Activity log for bug #1037610

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2012-08-16 14:52:34 GVLePage bug added bug
2012-08-16 14:57:05 GVLePage description Summary: I have used Ubuntu for many years, mostly as a server os. I also use it on a netbook. I recently installed Ubuntu on my desktop and well I am having a miserable experience. So to start. It does not matter what nvidia driver I use, the system is unstable. Sometimes it will crash after 5 minutes and sometimes after half a day, but it always crashes. Typically it goes to a black screen and does not recover. However, I can still ssh from a remote machine into the box. I have tried the nvidia-current driver/package from all repositories including the bleeding edge repository. I have tried the most up to date driver from the nvidia website, via manual install 304.37. All to no avail. This seems to occur, randomly no matter what I am doing. It has crashed while using firefox, minecraft, vlc, and sometimes sitting idle. Opinion/rant: Now I have to admit I am sick of this, it is a WELL documented issue, I am sure you know about it from all the other bug reports. Now Linus had a little fit ranting against nvidia and to be honest they both need to get it together. The thing is, is there anything ubuntu can do to help? A TON of ppl are having similar issues. Is there a fix? So basically this issue makes ubuntu completely unusable as a desktop environment at the current time. I just built this machine, was phenomenal under Windows 7. However, I have been slowly migrating my machines to linux, Ubuntu. What pisses me off here is that I dumped the windows install and installed it in a virtual machine, which required a call to microsoft to reactivate the key. So if I decided to put windows back on this box I am sure another call will be necessary. Question: Should I just switch to an ATI video card? if so any suggestions? I like the HD 7xxx series, how is the 3d acceleratio support? Should I revert to an earlier version of ubuntu? The last version I used (and still have on a few machines) is 10.04 LTS. Also, where exactly does the issue lie here? In the kernel, in the nvidia driver, xserver, etc? When will there be a fix, from other bug reports and searches on the web, this has been an issue for a LONG time. I am thinking about just digging in and making this machine a gentoo box (having done gentoo on machines a few years ago) Is this problem occuring with gentoo? I see that it occurs with arch linux. Info: This is NOT an upgrade from one version to 12.04. This problem occurs whether I use unity or gnome. I have tried multiple times from a fresh install, with always the same outcome. Sane response: Thanks for you help in advance. (dmesg) This occurs no matter what driver I use. [ 16.712884] Pid: 1368, comm: Xorg Tainted: P C O 3.2.0-23-generic #36-Ubuntu [ 16.712885] Call Trace: [ 16.712890] [<ffffffff8106712f>] warn_slowpath_common+0x7f/0xc0 [ 16.712892] [<ffffffff8106718a>] warn_slowpath_null+0x1a/0x20 [ 16.712893] [<ffffffff81040f92>] __ioremap_caller+0x312/0x390 [ 16.712944] [<ffffffffa06b4d45>] ? os_map_kernel_space+0x85/0xf0 [nvidia] [ 16.712946] [<ffffffff81041044>] ioremap_cache+0x14/0x20 [ 16.712983] [<ffffffffa06b4d45>] os_map_kernel_space+0x85/0xf0 [nvidia] [ 16.713023] [<ffffffffa0680918>] _nv014877rm+0x76/0x92 [nvidia] [ 16.713056] [<ffffffffa00afa1e>] ? _nv009673rm+0x89/0x142 [nvidia] [ 16.713089] [<ffffffffa00afb8f>] ? _nv014448rm+0xb8/0x102 [nvidia] [ 16.713122] [<ffffffffa00b0042>] ? _nv014486rm+0x58/0x9e [nvidia] [ 16.713155] [<ffffffffa00abaa8>] ? _nv014458rm+0xbe/0x2f0 [nvidia] [ 16.713187] [<ffffffffa00abd85>] ? _nv014491rm+0xab/0x174 [nvidia] [ 16.713219] [<ffffffffa00abe9e>] ? _nv014457rm+0x50/0x5d [nvidia] [ 16.713252] [<ffffffffa00b2072>] ? _nv014432rm+0x82d/0x96b [nvidia] [ 16.713292] [<ffffffffa06907ef>] ? _nv012658rm+0x174/0x573 [nvidia] [ 16.713330] [<ffffffffa069076d>] ? _nv012658rm+0xf2/0x573 [nvidia] [ 16.713373] [<ffffffffa00fc261>] ? _nv004021rm+0x1bb/0x19e9 [nvidia] [ 16.713456] [<ffffffffa0453ef9>] ? _nv004046rm+0x8690/0xae8b [nvidia] [ 16.713537] [<ffffffffa04528bb>] ? _nv004046rm+0x7052/0xae8b [nvidia] [ 16.713567] [<ffffffffa0084d0c>] ? _nv009980rm+0x25/0x40 [nvidia] [ 16.713606] [<ffffffffa0690501>] ? _nv014932rm+0x7c9/0x943 [nvidia] [ 16.713645] [<ffffffffa06914af>] ? _nv001095rm+0x42a/0x6b4 [nvidia] [ 16.713683] [<ffffffffa0689ef4>] ? rm_init_adapter+0xac/0x146 [nvidia] [ 16.713721] [<ffffffffa06a9efc>] ? nv_kern_open+0x46c/0x820 [nvidia] [ 16.713723] [<ffffffff8117b740>] ? mount_fs+0x1b0/0x1b0 [ 16.713726] [<ffffffff8117c18a>] ? chrdev_open+0xda/0x230 [ 16.713729] [<ffffffff81175920>] ? __dentry_open+0x290/0x360 [ 16.713730] [<ffffffff8117c0b0>] ? cdev_put+0x30/0x30 [ 16.713733] [<ffffffff8129c82c>] ? security_inode_permission+0x1c/0x30 [ 16.713735] [<ffffffff8118356a>] ? inode_permission+0x4a/0x110 [ 16.713736] [<ffffffff81175f9d>] ? vfs_open+0x3d/0x40 [ 16.713738] [<ffffffff81176e70>] ? nameidata_to_filp+0x40/0x50 [ 16.713740] [<ffffffff81185da8>] ? do_last+0x3f8/0x730 [ 16.713741] [<ffffffff81187481>] ? path_openat+0xd1/0x3f0 [ 16.713744] [<ffffffff8165c46e>] ? _raw_spin_lock+0xe/0x20 [ 16.713747] [<ffffffff8112f020>] ? shmem_xattr_get.isra.24+0x80/0xd0 [ 16.713749] [<ffffffff811878c2>] ? do_filp_open+0x42/0xa0 [ 16.713752] [<ffffffff81318ce1>] ? strncpy_from_user+0x31/0x40 [ 16.713753] [<ffffffff81182c0a>] ? do_getname+0x10a/0x180 [ 16.713755] [<ffffffff8165c46e>] ? _raw_spin_lock+0xe/0x20 [ 16.713757] [<ffffffff81194b67>] ? alloc_fd+0xf7/0x150 [ 16.713759] [<ffffffff81176f6d>] ? do_sys_open+0xed/0x220 [ 16.713761] [<ffffffff8119724f>] ? mntput+0x1f/0x30 [ 16.713762] [<ffffffff811770c0>] ? sys_open+0x20/0x30 [ 16.713764] [<ffffffff81664a82>] ? system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b [ 16.713765] ---[ end trace 6d72101b76c066ad ]--- [ 17.321037] NVRM: GPU at 0000:01:00: GPU-a34ac110-aa69-9146-29ae-2c9796ca25d7 [ 17.321042] NVRM: Your system is not currently configured to drive a VGA console [ 17.321044] NVRM: on the primary VGA device. The NVIDIA Linux graphics driver [ 17.321046] NVRM: requires the use of a text-mode VGA console. Use of other console [ 17.321047] NVRM: drivers including, but not limited to, vesafb, may result in [ 17.321049] NVRM: corruption and stability problems, and is not supported. (GRUB) I have tried various combinations of these kernel options GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="nopat video=vesa:off vga=normal" (XORG xorg.conf) I have tried other more complex variations, all to no avail. # nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig # nvidia-xconfig: version 304.37 (buildmeister@swio-display-x86-rhel47-07.nvidia.com) Wed Aug 8 21:03:22 PDT 2012 # nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings # nvidia-settings: version 304.37 (buildmeister@swio-display-x86-rhel47-07.nvidia.com) Wed Aug 8 21:03:08 PDT 2012 Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Layout0" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" Option "Xinerama" "0" EndSection Section "Files" EndSection Section "Module" Load "bitmap" Load "dbe" Load "ddc" # Load "dri" Load "extmod" Load "freetype" Load "glx" Load "int10" Load "record" Load "type1" Load "vbe" EndSection Section "InputDevice" # generated from default Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "auto" Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection Section "InputDevice" # generated from default Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "kbd" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "Unknown" ModelName "VIZ M260VA" HorizSync 30.0 - 61.0 VertRefresh 58.0 - 76.0 Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Device0" Driver "nvidia" VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation" BoardName "GeForce 8800 GTS" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Device0" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 24 Option "Stereo" "0" Option "metamodes" "nvidia-auto-select +0+0" SubSection "Display" Depth 24 EndSubSection EndSection (XORG /var/log/Xorg.0.log) Shows NO errors, will include it in an addendum if asked. (3d acceleration test) /usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test -p OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation OpenGL renderer string: GeForce 8800 GTS/PCIe/SSE2 OpenGL version string: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 304.37 Not software rendered: yes Not blacklisted: yes GLX fbconfig: yes GLX texture from pixmap: yes GL npot or rect textures: yes GL vertex program: yes GL fragment program: yes GL vertex buffer object: yes GL framebuffer object: yes GL version is 1.4+: yes Unity 3D supported: yes (uname -r) uname -r 3.2.0-23-generic (lspci -k) lspci -k 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge DMI2 (rev 07) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge IIO PCI Express Root Port 1a (rev 07) Kernel driver in use: pcieport Kernel modules: shpchp 00:02.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge IIO PCI Express Root Port 2a (rev 07) Kernel driver in use: pcieport Kernel modules: shpchp 00:03.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge IIO PCI Express Root Port 3a in PCI Express Mode (rev 07) Kernel driver in use: pcieport Kernel modules: shpchp 00:05.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Address Map, VTd_Misc, System Management (rev 07) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef 00:05.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Control Status and Global Errors (rev 07) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef 00:05.4 PIC: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge I/O APIC (rev 07) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef 00:11.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Patsburg PCI Express Virtual Root Port (rev 06) Kernel driver in use: pcieport Kernel modules: shpchp 00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation X79 series chipset HECI Controller #2 (rev 05) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef Kernel driver in use: mei Kernel modules: mei 00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82579V Gigabit Network Connection (rev 06) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P8P67 Deluxe Motherboard Kernel driver in use: e1000e Kernel modules: e1000e 00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation X79 series chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 06) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation X79 series chipset High Definition Audio Controller (rev 06) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84fb Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation X79 series chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev b6) Kernel driver in use: pcieport Kernel modules: shpchp 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation X79 series chipset PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev b6) Kernel driver in use: pcieport Kernel modules: shpchp 00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation X79 series chipset PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev b6) Kernel driver in use: pcieport Kernel modules: shpchp 00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation X79 series chipset PCI Express Root Port 5 (rev b6) Kernel driver in use: pcieport Kernel modules: shpchp 00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation X79 series chipset PCI Express Root Port 6 (rev b6) Kernel driver in use: pcieport Kernel modules: shpchp 00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation X79 series chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 06) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev a6) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation X79 series chipset LPC Controller (rev 06) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef Kernel modules: iTCO_wdt 00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation X79 series chipset 6-Port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 06) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef Kernel driver in use: ahci 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation X79 series chipset SMBus Host Controller (rev 06) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef Kernel modules: i2c-i801 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G80 [GeForce 8800 GTS] (rev a2) Subsystem: NVIDIA Corporation Device 0421 Kernel driver in use: nvidia Kernel modules: nvidia_current, nvidia, nouveau, nvidiafb 06:00.0 USB controller: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1042 SuperSpeed USB Host Controller Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8488 Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd 07:00.0 USB controller: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1042 SuperSpeed USB Host Controller Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8488 Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd 08:00.0 SATA controller: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1062 Serial ATA Controller (rev 01) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84b7 Kernel driver in use: ahci 09:00.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6315 Series Firewire Controller (rev 01) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P8P67 Deluxe Motherboard Kernel driver in use: firewire_ohci Kernel modules: firewire-ohci ff:08.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge QPI Link 0 (rev 07) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:08.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge QPI Link Reut 0 (rev 07) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:08.4 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge QPI Link Reut 0 (rev 07) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:09.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge QPI Link 1 (rev 07) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:09.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge QPI Link Reut 1 (rev 07) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:09.4 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge QPI Link Reut 1 (rev 07) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0a.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Power Control Unit 0 (rev 07) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0a.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Power Control Unit 1 (rev 07) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0a.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Power Control Unit 2 (rev 07) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0a.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Power Control Unit 3 (rev 07) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0b.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Interrupt Control Registers (rev 07) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0b.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Semaphore and Scratchpad Configuration Registers (rev 07) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0c.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Unicast Register 0 (rev 07) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0c.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Unicast Register 0 (rev 07) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0c.6 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller System Address Decoder 0 (rev 07) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0c.7 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge System Address Decoder (rev 07) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0d.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Unicast Register 0 (rev 07) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0d.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Unicast Register 0 (rev 07) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0d.6 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller System Address Decoder 1 (rev 07) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0e.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Processor Home Agent (rev 07) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0e.1 Performance counters: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Processor Home Agent Performance Monitoring (rev 07) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0f.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller Registers (rev 07) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef Kernel modules: sb_edac ff:0f.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller RAS Registers (rev 07) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0f.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller Target Address Decoder 0 (rev 07) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0f.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller Target Address Decoder 1 (rev 07) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0f.4 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller Target Address Decoder 2 (rev 07) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0f.5 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller Target Address Decoder 3 (rev 07) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0f.6 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller Target Address Decoder 4 (rev 07) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:10.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0-3 Thermal Control 0 (rev 07) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:10.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0-3 Thermal Control 1 (rev 07) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:10.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller ERROR Registers 0 (rev 07) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:10.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller ERROR Registers 1 (rev 07) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:10.4 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0-3 Thermal Control 2 (rev 07) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:10.5 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0-3 Thermal Control 3 (rev 07) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:10.6 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller ERROR Registers 2 (rev 07) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:10.7 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller ERROR Registers 3 (rev 07) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:11.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge DDRIO (rev 07) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:13.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge R2PCIe (rev 07) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:13.1 Performance counters: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Ring to PCI Express Performance Monitor (rev 07) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:13.4 Performance counters: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge QuickPath Interconnect Agent Ring Registers (rev 07) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:13.5 Performance counters: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Ring to QuickPath Interconnect Link 0 Performance Monitor (rev 07) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:13.6 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Ring to QuickPath Interconnect Link 1 Performance Monitor (rev 07) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef (lsmod) lsmod Module Size Used by pci_stub 12622 1 vboxpci 23200 0 vboxnetadp 13382 0 vboxnetflt 23441 0 vboxdrv 287082 3 vboxpci,vboxnetadp,vboxnetflt bnep 18281 2 rfcomm 47604 0 parport_pc 32866 0 bluetooth 180104 10 bnep,rfcomm ppdev 17113 0 nls_iso8859_1 12713 1 nls_cp437 16991 1 vfat 17585 1 fat 61512 1 vfat snd_hda_codec_realtek 223867 1 hid_logitech_dj 18593 0 eeepc_wmi 13109 0 asus_wmi 24456 1 eeepc_wmi sparse_keymap 13890 1 asus_wmi mxm_wmi 12979 0 joydev 17693 0 usbhid 47199 1 hid_logitech_dj hid 99559 2 hid_logitech_dj,usbhid psmouse 87603 0 serio_raw 13211 0 snd_hda_intel 33773 3 snd_hda_codec 127706 2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel snd_hwdep 13668 1 snd_hda_codec sb_edac 18127 0 snd_pcm 97188 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec edac_core 53746 1 sb_edac snd_seq_midi 13324 0 snd_rawmidi 30748 1 snd_seq_midi snd_seq_midi_event 14899 1 snd_seq_midi snd_seq 61896 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event snd_timer 29990 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq snd_seq_device 14540 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq snd 78855 15 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device soundcore 15091 1 snd snd_page_alloc 18529 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm mei 41616 0 wmi 19256 2 asus_wmi,mxm_wmi mac_hid 13253 0 nvidia 11244255 40 lp 17799 0 parport 46562 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp firewire_ohci 41000 0 firewire_core 63558 1 firewire_ohci crc_itu_t 12707 1 firewire_core e1000e 156693 0 Summary: I have used Ubuntu for many years, mostly as a server os. I also use it on a netbook. I recently installed Ubuntu on my desktop and well I am having a miserable experience. So to start. It does not matter what nvidia driver I use, the system is unstable. Sometimes it will crash after 5 minutes and sometimes after half a day, but it always crashes. Typically it goes to a black screen and does not recover. However, I can still ssh from a remote machine into the box. I have tried the nvidia-current driver/package from all repositories including the bleeding edge repository. I have tried the most up to date driver from the nvidia website, via manual install 304.37. All to no avail. This seems to occur, randomly no matter what I am doing. It has crashed while using firefox, minecraft, vlc, and sometimes sitting idle. Opinion/rant: Now I have to admit I am sick of this, it is a WELL documented issue, I am sure you know about it from all the other bug reports. Now Linus had a little fit ranting against nvidia and to be honest they both need to get it together. The thing is, is there anything ubuntu can do to help? A TON of ppl are having similar issues. Is there a fix? So basically this issue makes ubuntu completely unusable as a desktop environment at the current time. I just built this machine, was phenomenal under Windows 7. However, I have been slowly migrating my machines to linux, Ubuntu. What pisses me off here is that I dumped the windows install and installed it in a virtual machine, which required a call to microsoft to reactivate the key. So if I decided to put windows back on this box I am sure another call will be necessary. Question: Should I just switch to an ATI video card? if so any suggestions? I like the HD 7xxx series, how is the 3d acceleratio support? Should I revert to an earlier version of ubuntu? The last version I used (and still have on a few machines) is 10.04 LTS. Also, where exactly does the issue lie here? In the kernel, in the nvidia driver, xserver, etc? When will there be a fix, from other bug reports and searches on the web, this has been an issue for a LONG time. I am thinking about just digging in and making this machine a gentoo box (having done gentoo on machines a few years ago) Is this problem occuring with gentoo? I see that it occurs with arch linux. Info: This is NOT an upgrade from one version to 12.04. This problem occurs whether I use unity or gnome. I have tried multiple times from a fresh install, with always the same outcome. Sane response: Thanks for you help in advance. Is there any addition information you need? (dmesg) This occurs no matter what driver I use. [ 16.712884] Pid: 1368, comm: Xorg Tainted: P C O 3.2.0-23-generic #36-Ubuntu [ 16.712885] Call Trace: [ 16.712890] [<ffffffff8106712f>] warn_slowpath_common+0x7f/0xc0 [ 16.712892] [<ffffffff8106718a>] warn_slowpath_null+0x1a/0x20 [ 16.712893] [<ffffffff81040f92>] __ioremap_caller+0x312/0x390 [ 16.712944] [<ffffffffa06b4d45>] ? os_map_kernel_space+0x85/0xf0 [nvidia] [ 16.712946] [<ffffffff81041044>] ioremap_cache+0x14/0x20 [ 16.712983] [<ffffffffa06b4d45>] os_map_kernel_space+0x85/0xf0 [nvidia] [ 16.713023] [<ffffffffa0680918>] _nv014877rm+0x76/0x92 [nvidia] [ 16.713056] [<ffffffffa00afa1e>] ? _nv009673rm+0x89/0x142 [nvidia] [ 16.713089] [<ffffffffa00afb8f>] ? _nv014448rm+0xb8/0x102 [nvidia] [ 16.713122] [<ffffffffa00b0042>] ? _nv014486rm+0x58/0x9e [nvidia] [ 16.713155] [<ffffffffa00abaa8>] ? _nv014458rm+0xbe/0x2f0 [nvidia] [ 16.713187] [<ffffffffa00abd85>] ? _nv014491rm+0xab/0x174 [nvidia] [ 16.713219] [<ffffffffa00abe9e>] ? _nv014457rm+0x50/0x5d [nvidia] [ 16.713252] [<ffffffffa00b2072>] ? _nv014432rm+0x82d/0x96b [nvidia] [ 16.713292] [<ffffffffa06907ef>] ? _nv012658rm+0x174/0x573 [nvidia] [ 16.713330] [<ffffffffa069076d>] ? _nv012658rm+0xf2/0x573 [nvidia] [ 16.713373] [<ffffffffa00fc261>] ? _nv004021rm+0x1bb/0x19e9 [nvidia] [ 16.713456] [<ffffffffa0453ef9>] ? _nv004046rm+0x8690/0xae8b [nvidia] [ 16.713537] [<ffffffffa04528bb>] ? _nv004046rm+0x7052/0xae8b [nvidia] [ 16.713567] [<ffffffffa0084d0c>] ? _nv009980rm+0x25/0x40 [nvidia] [ 16.713606] [<ffffffffa0690501>] ? _nv014932rm+0x7c9/0x943 [nvidia] [ 16.713645] [<ffffffffa06914af>] ? _nv001095rm+0x42a/0x6b4 [nvidia] [ 16.713683] [<ffffffffa0689ef4>] ? rm_init_adapter+0xac/0x146 [nvidia] [ 16.713721] [<ffffffffa06a9efc>] ? nv_kern_open+0x46c/0x820 [nvidia] [ 16.713723] [<ffffffff8117b740>] ? mount_fs+0x1b0/0x1b0 [ 16.713726] [<ffffffff8117c18a>] ? chrdev_open+0xda/0x230 [ 16.713729] [<ffffffff81175920>] ? __dentry_open+0x290/0x360 [ 16.713730] [<ffffffff8117c0b0>] ? cdev_put+0x30/0x30 [ 16.713733] [<ffffffff8129c82c>] ? security_inode_permission+0x1c/0x30 [ 16.713735] [<ffffffff8118356a>] ? inode_permission+0x4a/0x110 [ 16.713736] [<ffffffff81175f9d>] ? vfs_open+0x3d/0x40 [ 16.713738] [<ffffffff81176e70>] ? nameidata_to_filp+0x40/0x50 [ 16.713740] [<ffffffff81185da8>] ? do_last+0x3f8/0x730 [ 16.713741] [<ffffffff81187481>] ? path_openat+0xd1/0x3f0 [ 16.713744] [<ffffffff8165c46e>] ? _raw_spin_lock+0xe/0x20 [ 16.713747] [<ffffffff8112f020>] ? shmem_xattr_get.isra.24+0x80/0xd0 [ 16.713749] [<ffffffff811878c2>] ? do_filp_open+0x42/0xa0 [ 16.713752] [<ffffffff81318ce1>] ? strncpy_from_user+0x31/0x40 [ 16.713753] [<ffffffff81182c0a>] ? do_getname+0x10a/0x180 [ 16.713755] [<ffffffff8165c46e>] ? _raw_spin_lock+0xe/0x20 [ 16.713757] [<ffffffff81194b67>] ? alloc_fd+0xf7/0x150 [ 16.713759] [<ffffffff81176f6d>] ? do_sys_open+0xed/0x220 [ 16.713761] [<ffffffff8119724f>] ? mntput+0x1f/0x30 [ 16.713762] [<ffffffff811770c0>] ? sys_open+0x20/0x30 [ 16.713764] [<ffffffff81664a82>] ? system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b [ 16.713765] ---[ end trace 6d72101b76c066ad ]--- [ 17.321037] NVRM: GPU at 0000:01:00: GPU-a34ac110-aa69-9146-29ae-2c9796ca25d7 [ 17.321042] NVRM: Your system is not currently configured to drive a VGA console [ 17.321044] NVRM: on the primary VGA device. The NVIDIA Linux graphics driver [ 17.321046] NVRM: requires the use of a text-mode VGA console. Use of other console [ 17.321047] NVRM: drivers including, but not limited to, vesafb, may result in [ 17.321049] NVRM: corruption and stability problems, and is not supported. (GRUB) I have tried various combinations of these kernel options GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="nopat video=vesa:off vga=normal" (XORG xorg.conf) I have tried other more complex variations, all to no avail. # nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig # nvidia-xconfig: version 304.37 (buildmeister@swio-display-x86-rhel47-07.nvidia.com) Wed Aug 8 21:03:22 PDT 2012 # nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings # nvidia-settings: version 304.37 (buildmeister@swio-display-x86-rhel47-07.nvidia.com) Wed Aug 8 21:03:08 PDT 2012 Section "ServerLayout"     Identifier "Layout0"     Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0     InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"     InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"     Option "Xinerama" "0" EndSection Section "Files" EndSection Section "Module"     Load "bitmap"     Load "dbe"     Load "ddc" # Load "dri"     Load "extmod"     Load "freetype"     Load "glx"     Load "int10"     Load "record"     Load "type1"     Load "vbe" EndSection Section "InputDevice"     # generated from default     Identifier "Mouse0"     Driver "mouse"     Option "Protocol" "auto"     Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"     Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"     Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection Section "InputDevice"     # generated from default     Identifier "Keyboard0"     Driver "kbd" EndSection Section "Monitor"     Identifier "Monitor0"     VendorName "Unknown"     ModelName "VIZ M260VA"     HorizSync 30.0 - 61.0     VertRefresh 58.0 - 76.0     Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Device"     Identifier "Device0"     Driver "nvidia"     VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"     BoardName "GeForce 8800 GTS" EndSection Section "Screen"     Identifier "Screen0"     Device "Device0"     Monitor "Monitor0"     DefaultDepth 24     Option "Stereo" "0"     Option "metamodes" "nvidia-auto-select +0+0"     SubSection "Display"         Depth 24     EndSubSection EndSection (XORG /var/log/Xorg.0.log) Shows NO errors, will include it in an addendum if asked. (3d acceleration test) /usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test -p OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation OpenGL renderer string: GeForce 8800 GTS/PCIe/SSE2 OpenGL version string: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 304.37 Not software rendered: yes Not blacklisted: yes GLX fbconfig: yes GLX texture from pixmap: yes GL npot or rect textures: yes GL vertex program: yes GL fragment program: yes GL vertex buffer object: yes GL framebuffer object: yes GL version is 1.4+: yes Unity 3D supported: yes (uname -r) uname -r 3.2.0-23-generic (lspci -k) lspci -k 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge DMI2 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge IIO PCI Express Root Port 1a (rev 07)  Kernel driver in use: pcieport  Kernel modules: shpchp 00:02.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge IIO PCI Express Root Port 2a (rev 07)  Kernel driver in use: pcieport  Kernel modules: shpchp 00:03.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge IIO PCI Express Root Port 3a in PCI Express Mode (rev 07)  Kernel driver in use: pcieport  Kernel modules: shpchp 00:05.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Address Map, VTd_Misc, System Management (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef 00:05.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Control Status and Global Errors (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef 00:05.4 PIC: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge I/O APIC (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef 00:11.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Patsburg PCI Express Virtual Root Port (rev 06)  Kernel driver in use: pcieport  Kernel modules: shpchp 00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation X79 series chipset HECI Controller #2 (rev 05)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef  Kernel driver in use: mei  Kernel modules: mei 00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82579V Gigabit Network Connection (rev 06)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P8P67 Deluxe Motherboard  Kernel driver in use: e1000e  Kernel modules: e1000e 00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation X79 series chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 06)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef  Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation X79 series chipset High Definition Audio Controller (rev 06)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84fb  Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel  Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation X79 series chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev b6)  Kernel driver in use: pcieport  Kernel modules: shpchp 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation X79 series chipset PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev b6)  Kernel driver in use: pcieport  Kernel modules: shpchp 00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation X79 series chipset PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev b6)  Kernel driver in use: pcieport  Kernel modules: shpchp 00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation X79 series chipset PCI Express Root Port 5 (rev b6)  Kernel driver in use: pcieport  Kernel modules: shpchp 00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation X79 series chipset PCI Express Root Port 6 (rev b6)  Kernel driver in use: pcieport  Kernel modules: shpchp 00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation X79 series chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 06)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef  Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev a6) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation X79 series chipset LPC Controller (rev 06)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef  Kernel modules: iTCO_wdt 00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation X79 series chipset 6-Port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 06)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef  Kernel driver in use: ahci 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation X79 series chipset SMBus Host Controller (rev 06)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef  Kernel modules: i2c-i801 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G80 [GeForce 8800 GTS] (rev a2)  Subsystem: NVIDIA Corporation Device 0421  Kernel driver in use: nvidia  Kernel modules: nvidia_current, nvidia, nouveau, nvidiafb 06:00.0 USB controller: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1042 SuperSpeed USB Host Controller  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8488  Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd 07:00.0 USB controller: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1042 SuperSpeed USB Host Controller  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8488  Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd 08:00.0 SATA controller: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1062 Serial ATA Controller (rev 01)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84b7  Kernel driver in use: ahci 09:00.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6315 Series Firewire Controller (rev 01)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P8P67 Deluxe Motherboard  Kernel driver in use: firewire_ohci  Kernel modules: firewire-ohci ff:08.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge QPI Link 0 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:08.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge QPI Link Reut 0 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:08.4 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge QPI Link Reut 0 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:09.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge QPI Link 1 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:09.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge QPI Link Reut 1 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:09.4 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge QPI Link Reut 1 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0a.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Power Control Unit 0 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0a.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Power Control Unit 1 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0a.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Power Control Unit 2 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0a.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Power Control Unit 3 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0b.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Interrupt Control Registers (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0b.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Semaphore and Scratchpad Configuration Registers (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0c.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Unicast Register 0 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0c.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Unicast Register 0 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0c.6 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller System Address Decoder 0 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0c.7 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge System Address Decoder (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0d.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Unicast Register 0 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0d.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Unicast Register 0 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0d.6 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller System Address Decoder 1 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0e.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Processor Home Agent (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0e.1 Performance counters: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Processor Home Agent Performance Monitoring (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0f.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller Registers (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef  Kernel modules: sb_edac ff:0f.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller RAS Registers (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0f.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller Target Address Decoder 0 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0f.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller Target Address Decoder 1 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0f.4 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller Target Address Decoder 2 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0f.5 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller Target Address Decoder 3 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0f.6 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller Target Address Decoder 4 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:10.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0-3 Thermal Control 0 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:10.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0-3 Thermal Control 1 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:10.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller ERROR Registers 0 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:10.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller ERROR Registers 1 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:10.4 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0-3 Thermal Control 2 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:10.5 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0-3 Thermal Control 3 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:10.6 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller ERROR Registers 2 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:10.7 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller ERROR Registers 3 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:11.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge DDRIO (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:13.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge R2PCIe (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:13.1 Performance counters: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Ring to PCI Express Performance Monitor (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:13.4 Performance counters: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge QuickPath Interconnect Agent Ring Registers (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:13.5 Performance counters: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Ring to QuickPath Interconnect Link 0 Performance Monitor (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:13.6 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Ring to QuickPath Interconnect Link 1 Performance Monitor (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef (lsmod) lsmod Module Size Used by pci_stub 12622 1 vboxpci 23200 0 vboxnetadp 13382 0 vboxnetflt 23441 0 vboxdrv 287082 3 vboxpci,vboxnetadp,vboxnetflt bnep 18281 2 rfcomm 47604 0 parport_pc 32866 0 bluetooth 180104 10 bnep,rfcomm ppdev 17113 0 nls_iso8859_1 12713 1 nls_cp437 16991 1 vfat 17585 1 fat 61512 1 vfat snd_hda_codec_realtek 223867 1 hid_logitech_dj 18593 0 eeepc_wmi 13109 0 asus_wmi 24456 1 eeepc_wmi sparse_keymap 13890 1 asus_wmi mxm_wmi 12979 0 joydev 17693 0 usbhid 47199 1 hid_logitech_dj hid 99559 2 hid_logitech_dj,usbhid psmouse 87603 0 serio_raw 13211 0 snd_hda_intel 33773 3 snd_hda_codec 127706 2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel snd_hwdep 13668 1 snd_hda_codec sb_edac 18127 0 snd_pcm 97188 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec edac_core 53746 1 sb_edac snd_seq_midi 13324 0 snd_rawmidi 30748 1 snd_seq_midi snd_seq_midi_event 14899 1 snd_seq_midi snd_seq 61896 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event snd_timer 29990 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq snd_seq_device 14540 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq snd 78855 15 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device soundcore 15091 1 snd snd_page_alloc 18529 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm mei 41616 0 wmi 19256 2 asus_wmi,mxm_wmi mac_hid 13253 0 nvidia 11244255 40 lp 17799 0 parport 46562 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp firewire_ohci 41000 0 firewire_core 63558 1 firewire_ohci crc_itu_t 12707 1 firewire_core e1000e 156693 0
2012-08-16 14:59:26 GVLePage description Summary: I have used Ubuntu for many years, mostly as a server os. I also use it on a netbook. I recently installed Ubuntu on my desktop and well I am having a miserable experience. So to start. It does not matter what nvidia driver I use, the system is unstable. Sometimes it will crash after 5 minutes and sometimes after half a day, but it always crashes. Typically it goes to a black screen and does not recover. However, I can still ssh from a remote machine into the box. I have tried the nvidia-current driver/package from all repositories including the bleeding edge repository. I have tried the most up to date driver from the nvidia website, via manual install 304.37. All to no avail. This seems to occur, randomly no matter what I am doing. It has crashed while using firefox, minecraft, vlc, and sometimes sitting idle. Opinion/rant: Now I have to admit I am sick of this, it is a WELL documented issue, I am sure you know about it from all the other bug reports. Now Linus had a little fit ranting against nvidia and to be honest they both need to get it together. The thing is, is there anything ubuntu can do to help? A TON of ppl are having similar issues. Is there a fix? So basically this issue makes ubuntu completely unusable as a desktop environment at the current time. I just built this machine, was phenomenal under Windows 7. However, I have been slowly migrating my machines to linux, Ubuntu. What pisses me off here is that I dumped the windows install and installed it in a virtual machine, which required a call to microsoft to reactivate the key. So if I decided to put windows back on this box I am sure another call will be necessary. Question: Should I just switch to an ATI video card? if so any suggestions? I like the HD 7xxx series, how is the 3d acceleratio support? Should I revert to an earlier version of ubuntu? The last version I used (and still have on a few machines) is 10.04 LTS. Also, where exactly does the issue lie here? In the kernel, in the nvidia driver, xserver, etc? When will there be a fix, from other bug reports and searches on the web, this has been an issue for a LONG time. I am thinking about just digging in and making this machine a gentoo box (having done gentoo on machines a few years ago) Is this problem occuring with gentoo? I see that it occurs with arch linux. Info: This is NOT an upgrade from one version to 12.04. This problem occurs whether I use unity or gnome. I have tried multiple times from a fresh install, with always the same outcome. Sane response: Thanks for you help in advance. Is there any addition information you need? (dmesg) This occurs no matter what driver I use. [ 16.712884] Pid: 1368, comm: Xorg Tainted: P C O 3.2.0-23-generic #36-Ubuntu [ 16.712885] Call Trace: [ 16.712890] [<ffffffff8106712f>] warn_slowpath_common+0x7f/0xc0 [ 16.712892] [<ffffffff8106718a>] warn_slowpath_null+0x1a/0x20 [ 16.712893] [<ffffffff81040f92>] __ioremap_caller+0x312/0x390 [ 16.712944] [<ffffffffa06b4d45>] ? os_map_kernel_space+0x85/0xf0 [nvidia] [ 16.712946] [<ffffffff81041044>] ioremap_cache+0x14/0x20 [ 16.712983] [<ffffffffa06b4d45>] os_map_kernel_space+0x85/0xf0 [nvidia] [ 16.713023] [<ffffffffa0680918>] _nv014877rm+0x76/0x92 [nvidia] [ 16.713056] [<ffffffffa00afa1e>] ? _nv009673rm+0x89/0x142 [nvidia] [ 16.713089] [<ffffffffa00afb8f>] ? _nv014448rm+0xb8/0x102 [nvidia] [ 16.713122] [<ffffffffa00b0042>] ? _nv014486rm+0x58/0x9e [nvidia] [ 16.713155] [<ffffffffa00abaa8>] ? _nv014458rm+0xbe/0x2f0 [nvidia] [ 16.713187] [<ffffffffa00abd85>] ? _nv014491rm+0xab/0x174 [nvidia] [ 16.713219] [<ffffffffa00abe9e>] ? _nv014457rm+0x50/0x5d [nvidia] [ 16.713252] [<ffffffffa00b2072>] ? _nv014432rm+0x82d/0x96b [nvidia] [ 16.713292] [<ffffffffa06907ef>] ? _nv012658rm+0x174/0x573 [nvidia] [ 16.713330] [<ffffffffa069076d>] ? _nv012658rm+0xf2/0x573 [nvidia] [ 16.713373] [<ffffffffa00fc261>] ? _nv004021rm+0x1bb/0x19e9 [nvidia] [ 16.713456] [<ffffffffa0453ef9>] ? _nv004046rm+0x8690/0xae8b [nvidia] [ 16.713537] [<ffffffffa04528bb>] ? _nv004046rm+0x7052/0xae8b [nvidia] [ 16.713567] [<ffffffffa0084d0c>] ? _nv009980rm+0x25/0x40 [nvidia] [ 16.713606] [<ffffffffa0690501>] ? _nv014932rm+0x7c9/0x943 [nvidia] [ 16.713645] [<ffffffffa06914af>] ? _nv001095rm+0x42a/0x6b4 [nvidia] [ 16.713683] [<ffffffffa0689ef4>] ? rm_init_adapter+0xac/0x146 [nvidia] [ 16.713721] [<ffffffffa06a9efc>] ? nv_kern_open+0x46c/0x820 [nvidia] [ 16.713723] [<ffffffff8117b740>] ? mount_fs+0x1b0/0x1b0 [ 16.713726] [<ffffffff8117c18a>] ? chrdev_open+0xda/0x230 [ 16.713729] [<ffffffff81175920>] ? __dentry_open+0x290/0x360 [ 16.713730] [<ffffffff8117c0b0>] ? cdev_put+0x30/0x30 [ 16.713733] [<ffffffff8129c82c>] ? security_inode_permission+0x1c/0x30 [ 16.713735] [<ffffffff8118356a>] ? inode_permission+0x4a/0x110 [ 16.713736] [<ffffffff81175f9d>] ? vfs_open+0x3d/0x40 [ 16.713738] [<ffffffff81176e70>] ? nameidata_to_filp+0x40/0x50 [ 16.713740] [<ffffffff81185da8>] ? do_last+0x3f8/0x730 [ 16.713741] [<ffffffff81187481>] ? path_openat+0xd1/0x3f0 [ 16.713744] [<ffffffff8165c46e>] ? _raw_spin_lock+0xe/0x20 [ 16.713747] [<ffffffff8112f020>] ? shmem_xattr_get.isra.24+0x80/0xd0 [ 16.713749] [<ffffffff811878c2>] ? do_filp_open+0x42/0xa0 [ 16.713752] [<ffffffff81318ce1>] ? strncpy_from_user+0x31/0x40 [ 16.713753] [<ffffffff81182c0a>] ? do_getname+0x10a/0x180 [ 16.713755] [<ffffffff8165c46e>] ? _raw_spin_lock+0xe/0x20 [ 16.713757] [<ffffffff81194b67>] ? alloc_fd+0xf7/0x150 [ 16.713759] [<ffffffff81176f6d>] ? do_sys_open+0xed/0x220 [ 16.713761] [<ffffffff8119724f>] ? mntput+0x1f/0x30 [ 16.713762] [<ffffffff811770c0>] ? sys_open+0x20/0x30 [ 16.713764] [<ffffffff81664a82>] ? system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b [ 16.713765] ---[ end trace 6d72101b76c066ad ]--- [ 17.321037] NVRM: GPU at 0000:01:00: GPU-a34ac110-aa69-9146-29ae-2c9796ca25d7 [ 17.321042] NVRM: Your system is not currently configured to drive a VGA console [ 17.321044] NVRM: on the primary VGA device. The NVIDIA Linux graphics driver [ 17.321046] NVRM: requires the use of a text-mode VGA console. Use of other console [ 17.321047] NVRM: drivers including, but not limited to, vesafb, may result in [ 17.321049] NVRM: corruption and stability problems, and is not supported. (GRUB) I have tried various combinations of these kernel options GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="nopat video=vesa:off vga=normal" (XORG xorg.conf) I have tried other more complex variations, all to no avail. # nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig # nvidia-xconfig: version 304.37 (buildmeister@swio-display-x86-rhel47-07.nvidia.com) Wed Aug 8 21:03:22 PDT 2012 # nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings # nvidia-settings: version 304.37 (buildmeister@swio-display-x86-rhel47-07.nvidia.com) Wed Aug 8 21:03:08 PDT 2012 Section "ServerLayout"     Identifier "Layout0"     Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0     InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"     InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"     Option "Xinerama" "0" EndSection Section "Files" EndSection Section "Module"     Load "bitmap"     Load "dbe"     Load "ddc" # Load "dri"     Load "extmod"     Load "freetype"     Load "glx"     Load "int10"     Load "record"     Load "type1"     Load "vbe" EndSection Section "InputDevice"     # generated from default     Identifier "Mouse0"     Driver "mouse"     Option "Protocol" "auto"     Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"     Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"     Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection Section "InputDevice"     # generated from default     Identifier "Keyboard0"     Driver "kbd" EndSection Section "Monitor"     Identifier "Monitor0"     VendorName "Unknown"     ModelName "VIZ M260VA"     HorizSync 30.0 - 61.0     VertRefresh 58.0 - 76.0     Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Device"     Identifier "Device0"     Driver "nvidia"     VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"     BoardName "GeForce 8800 GTS" EndSection Section "Screen"     Identifier "Screen0"     Device "Device0"     Monitor "Monitor0"     DefaultDepth 24     Option "Stereo" "0"     Option "metamodes" "nvidia-auto-select +0+0"     SubSection "Display"         Depth 24     EndSubSection EndSection (XORG /var/log/Xorg.0.log) Shows NO errors, will include it in an addendum if asked. (3d acceleration test) /usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test -p OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation OpenGL renderer string: GeForce 8800 GTS/PCIe/SSE2 OpenGL version string: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 304.37 Not software rendered: yes Not blacklisted: yes GLX fbconfig: yes GLX texture from pixmap: yes GL npot or rect textures: yes GL vertex program: yes GL fragment program: yes GL vertex buffer object: yes GL framebuffer object: yes GL version is 1.4+: yes Unity 3D supported: yes (uname -r) uname -r 3.2.0-23-generic (lspci -k) lspci -k 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge DMI2 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge IIO PCI Express Root Port 1a (rev 07)  Kernel driver in use: pcieport  Kernel modules: shpchp 00:02.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge IIO PCI Express Root Port 2a (rev 07)  Kernel driver in use: pcieport  Kernel modules: shpchp 00:03.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge IIO PCI Express Root Port 3a in PCI Express Mode (rev 07)  Kernel driver in use: pcieport  Kernel modules: shpchp 00:05.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Address Map, VTd_Misc, System Management (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef 00:05.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Control Status and Global Errors (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef 00:05.4 PIC: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge I/O APIC (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef 00:11.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Patsburg PCI Express Virtual Root Port (rev 06)  Kernel driver in use: pcieport  Kernel modules: shpchp 00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation X79 series chipset HECI Controller #2 (rev 05)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef  Kernel driver in use: mei  Kernel modules: mei 00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82579V Gigabit Network Connection (rev 06)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P8P67 Deluxe Motherboard  Kernel driver in use: e1000e  Kernel modules: e1000e 00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation X79 series chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 06)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef  Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation X79 series chipset High Definition Audio Controller (rev 06)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84fb  Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel  Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation X79 series chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev b6)  Kernel driver in use: pcieport  Kernel modules: shpchp 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation X79 series chipset PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev b6)  Kernel driver in use: pcieport  Kernel modules: shpchp 00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation X79 series chipset PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev b6)  Kernel driver in use: pcieport  Kernel modules: shpchp 00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation X79 series chipset PCI Express Root Port 5 (rev b6)  Kernel driver in use: pcieport  Kernel modules: shpchp 00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation X79 series chipset PCI Express Root Port 6 (rev b6)  Kernel driver in use: pcieport  Kernel modules: shpchp 00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation X79 series chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 06)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef  Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev a6) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation X79 series chipset LPC Controller (rev 06)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef  Kernel modules: iTCO_wdt 00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation X79 series chipset 6-Port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 06)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef  Kernel driver in use: ahci 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation X79 series chipset SMBus Host Controller (rev 06)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef  Kernel modules: i2c-i801 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G80 [GeForce 8800 GTS] (rev a2)  Subsystem: NVIDIA Corporation Device 0421  Kernel driver in use: nvidia  Kernel modules: nvidia_current, nvidia, nouveau, nvidiafb 06:00.0 USB controller: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1042 SuperSpeed USB Host Controller  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8488  Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd 07:00.0 USB controller: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1042 SuperSpeed USB Host Controller  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8488  Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd 08:00.0 SATA controller: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1062 Serial ATA Controller (rev 01)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84b7  Kernel driver in use: ahci 09:00.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6315 Series Firewire Controller (rev 01)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P8P67 Deluxe Motherboard  Kernel driver in use: firewire_ohci  Kernel modules: firewire-ohci ff:08.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge QPI Link 0 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:08.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge QPI Link Reut 0 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:08.4 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge QPI Link Reut 0 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:09.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge QPI Link 1 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:09.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge QPI Link Reut 1 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:09.4 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge QPI Link Reut 1 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0a.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Power Control Unit 0 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0a.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Power Control Unit 1 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0a.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Power Control Unit 2 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0a.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Power Control Unit 3 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0b.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Interrupt Control Registers (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0b.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Semaphore and Scratchpad Configuration Registers (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0c.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Unicast Register 0 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0c.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Unicast Register 0 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0c.6 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller System Address Decoder 0 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0c.7 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge System Address Decoder (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0d.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Unicast Register 0 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0d.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Unicast Register 0 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0d.6 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller System Address Decoder 1 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0e.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Processor Home Agent (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0e.1 Performance counters: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Processor Home Agent Performance Monitoring (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0f.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller Registers (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef  Kernel modules: sb_edac ff:0f.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller RAS Registers (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0f.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller Target Address Decoder 0 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0f.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller Target Address Decoder 1 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0f.4 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller Target Address Decoder 2 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0f.5 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller Target Address Decoder 3 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0f.6 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller Target Address Decoder 4 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:10.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0-3 Thermal Control 0 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:10.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0-3 Thermal Control 1 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:10.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller ERROR Registers 0 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:10.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller ERROR Registers 1 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:10.4 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0-3 Thermal Control 2 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:10.5 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0-3 Thermal Control 3 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:10.6 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller ERROR Registers 2 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:10.7 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller ERROR Registers 3 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:11.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge DDRIO (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:13.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge R2PCIe (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:13.1 Performance counters: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Ring to PCI Express Performance Monitor (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:13.4 Performance counters: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge QuickPath Interconnect Agent Ring Registers (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:13.5 Performance counters: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Ring to QuickPath Interconnect Link 0 Performance Monitor (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:13.6 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Ring to QuickPath Interconnect Link 1 Performance Monitor (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef (lsmod) lsmod Module Size Used by pci_stub 12622 1 vboxpci 23200 0 vboxnetadp 13382 0 vboxnetflt 23441 0 vboxdrv 287082 3 vboxpci,vboxnetadp,vboxnetflt bnep 18281 2 rfcomm 47604 0 parport_pc 32866 0 bluetooth 180104 10 bnep,rfcomm ppdev 17113 0 nls_iso8859_1 12713 1 nls_cp437 16991 1 vfat 17585 1 fat 61512 1 vfat snd_hda_codec_realtek 223867 1 hid_logitech_dj 18593 0 eeepc_wmi 13109 0 asus_wmi 24456 1 eeepc_wmi sparse_keymap 13890 1 asus_wmi mxm_wmi 12979 0 joydev 17693 0 usbhid 47199 1 hid_logitech_dj hid 99559 2 hid_logitech_dj,usbhid psmouse 87603 0 serio_raw 13211 0 snd_hda_intel 33773 3 snd_hda_codec 127706 2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel snd_hwdep 13668 1 snd_hda_codec sb_edac 18127 0 snd_pcm 97188 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec edac_core 53746 1 sb_edac snd_seq_midi 13324 0 snd_rawmidi 30748 1 snd_seq_midi snd_seq_midi_event 14899 1 snd_seq_midi snd_seq 61896 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event snd_timer 29990 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq snd_seq_device 14540 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq snd 78855 15 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device soundcore 15091 1 snd snd_page_alloc 18529 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm mei 41616 0 wmi 19256 2 asus_wmi,mxm_wmi mac_hid 13253 0 nvidia 11244255 40 lp 17799 0 parport 46562 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp firewire_ohci 41000 0 firewire_core 63558 1 firewire_ohci crc_itu_t 12707 1 firewire_core e1000e 156693 0 Summary: I have used Ubuntu for many years, mostly as a server os. I also use it on a netbook. I recently installed Ubuntu on my desktop and well I am having a miserable experience. So to start. It does not matter what nvidia driver I use, the system is unstable. Sometimes it will crash after 5 minutes and sometimes after half a day, but it always crashes. Typically it goes to a black screen and does not recover. However, I can still ssh from a remote machine into the box. I have tried the nvidia-current driver/package from all repositories including the bleeding edge repository. I have tried the most up to date driver from the nvidia website, via manual install 304.37. All to no avail. This seems to occur, randomly no matter what I am doing. It has crashed while using firefox, minecraft, vlc, and sometimes sitting idle. Opinion/rant: Now I have to admit I am sick of this, it is a WELL documented issue, I am sure you know about it from all the other bug reports. Now Linus had a little fit ranting against nvidia and to be honest they both need to get it together. The thing is, is there anything ubuntu can do to help? A TON of ppl are having similar issues. Is there a fix? So basically this issue makes ubuntu completely unusable as a desktop environment at the current time. I just built this machine, was phenomenal under Windows 7. However, I have been slowly migrating my machines to linux, Ubuntu. What pisses me off here is that I dumped the windows install and installed it in a virtual machine, which required a call to microsoft to reactivate the key. So if I decided to put windows back on this box I am sure another call will be necessary. Question: Should I just switch to an ATI video card? if so any suggestions? I like the HD 7xxx series, how is the 3d acceleratio support? Should I revert to an earlier version of ubuntu? The last version I used (and still have on a few machines) is 10.04 LTS. Also, where exactly does the issue lie here? In the kernel, in the nvidia driver, xserver, etc? When will there be a fix, from other bug reports and searches on the web, this has been an issue for a LONG time. I am thinking about just digging in and making this machine a gentoo box (having done gentoo on machines a few years ago) Is this problem occuring with gentoo? I see that it occurs with arch linux. Info: This is NOT an upgrade from one version to 12.04. This problem occurs whether I use unity or gnome. I have tried multiple times from a fresh install, with always the same outcome. Sane response: Thanks for you help in advance. Is there any addition information you need? (dmesg) This occurs no matter what driver I use. [ 16.712884] Pid: 1368, comm: Xorg Tainted: P C O 3.2.0-23-generic #36-Ubuntu [ 16.712885] Call Trace: [ 16.712890] [<ffffffff8106712f>] warn_slowpath_common+0x7f/0xc0 [ 16.712892] [<ffffffff8106718a>] warn_slowpath_null+0x1a/0x20 [ 16.712893] [<ffffffff81040f92>] __ioremap_caller+0x312/0x390 [ 16.712944] [<ffffffffa06b4d45>] ? os_map_kernel_space+0x85/0xf0 [nvidia] [ 16.712946] [<ffffffff81041044>] ioremap_cache+0x14/0x20 [ 16.712983] [<ffffffffa06b4d45>] os_map_kernel_space+0x85/0xf0 [nvidia] [ 16.713023] [<ffffffffa0680918>] _nv014877rm+0x76/0x92 [nvidia] [ 16.713056] [<ffffffffa00afa1e>] ? _nv009673rm+0x89/0x142 [nvidia] [ 16.713089] [<ffffffffa00afb8f>] ? _nv014448rm+0xb8/0x102 [nvidia] [ 16.713122] [<ffffffffa00b0042>] ? _nv014486rm+0x58/0x9e [nvidia] [ 16.713155] [<ffffffffa00abaa8>] ? _nv014458rm+0xbe/0x2f0 [nvidia] [ 16.713187] [<ffffffffa00abd85>] ? _nv014491rm+0xab/0x174 [nvidia] [ 16.713219] [<ffffffffa00abe9e>] ? _nv014457rm+0x50/0x5d [nvidia] [ 16.713252] [<ffffffffa00b2072>] ? _nv014432rm+0x82d/0x96b [nvidia] [ 16.713292] [<ffffffffa06907ef>] ? _nv012658rm+0x174/0x573 [nvidia] [ 16.713330] [<ffffffffa069076d>] ? _nv012658rm+0xf2/0x573 [nvidia] [ 16.713373] [<ffffffffa00fc261>] ? _nv004021rm+0x1bb/0x19e9 [nvidia] [ 16.713456] [<ffffffffa0453ef9>] ? _nv004046rm+0x8690/0xae8b [nvidia] [ 16.713537] [<ffffffffa04528bb>] ? _nv004046rm+0x7052/0xae8b [nvidia] [ 16.713567] [<ffffffffa0084d0c>] ? _nv009980rm+0x25/0x40 [nvidia] [ 16.713606] [<ffffffffa0690501>] ? _nv014932rm+0x7c9/0x943 [nvidia] [ 16.713645] [<ffffffffa06914af>] ? _nv001095rm+0x42a/0x6b4 [nvidia] [ 16.713683] [<ffffffffa0689ef4>] ? rm_init_adapter+0xac/0x146 [nvidia] [ 16.713721] [<ffffffffa06a9efc>] ? nv_kern_open+0x46c/0x820 [nvidia] [ 16.713723] [<ffffffff8117b740>] ? mount_fs+0x1b0/0x1b0 [ 16.713726] [<ffffffff8117c18a>] ? chrdev_open+0xda/0x230 [ 16.713729] [<ffffffff81175920>] ? __dentry_open+0x290/0x360 [ 16.713730] [<ffffffff8117c0b0>] ? cdev_put+0x30/0x30 [ 16.713733] [<ffffffff8129c82c>] ? security_inode_permission+0x1c/0x30 [ 16.713735] [<ffffffff8118356a>] ? inode_permission+0x4a/0x110 [ 16.713736] [<ffffffff81175f9d>] ? vfs_open+0x3d/0x40 [ 16.713738] [<ffffffff81176e70>] ? nameidata_to_filp+0x40/0x50 [ 16.713740] [<ffffffff81185da8>] ? do_last+0x3f8/0x730 [ 16.713741] [<ffffffff81187481>] ? path_openat+0xd1/0x3f0 [ 16.713744] [<ffffffff8165c46e>] ? _raw_spin_lock+0xe/0x20 [ 16.713747] [<ffffffff8112f020>] ? shmem_xattr_get.isra.24+0x80/0xd0 [ 16.713749] [<ffffffff811878c2>] ? do_filp_open+0x42/0xa0 [ 16.713752] [<ffffffff81318ce1>] ? strncpy_from_user+0x31/0x40 [ 16.713753] [<ffffffff81182c0a>] ? do_getname+0x10a/0x180 [ 16.713755] [<ffffffff8165c46e>] ? _raw_spin_lock+0xe/0x20 [ 16.713757] [<ffffffff81194b67>] ? alloc_fd+0xf7/0x150 [ 16.713759] [<ffffffff81176f6d>] ? do_sys_open+0xed/0x220 [ 16.713761] [<ffffffff8119724f>] ? mntput+0x1f/0x30 [ 16.713762] [<ffffffff811770c0>] ? sys_open+0x20/0x30 [ 16.713764] [<ffffffff81664a82>] ? system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b [ 16.713765] ---[ end trace 6d72101b76c066ad ]--- [ 17.321037] NVRM: GPU at 0000:01:00: GPU-a34ac110-aa69-9146-29ae-2c9796ca25d7 [ 17.321042] NVRM: Your system is not currently configured to drive a VGA console [ 17.321044] NVRM: on the primary VGA device. The NVIDIA Linux graphics driver [ 17.321046] NVRM: requires the use of a text-mode VGA console. Use of other console [ 17.321047] NVRM: drivers including, but not limited to, vesafb, may result in [ 17.321049] NVRM: corruption and stability problems, and is not supported. (GRUB) I have tried various combinations of these kernel options GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="nopat video=vesa:off vga=normal" (XORG xorg.conf) I have tried other more complex variations, all to no avail. Section "ServerLayout"     Identifier "Layout0"     Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0     InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"     InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"     Option "Xinerama" "0" EndSection Section "Files" EndSection Section "Module"     Load "bitmap"     Load "dbe"     Load "ddc" # Load "dri"     Load "extmod"     Load "freetype"     Load "glx"     Load "int10"     Load "record"     Load "type1"     Load "vbe" EndSection Section "InputDevice"     # generated from default     Identifier "Mouse0"     Driver "mouse"     Option "Protocol" "auto"     Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"     Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"     Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection Section "InputDevice"     # generated from default     Identifier "Keyboard0"     Driver "kbd" EndSection Section "Monitor"     Identifier "Monitor0"     VendorName "Unknown"     ModelName "VIZ M260VA"     HorizSync 30.0 - 61.0     VertRefresh 58.0 - 76.0     Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Device"     Identifier "Device0"     Driver "nvidia"     VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"     BoardName "GeForce 8800 GTS" EndSection Section "Screen"     Identifier "Screen0"     Device "Device0"     Monitor "Monitor0"     DefaultDepth 24     Option "Stereo" "0"     Option "metamodes" "nvidia-auto-select +0+0"     SubSection "Display"         Depth 24     EndSubSection EndSection (XORG /var/log/Xorg.0.log) Shows NO errors, will include it in an addendum if asked. (3d acceleration test) /usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test -p OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation OpenGL renderer string: GeForce 8800 GTS/PCIe/SSE2 OpenGL version string: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 304.37 Not software rendered: yes Not blacklisted: yes GLX fbconfig: yes GLX texture from pixmap: yes GL npot or rect textures: yes GL vertex program: yes GL fragment program: yes GL vertex buffer object: yes GL framebuffer object: yes GL version is 1.4+: yes Unity 3D supported: yes (uname -r) uname -r 3.2.0-23-generic (lspci -k) lspci -k 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge DMI2 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge IIO PCI Express Root Port 1a (rev 07)  Kernel driver in use: pcieport  Kernel modules: shpchp 00:02.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge IIO PCI Express Root Port 2a (rev 07)  Kernel driver in use: pcieport  Kernel modules: shpchp 00:03.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge IIO PCI Express Root Port 3a in PCI Express Mode (rev 07)  Kernel driver in use: pcieport  Kernel modules: shpchp 00:05.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Address Map, VTd_Misc, System Management (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef 00:05.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Control Status and Global Errors (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef 00:05.4 PIC: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge I/O APIC (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef 00:11.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Patsburg PCI Express Virtual Root Port (rev 06)  Kernel driver in use: pcieport  Kernel modules: shpchp 00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation X79 series chipset HECI Controller #2 (rev 05)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef  Kernel driver in use: mei  Kernel modules: mei 00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82579V Gigabit Network Connection (rev 06)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P8P67 Deluxe Motherboard  Kernel driver in use: e1000e  Kernel modules: e1000e 00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation X79 series chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 06)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef  Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation X79 series chipset High Definition Audio Controller (rev 06)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84fb  Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel  Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation X79 series chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev b6)  Kernel driver in use: pcieport  Kernel modules: shpchp 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation X79 series chipset PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev b6)  Kernel driver in use: pcieport  Kernel modules: shpchp 00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation X79 series chipset PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev b6)  Kernel driver in use: pcieport  Kernel modules: shpchp 00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation X79 series chipset PCI Express Root Port 5 (rev b6)  Kernel driver in use: pcieport  Kernel modules: shpchp 00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation X79 series chipset PCI Express Root Port 6 (rev b6)  Kernel driver in use: pcieport  Kernel modules: shpchp 00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation X79 series chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 06)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef  Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev a6) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation X79 series chipset LPC Controller (rev 06)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef  Kernel modules: iTCO_wdt 00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation X79 series chipset 6-Port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 06)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef  Kernel driver in use: ahci 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation X79 series chipset SMBus Host Controller (rev 06)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef  Kernel modules: i2c-i801 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G80 [GeForce 8800 GTS] (rev a2)  Subsystem: NVIDIA Corporation Device 0421  Kernel driver in use: nvidia  Kernel modules: nvidia_current, nvidia, nouveau, nvidiafb 06:00.0 USB controller: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1042 SuperSpeed USB Host Controller  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8488  Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd 07:00.0 USB controller: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1042 SuperSpeed USB Host Controller  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8488  Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd 08:00.0 SATA controller: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1062 Serial ATA Controller (rev 01)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84b7  Kernel driver in use: ahci 09:00.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6315 Series Firewire Controller (rev 01)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P8P67 Deluxe Motherboard  Kernel driver in use: firewire_ohci  Kernel modules: firewire-ohci ff:08.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge QPI Link 0 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:08.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge QPI Link Reut 0 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:08.4 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge QPI Link Reut 0 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:09.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge QPI Link 1 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:09.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge QPI Link Reut 1 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:09.4 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge QPI Link Reut 1 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0a.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Power Control Unit 0 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0a.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Power Control Unit 1 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0a.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Power Control Unit 2 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0a.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Power Control Unit 3 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0b.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Interrupt Control Registers (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0b.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Semaphore and Scratchpad Configuration Registers (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0c.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Unicast Register 0 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0c.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Unicast Register 0 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0c.6 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller System Address Decoder 0 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0c.7 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge System Address Decoder (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0d.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Unicast Register 0 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0d.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Unicast Register 0 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0d.6 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller System Address Decoder 1 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0e.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Processor Home Agent (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0e.1 Performance counters: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Processor Home Agent Performance Monitoring (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0f.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller Registers (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef  Kernel modules: sb_edac ff:0f.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller RAS Registers (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0f.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller Target Address Decoder 0 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0f.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller Target Address Decoder 1 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0f.4 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller Target Address Decoder 2 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0f.5 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller Target Address Decoder 3 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0f.6 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller Target Address Decoder 4 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:10.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0-3 Thermal Control 0 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:10.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0-3 Thermal Control 1 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:10.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller ERROR Registers 0 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:10.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller ERROR Registers 1 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:10.4 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0-3 Thermal Control 2 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:10.5 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0-3 Thermal Control 3 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:10.6 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller ERROR Registers 2 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:10.7 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller ERROR Registers 3 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:11.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge DDRIO (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:13.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge R2PCIe (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:13.1 Performance counters: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Ring to PCI Express Performance Monitor (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:13.4 Performance counters: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge QuickPath Interconnect Agent Ring Registers (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:13.5 Performance counters: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Ring to QuickPath Interconnect Link 0 Performance Monitor (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:13.6 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Ring to QuickPath Interconnect Link 1 Performance Monitor (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef (lsmod) lsmod Module Size Used by pci_stub 12622 1 vboxpci 23200 0 vboxnetadp 13382 0 vboxnetflt 23441 0 vboxdrv 287082 3 vboxpci,vboxnetadp,vboxnetflt bnep 18281 2 rfcomm 47604 0 parport_pc 32866 0 bluetooth 180104 10 bnep,rfcomm ppdev 17113 0 nls_iso8859_1 12713 1 nls_cp437 16991 1 vfat 17585 1 fat 61512 1 vfat snd_hda_codec_realtek 223867 1 hid_logitech_dj 18593 0 eeepc_wmi 13109 0 asus_wmi 24456 1 eeepc_wmi sparse_keymap 13890 1 asus_wmi mxm_wmi 12979 0 joydev 17693 0 usbhid 47199 1 hid_logitech_dj hid 99559 2 hid_logitech_dj,usbhid psmouse 87603 0 serio_raw 13211 0 snd_hda_intel 33773 3 snd_hda_codec 127706 2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel snd_hwdep 13668 1 snd_hda_codec sb_edac 18127 0 snd_pcm 97188 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec edac_core 53746 1 sb_edac snd_seq_midi 13324 0 snd_rawmidi 30748 1 snd_seq_midi snd_seq_midi_event 14899 1 snd_seq_midi snd_seq 61896 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event snd_timer 29990 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq snd_seq_device 14540 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq snd 78855 15 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device soundcore 15091 1 snd snd_page_alloc 18529 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm mei 41616 0 wmi 19256 2 asus_wmi,mxm_wmi mac_hid 13253 0 nvidia 11244255 40 lp 17799 0 parport 46562 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp firewire_ohci 41000 0 firewire_core 63558 1 firewire_ohci crc_itu_t 12707 1 firewire_core e1000e 156693 0
2012-08-16 17:47:34 GVLePage tags 12.04 amd64 crash issue nvidia ubuntu xorg
2012-08-16 21:44:38 Edward Donovan summary xorg nvidia ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64 bit xorg nvidia crashes, ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64 bit
2012-08-16 22:04:28 Edward Donovan bug added subscriber Edward Donovan
2012-08-20 04:19:57 Launchpad Janitor nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu): status New Confirmed
2012-08-23 10:34:52 bugbot tags 12.04 amd64 crash issue nvidia ubuntu xorg 12.04 amd64 crash issue nvidia precise ubuntu xorg
2013-02-06 20:02:45 Jason White description Summary: I have used Ubuntu for many years, mostly as a server os. I also use it on a netbook. I recently installed Ubuntu on my desktop and well I am having a miserable experience. So to start. It does not matter what nvidia driver I use, the system is unstable. Sometimes it will crash after 5 minutes and sometimes after half a day, but it always crashes. Typically it goes to a black screen and does not recover. However, I can still ssh from a remote machine into the box. I have tried the nvidia-current driver/package from all repositories including the bleeding edge repository. I have tried the most up to date driver from the nvidia website, via manual install 304.37. All to no avail. This seems to occur, randomly no matter what I am doing. It has crashed while using firefox, minecraft, vlc, and sometimes sitting idle. Opinion/rant: Now I have to admit I am sick of this, it is a WELL documented issue, I am sure you know about it from all the other bug reports. Now Linus had a little fit ranting against nvidia and to be honest they both need to get it together. The thing is, is there anything ubuntu can do to help? A TON of ppl are having similar issues. Is there a fix? So basically this issue makes ubuntu completely unusable as a desktop environment at the current time. I just built this machine, was phenomenal under Windows 7. However, I have been slowly migrating my machines to linux, Ubuntu. What pisses me off here is that I dumped the windows install and installed it in a virtual machine, which required a call to microsoft to reactivate the key. So if I decided to put windows back on this box I am sure another call will be necessary. Question: Should I just switch to an ATI video card? if so any suggestions? I like the HD 7xxx series, how is the 3d acceleratio support? Should I revert to an earlier version of ubuntu? The last version I used (and still have on a few machines) is 10.04 LTS. Also, where exactly does the issue lie here? In the kernel, in the nvidia driver, xserver, etc? When will there be a fix, from other bug reports and searches on the web, this has been an issue for a LONG time. I am thinking about just digging in and making this machine a gentoo box (having done gentoo on machines a few years ago) Is this problem occuring with gentoo? I see that it occurs with arch linux. Info: This is NOT an upgrade from one version to 12.04. This problem occurs whether I use unity or gnome. I have tried multiple times from a fresh install, with always the same outcome. Sane response: Thanks for you help in advance. Is there any addition information you need? (dmesg) This occurs no matter what driver I use. [ 16.712884] Pid: 1368, comm: Xorg Tainted: P C O 3.2.0-23-generic #36-Ubuntu [ 16.712885] Call Trace: [ 16.712890] [<ffffffff8106712f>] warn_slowpath_common+0x7f/0xc0 [ 16.712892] [<ffffffff8106718a>] warn_slowpath_null+0x1a/0x20 [ 16.712893] [<ffffffff81040f92>] __ioremap_caller+0x312/0x390 [ 16.712944] [<ffffffffa06b4d45>] ? os_map_kernel_space+0x85/0xf0 [nvidia] [ 16.712946] [<ffffffff81041044>] ioremap_cache+0x14/0x20 [ 16.712983] [<ffffffffa06b4d45>] os_map_kernel_space+0x85/0xf0 [nvidia] [ 16.713023] [<ffffffffa0680918>] _nv014877rm+0x76/0x92 [nvidia] [ 16.713056] [<ffffffffa00afa1e>] ? _nv009673rm+0x89/0x142 [nvidia] [ 16.713089] [<ffffffffa00afb8f>] ? _nv014448rm+0xb8/0x102 [nvidia] [ 16.713122] [<ffffffffa00b0042>] ? _nv014486rm+0x58/0x9e [nvidia] [ 16.713155] [<ffffffffa00abaa8>] ? _nv014458rm+0xbe/0x2f0 [nvidia] [ 16.713187] [<ffffffffa00abd85>] ? _nv014491rm+0xab/0x174 [nvidia] [ 16.713219] [<ffffffffa00abe9e>] ? _nv014457rm+0x50/0x5d [nvidia] [ 16.713252] [<ffffffffa00b2072>] ? _nv014432rm+0x82d/0x96b [nvidia] [ 16.713292] [<ffffffffa06907ef>] ? _nv012658rm+0x174/0x573 [nvidia] [ 16.713330] [<ffffffffa069076d>] ? _nv012658rm+0xf2/0x573 [nvidia] [ 16.713373] [<ffffffffa00fc261>] ? _nv004021rm+0x1bb/0x19e9 [nvidia] [ 16.713456] [<ffffffffa0453ef9>] ? _nv004046rm+0x8690/0xae8b [nvidia] [ 16.713537] [<ffffffffa04528bb>] ? _nv004046rm+0x7052/0xae8b [nvidia] [ 16.713567] [<ffffffffa0084d0c>] ? _nv009980rm+0x25/0x40 [nvidia] [ 16.713606] [<ffffffffa0690501>] ? _nv014932rm+0x7c9/0x943 [nvidia] [ 16.713645] [<ffffffffa06914af>] ? _nv001095rm+0x42a/0x6b4 [nvidia] [ 16.713683] [<ffffffffa0689ef4>] ? rm_init_adapter+0xac/0x146 [nvidia] [ 16.713721] [<ffffffffa06a9efc>] ? nv_kern_open+0x46c/0x820 [nvidia] [ 16.713723] [<ffffffff8117b740>] ? mount_fs+0x1b0/0x1b0 [ 16.713726] [<ffffffff8117c18a>] ? chrdev_open+0xda/0x230 [ 16.713729] [<ffffffff81175920>] ? __dentry_open+0x290/0x360 [ 16.713730] [<ffffffff8117c0b0>] ? cdev_put+0x30/0x30 [ 16.713733] [<ffffffff8129c82c>] ? security_inode_permission+0x1c/0x30 [ 16.713735] [<ffffffff8118356a>] ? inode_permission+0x4a/0x110 [ 16.713736] [<ffffffff81175f9d>] ? vfs_open+0x3d/0x40 [ 16.713738] [<ffffffff81176e70>] ? nameidata_to_filp+0x40/0x50 [ 16.713740] [<ffffffff81185da8>] ? do_last+0x3f8/0x730 [ 16.713741] [<ffffffff81187481>] ? path_openat+0xd1/0x3f0 [ 16.713744] [<ffffffff8165c46e>] ? _raw_spin_lock+0xe/0x20 [ 16.713747] [<ffffffff8112f020>] ? shmem_xattr_get.isra.24+0x80/0xd0 [ 16.713749] [<ffffffff811878c2>] ? do_filp_open+0x42/0xa0 [ 16.713752] [<ffffffff81318ce1>] ? strncpy_from_user+0x31/0x40 [ 16.713753] [<ffffffff81182c0a>] ? do_getname+0x10a/0x180 [ 16.713755] [<ffffffff8165c46e>] ? _raw_spin_lock+0xe/0x20 [ 16.713757] [<ffffffff81194b67>] ? alloc_fd+0xf7/0x150 [ 16.713759] [<ffffffff81176f6d>] ? do_sys_open+0xed/0x220 [ 16.713761] [<ffffffff8119724f>] ? mntput+0x1f/0x30 [ 16.713762] [<ffffffff811770c0>] ? sys_open+0x20/0x30 [ 16.713764] [<ffffffff81664a82>] ? system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b [ 16.713765] ---[ end trace 6d72101b76c066ad ]--- [ 17.321037] NVRM: GPU at 0000:01:00: GPU-a34ac110-aa69-9146-29ae-2c9796ca25d7 [ 17.321042] NVRM: Your system is not currently configured to drive a VGA console [ 17.321044] NVRM: on the primary VGA device. The NVIDIA Linux graphics driver [ 17.321046] NVRM: requires the use of a text-mode VGA console. Use of other console [ 17.321047] NVRM: drivers including, but not limited to, vesafb, may result in [ 17.321049] NVRM: corruption and stability problems, and is not supported. (GRUB) I have tried various combinations of these kernel options GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="nopat video=vesa:off vga=normal" (XORG xorg.conf) I have tried other more complex variations, all to no avail. Section "ServerLayout"     Identifier "Layout0"     Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0     InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"     InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"     Option "Xinerama" "0" EndSection Section "Files" EndSection Section "Module"     Load "bitmap"     Load "dbe"     Load "ddc" # Load "dri"     Load "extmod"     Load "freetype"     Load "glx"     Load "int10"     Load "record"     Load "type1"     Load "vbe" EndSection Section "InputDevice"     # generated from default     Identifier "Mouse0"     Driver "mouse"     Option "Protocol" "auto"     Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"     Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"     Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection Section "InputDevice"     # generated from default     Identifier "Keyboard0"     Driver "kbd" EndSection Section "Monitor"     Identifier "Monitor0"     VendorName "Unknown"     ModelName "VIZ M260VA"     HorizSync 30.0 - 61.0     VertRefresh 58.0 - 76.0     Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Device"     Identifier "Device0"     Driver "nvidia"     VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"     BoardName "GeForce 8800 GTS" EndSection Section "Screen"     Identifier "Screen0"     Device "Device0"     Monitor "Monitor0"     DefaultDepth 24     Option "Stereo" "0"     Option "metamodes" "nvidia-auto-select +0+0"     SubSection "Display"         Depth 24     EndSubSection EndSection (XORG /var/log/Xorg.0.log) Shows NO errors, will include it in an addendum if asked. (3d acceleration test) /usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test -p OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation OpenGL renderer string: GeForce 8800 GTS/PCIe/SSE2 OpenGL version string: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 304.37 Not software rendered: yes Not blacklisted: yes GLX fbconfig: yes GLX texture from pixmap: yes GL npot or rect textures: yes GL vertex program: yes GL fragment program: yes GL vertex buffer object: yes GL framebuffer object: yes GL version is 1.4+: yes Unity 3D supported: yes (uname -r) uname -r 3.2.0-23-generic (lspci -k) lspci -k 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge DMI2 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge IIO PCI Express Root Port 1a (rev 07)  Kernel driver in use: pcieport  Kernel modules: shpchp 00:02.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge IIO PCI Express Root Port 2a (rev 07)  Kernel driver in use: pcieport  Kernel modules: shpchp 00:03.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge IIO PCI Express Root Port 3a in PCI Express Mode (rev 07)  Kernel driver in use: pcieport  Kernel modules: shpchp 00:05.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Address Map, VTd_Misc, System Management (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef 00:05.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Control Status and Global Errors (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef 00:05.4 PIC: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge I/O APIC (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef 00:11.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Patsburg PCI Express Virtual Root Port (rev 06)  Kernel driver in use: pcieport  Kernel modules: shpchp 00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation X79 series chipset HECI Controller #2 (rev 05)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef  Kernel driver in use: mei  Kernel modules: mei 00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82579V Gigabit Network Connection (rev 06)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P8P67 Deluxe Motherboard  Kernel driver in use: e1000e  Kernel modules: e1000e 00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation X79 series chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 06)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef  Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation X79 series chipset High Definition Audio Controller (rev 06)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84fb  Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel  Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation X79 series chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev b6)  Kernel driver in use: pcieport  Kernel modules: shpchp 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation X79 series chipset PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev b6)  Kernel driver in use: pcieport  Kernel modules: shpchp 00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation X79 series chipset PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev b6)  Kernel driver in use: pcieport  Kernel modules: shpchp 00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation X79 series chipset PCI Express Root Port 5 (rev b6)  Kernel driver in use: pcieport  Kernel modules: shpchp 00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation X79 series chipset PCI Express Root Port 6 (rev b6)  Kernel driver in use: pcieport  Kernel modules: shpchp 00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation X79 series chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 06)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef  Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev a6) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation X79 series chipset LPC Controller (rev 06)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef  Kernel modules: iTCO_wdt 00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation X79 series chipset 6-Port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 06)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef  Kernel driver in use: ahci 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation X79 series chipset SMBus Host Controller (rev 06)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef  Kernel modules: i2c-i801 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G80 [GeForce 8800 GTS] (rev a2)  Subsystem: NVIDIA Corporation Device 0421  Kernel driver in use: nvidia  Kernel modules: nvidia_current, nvidia, nouveau, nvidiafb 06:00.0 USB controller: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1042 SuperSpeed USB Host Controller  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8488  Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd 07:00.0 USB controller: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1042 SuperSpeed USB Host Controller  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8488  Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd 08:00.0 SATA controller: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1062 Serial ATA Controller (rev 01)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84b7  Kernel driver in use: ahci 09:00.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6315 Series Firewire Controller (rev 01)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P8P67 Deluxe Motherboard  Kernel driver in use: firewire_ohci  Kernel modules: firewire-ohci ff:08.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge QPI Link 0 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:08.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge QPI Link Reut 0 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:08.4 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge QPI Link Reut 0 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:09.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge QPI Link 1 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:09.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge QPI Link Reut 1 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:09.4 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge QPI Link Reut 1 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0a.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Power Control Unit 0 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0a.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Power Control Unit 1 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0a.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Power Control Unit 2 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0a.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Power Control Unit 3 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0b.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Interrupt Control Registers (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0b.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Semaphore and Scratchpad Configuration Registers (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0c.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Unicast Register 0 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0c.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Unicast Register 0 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0c.6 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller System Address Decoder 0 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0c.7 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge System Address Decoder (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0d.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Unicast Register 0 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0d.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Unicast Register 0 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0d.6 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller System Address Decoder 1 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0e.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Processor Home Agent (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0e.1 Performance counters: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Processor Home Agent Performance Monitoring (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0f.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller Registers (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef  Kernel modules: sb_edac ff:0f.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller RAS Registers (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0f.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller Target Address Decoder 0 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0f.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller Target Address Decoder 1 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0f.4 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller Target Address Decoder 2 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0f.5 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller Target Address Decoder 3 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0f.6 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller Target Address Decoder 4 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:10.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0-3 Thermal Control 0 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:10.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0-3 Thermal Control 1 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:10.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller ERROR Registers 0 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:10.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller ERROR Registers 1 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:10.4 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0-3 Thermal Control 2 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:10.5 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0-3 Thermal Control 3 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:10.6 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller ERROR Registers 2 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:10.7 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller ERROR Registers 3 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:11.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge DDRIO (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:13.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge R2PCIe (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:13.1 Performance counters: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Ring to PCI Express Performance Monitor (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:13.4 Performance counters: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge QuickPath Interconnect Agent Ring Registers (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:13.5 Performance counters: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Ring to QuickPath Interconnect Link 0 Performance Monitor (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:13.6 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Ring to QuickPath Interconnect Link 1 Performance Monitor (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef (lsmod) lsmod Module Size Used by pci_stub 12622 1 vboxpci 23200 0 vboxnetadp 13382 0 vboxnetflt 23441 0 vboxdrv 287082 3 vboxpci,vboxnetadp,vboxnetflt bnep 18281 2 rfcomm 47604 0 parport_pc 32866 0 bluetooth 180104 10 bnep,rfcomm ppdev 17113 0 nls_iso8859_1 12713 1 nls_cp437 16991 1 vfat 17585 1 fat 61512 1 vfat snd_hda_codec_realtek 223867 1 hid_logitech_dj 18593 0 eeepc_wmi 13109 0 asus_wmi 24456 1 eeepc_wmi sparse_keymap 13890 1 asus_wmi mxm_wmi 12979 0 joydev 17693 0 usbhid 47199 1 hid_logitech_dj hid 99559 2 hid_logitech_dj,usbhid psmouse 87603 0 serio_raw 13211 0 snd_hda_intel 33773 3 snd_hda_codec 127706 2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel snd_hwdep 13668 1 snd_hda_codec sb_edac 18127 0 snd_pcm 97188 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec edac_core 53746 1 sb_edac snd_seq_midi 13324 0 snd_rawmidi 30748 1 snd_seq_midi snd_seq_midi_event 14899 1 snd_seq_midi snd_seq 61896 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event snd_timer 29990 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq snd_seq_device 14540 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq snd 78855 15 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device soundcore 15091 1 snd snd_page_alloc 18529 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm mei 41616 0 wmi 19256 2 asus_wmi,mxm_wmi mac_hid 13253 0 nvidia 11244255 40 lp 17799 0 parport 46562 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp firewire_ohci 41000 0 firewire_core 63558 1 firewire_ohci crc_itu_t 12707 1 firewire_core e1000e 156693 0 Summary: I have used Ubuntu for many years, mostly as a server os. I also use it on a netbook. I recently installed Ubuntu on my desktop and well I am having a miserable experience. So to start. It does not matter what nvidia driver I use, the system is unstable. Sometimes it will crash after 5 minutes and sometimes after half a day, but it always crashes. Typically it goes to a black screen and does not recover. However, I can still ssh from a remote machine into the box. I have tried the nvidia-current driver/package from all repositories including the bleeding edge repository. I have tried the most up to date driver from the nvidia website, via manual install 304.37. All to no avail. This seems to occur, randomly no matter what I am doing. It has crashed while using firefox, minecraft, vlc, and sometimes sitting idle. Opinion/rant: Now I have to admit I am sick of this, it is a WELL documented issue, I am sure you know about it from all the other bug reports. Now Linus had a little fit ranting against nvidia and to be honest they both need to get it together. The thing is, is there anything ubuntu can do to help? A TON of ppl are having similar issues. Is there a fix? So basically this issue makes ubuntu completely unusable as a desktop environment at the current time. I just built this machine, was phenomenal under Windows 7. However, I have been slowly migrating my machines to linux, Ubuntu. What upsets me here is that I dumped the windows install and installed it in a virtual machine, which required a call to microsoft to reactivate the key. So if I decided to put windows back on this box I am sure another call will be necessary. Question: Should I just switch to an ATI video card? if so any suggestions? I like the HD 7xxx series, how is the 3d acceleratio support? Should I revert to an earlier version of ubuntu? The last version I used (and still have on a few machines) is 10.04 LTS. Also, where exactly does the issue lie here? In the kernel, in the nvidia driver, xserver, etc? When will there be a fix, from other bug reports and searches on the web, this has been an issue for a LONG time. I am thinking about just digging in and making this machine a gentoo box (having done gentoo on machines a few years ago) Is this problem occuring with gentoo? I see that it occurs with arch linux. Info: This is NOT an upgrade from one version to 12.04. This problem occurs whether I use unity or gnome. I have tried multiple times from a fresh install, with always the same outcome. Sane response: Thanks for you help in advance. Is there any addition information you need? (dmesg) This occurs no matter what driver I use. [ 16.712884] Pid: 1368, comm: Xorg Tainted: P C O 3.2.0-23-generic #36-Ubuntu [ 16.712885] Call Trace: [ 16.712890] [<ffffffff8106712f>] warn_slowpath_common+0x7f/0xc0 [ 16.712892] [<ffffffff8106718a>] warn_slowpath_null+0x1a/0x20 [ 16.712893] [<ffffffff81040f92>] __ioremap_caller+0x312/0x390 [ 16.712944] [<ffffffffa06b4d45>] ? os_map_kernel_space+0x85/0xf0 [nvidia] [ 16.712946] [<ffffffff81041044>] ioremap_cache+0x14/0x20 [ 16.712983] [<ffffffffa06b4d45>] os_map_kernel_space+0x85/0xf0 [nvidia] [ 16.713023] [<ffffffffa0680918>] _nv014877rm+0x76/0x92 [nvidia] [ 16.713056] [<ffffffffa00afa1e>] ? _nv009673rm+0x89/0x142 [nvidia] [ 16.713089] [<ffffffffa00afb8f>] ? _nv014448rm+0xb8/0x102 [nvidia] [ 16.713122] [<ffffffffa00b0042>] ? _nv014486rm+0x58/0x9e [nvidia] [ 16.713155] [<ffffffffa00abaa8>] ? _nv014458rm+0xbe/0x2f0 [nvidia] [ 16.713187] [<ffffffffa00abd85>] ? _nv014491rm+0xab/0x174 [nvidia] [ 16.713219] [<ffffffffa00abe9e>] ? _nv014457rm+0x50/0x5d [nvidia] [ 16.713252] [<ffffffffa00b2072>] ? _nv014432rm+0x82d/0x96b [nvidia] [ 16.713292] [<ffffffffa06907ef>] ? _nv012658rm+0x174/0x573 [nvidia] [ 16.713330] [<ffffffffa069076d>] ? _nv012658rm+0xf2/0x573 [nvidia] [ 16.713373] [<ffffffffa00fc261>] ? _nv004021rm+0x1bb/0x19e9 [nvidia] [ 16.713456] [<ffffffffa0453ef9>] ? _nv004046rm+0x8690/0xae8b [nvidia] [ 16.713537] [<ffffffffa04528bb>] ? _nv004046rm+0x7052/0xae8b [nvidia] [ 16.713567] [<ffffffffa0084d0c>] ? _nv009980rm+0x25/0x40 [nvidia] [ 16.713606] [<ffffffffa0690501>] ? _nv014932rm+0x7c9/0x943 [nvidia] [ 16.713645] [<ffffffffa06914af>] ? _nv001095rm+0x42a/0x6b4 [nvidia] [ 16.713683] [<ffffffffa0689ef4>] ? rm_init_adapter+0xac/0x146 [nvidia] [ 16.713721] [<ffffffffa06a9efc>] ? nv_kern_open+0x46c/0x820 [nvidia] [ 16.713723] [<ffffffff8117b740>] ? mount_fs+0x1b0/0x1b0 [ 16.713726] [<ffffffff8117c18a>] ? chrdev_open+0xda/0x230 [ 16.713729] [<ffffffff81175920>] ? __dentry_open+0x290/0x360 [ 16.713730] [<ffffffff8117c0b0>] ? cdev_put+0x30/0x30 [ 16.713733] [<ffffffff8129c82c>] ? security_inode_permission+0x1c/0x30 [ 16.713735] [<ffffffff8118356a>] ? inode_permission+0x4a/0x110 [ 16.713736] [<ffffffff81175f9d>] ? vfs_open+0x3d/0x40 [ 16.713738] [<ffffffff81176e70>] ? nameidata_to_filp+0x40/0x50 [ 16.713740] [<ffffffff81185da8>] ? do_last+0x3f8/0x730 [ 16.713741] [<ffffffff81187481>] ? path_openat+0xd1/0x3f0 [ 16.713744] [<ffffffff8165c46e>] ? _raw_spin_lock+0xe/0x20 [ 16.713747] [<ffffffff8112f020>] ? shmem_xattr_get.isra.24+0x80/0xd0 [ 16.713749] [<ffffffff811878c2>] ? do_filp_open+0x42/0xa0 [ 16.713752] [<ffffffff81318ce1>] ? strncpy_from_user+0x31/0x40 [ 16.713753] [<ffffffff81182c0a>] ? do_getname+0x10a/0x180 [ 16.713755] [<ffffffff8165c46e>] ? _raw_spin_lock+0xe/0x20 [ 16.713757] [<ffffffff81194b67>] ? alloc_fd+0xf7/0x150 [ 16.713759] [<ffffffff81176f6d>] ? do_sys_open+0xed/0x220 [ 16.713761] [<ffffffff8119724f>] ? mntput+0x1f/0x30 [ 16.713762] [<ffffffff811770c0>] ? sys_open+0x20/0x30 [ 16.713764] [<ffffffff81664a82>] ? system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b [ 16.713765] ---[ end trace 6d72101b76c066ad ]--- [ 17.321037] NVRM: GPU at 0000:01:00: GPU-a34ac110-aa69-9146-29ae-2c9796ca25d7 [ 17.321042] NVRM: Your system is not currently configured to drive a VGA console [ 17.321044] NVRM: on the primary VGA device. The NVIDIA Linux graphics driver [ 17.321046] NVRM: requires the use of a text-mode VGA console. Use of other console [ 17.321047] NVRM: drivers including, but not limited to, vesafb, may result in [ 17.321049] NVRM: corruption and stability problems, and is not supported. (GRUB) I have tried various combinations of these kernel options GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="nopat video=vesa:off vga=normal" (XORG xorg.conf) I have tried other more complex variations, all to no avail. Section "ServerLayout"     Identifier "Layout0"     Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0     InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"     InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"     Option "Xinerama" "0" EndSection Section "Files" EndSection Section "Module"     Load "bitmap"     Load "dbe"     Load "ddc" # Load "dri"     Load "extmod"     Load "freetype"     Load "glx"     Load "int10"     Load "record"     Load "type1"     Load "vbe" EndSection Section "InputDevice"     # generated from default     Identifier "Mouse0"     Driver "mouse"     Option "Protocol" "auto"     Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"     Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"     Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection Section "InputDevice"     # generated from default     Identifier "Keyboard0"     Driver "kbd" EndSection Section "Monitor"     Identifier "Monitor0"     VendorName "Unknown"     ModelName "VIZ M260VA"     HorizSync 30.0 - 61.0     VertRefresh 58.0 - 76.0     Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Device"     Identifier "Device0"     Driver "nvidia"     VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"     BoardName "GeForce 8800 GTS" EndSection Section "Screen"     Identifier "Screen0"     Device "Device0"     Monitor "Monitor0"     DefaultDepth 24     Option "Stereo" "0"     Option "metamodes" "nvidia-auto-select +0+0"     SubSection "Display"         Depth 24     EndSubSection EndSection (XORG /var/log/Xorg.0.log) Shows NO errors, will include it in an addendum if asked. (3d acceleration test) /usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test -p OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation OpenGL renderer string: GeForce 8800 GTS/PCIe/SSE2 OpenGL version string: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 304.37 Not software rendered: yes Not blacklisted: yes GLX fbconfig: yes GLX texture from pixmap: yes GL npot or rect textures: yes GL vertex program: yes GL fragment program: yes GL vertex buffer object: yes GL framebuffer object: yes GL version is 1.4+: yes Unity 3D supported: yes (uname -r) uname -r 3.2.0-23-generic (lspci -k) lspci -k 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge DMI2 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge IIO PCI Express Root Port 1a (rev 07)  Kernel driver in use: pcieport  Kernel modules: shpchp 00:02.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge IIO PCI Express Root Port 2a (rev 07)  Kernel driver in use: pcieport  Kernel modules: shpchp 00:03.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge IIO PCI Express Root Port 3a in PCI Express Mode (rev 07)  Kernel driver in use: pcieport  Kernel modules: shpchp 00:05.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Address Map, VTd_Misc, System Management (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef 00:05.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Control Status and Global Errors (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef 00:05.4 PIC: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge I/O APIC (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef 00:11.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Patsburg PCI Express Virtual Root Port (rev 06)  Kernel driver in use: pcieport  Kernel modules: shpchp 00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation X79 series chipset HECI Controller #2 (rev 05)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef  Kernel driver in use: mei  Kernel modules: mei 00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82579V Gigabit Network Connection (rev 06)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P8P67 Deluxe Motherboard  Kernel driver in use: e1000e  Kernel modules: e1000e 00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation X79 series chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 06)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef  Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation X79 series chipset High Definition Audio Controller (rev 06)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84fb  Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel  Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation X79 series chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev b6)  Kernel driver in use: pcieport  Kernel modules: shpchp 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation X79 series chipset PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev b6)  Kernel driver in use: pcieport  Kernel modules: shpchp 00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation X79 series chipset PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev b6)  Kernel driver in use: pcieport  Kernel modules: shpchp 00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation X79 series chipset PCI Express Root Port 5 (rev b6)  Kernel driver in use: pcieport  Kernel modules: shpchp 00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation X79 series chipset PCI Express Root Port 6 (rev b6)  Kernel driver in use: pcieport  Kernel modules: shpchp 00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation X79 series chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 06)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef  Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev a6) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation X79 series chipset LPC Controller (rev 06)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef  Kernel modules: iTCO_wdt 00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation X79 series chipset 6-Port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 06)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef  Kernel driver in use: ahci 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation X79 series chipset SMBus Host Controller (rev 06)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef  Kernel modules: i2c-i801 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G80 [GeForce 8800 GTS] (rev a2)  Subsystem: NVIDIA Corporation Device 0421  Kernel driver in use: nvidia  Kernel modules: nvidia_current, nvidia, nouveau, nvidiafb 06:00.0 USB controller: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1042 SuperSpeed USB Host Controller  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8488  Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd 07:00.0 USB controller: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1042 SuperSpeed USB Host Controller  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8488  Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd 08:00.0 SATA controller: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1062 Serial ATA Controller (rev 01)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84b7  Kernel driver in use: ahci 09:00.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6315 Series Firewire Controller (rev 01)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P8P67 Deluxe Motherboard  Kernel driver in use: firewire_ohci  Kernel modules: firewire-ohci ff:08.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge QPI Link 0 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:08.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge QPI Link Reut 0 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:08.4 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge QPI Link Reut 0 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:09.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge QPI Link 1 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:09.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge QPI Link Reut 1 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:09.4 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge QPI Link Reut 1 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0a.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Power Control Unit 0 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0a.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Power Control Unit 1 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0a.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Power Control Unit 2 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0a.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Power Control Unit 3 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0b.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Interrupt Control Registers (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0b.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Semaphore and Scratchpad Configuration Registers (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0c.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Unicast Register 0 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0c.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Unicast Register 0 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0c.6 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller System Address Decoder 0 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0c.7 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge System Address Decoder (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0d.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Unicast Register 0 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0d.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Unicast Register 0 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0d.6 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller System Address Decoder 1 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0e.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Processor Home Agent (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0e.1 Performance counters: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Processor Home Agent Performance Monitoring (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0f.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller Registers (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef  Kernel modules: sb_edac ff:0f.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller RAS Registers (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0f.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller Target Address Decoder 0 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0f.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller Target Address Decoder 1 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0f.4 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller Target Address Decoder 2 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0f.5 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller Target Address Decoder 3 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:0f.6 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller Target Address Decoder 4 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:10.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0-3 Thermal Control 0 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:10.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0-3 Thermal Control 1 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:10.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller ERROR Registers 0 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:10.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller ERROR Registers 1 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:10.4 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0-3 Thermal Control 2 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:10.5 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0-3 Thermal Control 3 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:10.6 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller ERROR Registers 2 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:10.7 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Memory Controller ERROR Registers 3 (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:11.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge DDRIO (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:13.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge R2PCIe (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:13.1 Performance counters: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Ring to PCI Express Performance Monitor (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:13.4 Performance counters: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge QuickPath Interconnect Agent Ring Registers (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:13.5 Performance counters: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Ring to QuickPath Interconnect Link 0 Performance Monitor (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef ff:13.6 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Ring to QuickPath Interconnect Link 1 Performance Monitor (rev 07)  Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ef (lsmod) lsmod Module Size Used by pci_stub 12622 1 vboxpci 23200 0 vboxnetadp 13382 0 vboxnetflt 23441 0 vboxdrv 287082 3 vboxpci,vboxnetadp,vboxnetflt bnep 18281 2 rfcomm 47604 0 parport_pc 32866 0 bluetooth 180104 10 bnep,rfcomm ppdev 17113 0 nls_iso8859_1 12713 1 nls_cp437 16991 1 vfat 17585 1 fat 61512 1 vfat snd_hda_codec_realtek 223867 1 hid_logitech_dj 18593 0 eeepc_wmi 13109 0 asus_wmi 24456 1 eeepc_wmi sparse_keymap 13890 1 asus_wmi mxm_wmi 12979 0 joydev 17693 0 usbhid 47199 1 hid_logitech_dj hid 99559 2 hid_logitech_dj,usbhid psmouse 87603 0 serio_raw 13211 0 snd_hda_intel 33773 3 snd_hda_codec 127706 2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel snd_hwdep 13668 1 snd_hda_codec sb_edac 18127 0 snd_pcm 97188 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec edac_core 53746 1 sb_edac snd_seq_midi 13324 0 snd_rawmidi 30748 1 snd_seq_midi snd_seq_midi_event 14899 1 snd_seq_midi snd_seq 61896 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event snd_timer 29990 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq snd_seq_device 14540 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq snd 78855 15 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device soundcore 15091 1 snd snd_page_alloc 18529 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm mei 41616 0 wmi 19256 2 asus_wmi,mxm_wmi mac_hid 13253 0 nvidia 11244255 40 lp 17799 0 parport 46562 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp firewire_ohci 41000 0 firewire_core 63558 1 firewire_ohci crc_itu_t 12707 1 firewire_core e1000e 156693 0
2013-06-18 10:06:19 Steven Brain bug added subscriber Steven Brain