Comment 109 for bug 760632

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Paolo Olivo (olivopaolo) wrote : Re: [Bug 760632] Re: Resizing Konsole crashes the whole system

@Jens Grüntjes:
I didn't unistall the ubuntu driver first and I actually don't know if
reboot is really necessary.
Your solution may also be sufficient.

2011/7/29 Jens Grüntjes <email address hidden>:
> @olivopaolo:
> Did you uninstall the ubuntu driver first? Is the reboot really needed? Wouldn't it be sufficient to
> sudo modprobe -r nvidia && sudo modprobe nvidia && sudo /etc/init.d/kdm start
>
> But I'm still curious: Why did the updated driver not yet make it into
> the repositories?
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/760632
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> Title:
>  Resizing Konsole crashes the whole system
>
> Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers” package in Ubuntu:
>  Confirmed
> Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers” package in Arch Linux:
>  New
>
> Bug description:
>  Binary package hint: kdebase
>
>  Steps to reproduce:
>  - Start Konsole
>  - Drag a corner of the Konsole window to resize it.
>  - The system will now crash (half of the time)
>
>  ProblemType: Bug
>  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
>  Package: konsole 4:4.6.2-0ubuntu1
>  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
>  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
>  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
>  Architecture: amd64
>  Date: Thu Apr 14 14:42:45 2011
>  ProcEnviron:
>   LANGUAGE=
>   LANG=C
>   SHELL=/bin/bash
>  SourcePackage: kdebase
>  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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