[nvidia-new, hardy] certain websites in firefox causes X restart due to lack of wfb symlink
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
firefox (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
Hardy |
Invalid
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24 (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Critical
|
Unassigned | ||
Hardy |
Fix Released
|
Critical
|
Timo Aaltonen | ||
linux-restricted-modules-envy-2.6.24 (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Undecided
|
Alberto Milone | ||
Hardy |
Fix Released
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
xorg (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
Hardy |
Invalid
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: xorg
If you go to http://
[Update]
Nvidia reports (http://
Re: This web page crashex 169.12 and 173.08 but not 169.04
It should be using the one from the server. That looks like a bug in the package.
The .run installer will always create a symlink from libnvidia-wfb.so.1 to libnvidia-
[Testcase]
To reproduce the bug, gedit killer.html and paste the following line:
<div style="border: 1px solid #000; border-left: none; height: 200000px;"></div>
Save, close, and open with Firefox. WARNING: This will probably crash X for users with proprietary Nvidia drivers and 8xxx series cards (at least it crashes for me).
[Workaround]
sudo ln -sf /usr/lib/
Or alternately,
To temporarily fix the problem (if you're running nvidia-glx-new) download the updated libwfb and then copy it over to your /usr/lib/
$ wget http://
$ mv libnvidia-
$ sudo chown root /usr/lib/
$ sudo ln -sf /usr/lib/
Restart xorg and everything should function normally. Enjoy!
To restore back to the original, drop back to the X terminal (ctrl+alt+f1) and then link back the original library.
$ sudo ln -sf /usr/lib/
instead of libnvidia-
And your X should function as normal without having to reinstall the nvidia drivers.
[Thanks go to Nick B, tam and Silviu Julean for their investigation/
Changed in xorg: | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
status: | New → Confirmed |
description: | updated |
Changed in linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24: | |
status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
Changed in linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24: | |
importance: | Medium → Critical |
description: | updated |
Changed in linux-restricted-modules-envy-2.6.24: | |
assignee: | nobody → albertomilone |
status: | New → In Progress |
Changed in firefox: | |
status: | New → Invalid |
status: | New → Invalid |
I can confirm this bug on my 64-bit Hardy box, while the page loads fine on my 32-bit laptop.