8600M GT] [10de:0407] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Apple Computer Inc. Device [106b:00a0]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Beta amd64 (20100901.1)
JockeyStatus:
xorg:nvidia_173 - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (Proprietary, Disabled, Not in use)
xorg:nvidia_
xorg:nvidia_
xorg:nvidia_
MachineType: Apple Inc. MacBookPro3,1
NonfreeKernelMo
Package: unity 4.22.0-0ubuntu3
PackageArchitec
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=
ProcVersionSign
Tags: oneiric running-unity oneiric running-unity oneiric running-unity ubuntu compiz-0.9
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-09-02 (35 days ago)
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
XorgConf:
Section "Device"
Identifier "Default Device"
Option "NoLogo" "True"
EndSection
dmi.bios.date: 03/05/08
dmi.bios.vendor: Apple Inc.
dmi.bios.version: MBP31.88Z.
dmi.board.
dmi.board.name: Mac-F4238BC8
dmi.board.vendor: Apple Inc.
dmi.board.version: PVT
dmi.chassis.
dmi.chassis.type: 2
dmi.chassis.vendor: Apple Inc.
dmi.chassis.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAppleInc
dmi.product.name: MacBookPro3,1
dmi.product.
dmi.sys.vendor: Apple Inc.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.6+
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.26-1ubuntu1
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Changed in unity: | |
status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
Changed in unity (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
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