Another suggestion, which costs money but might turn out to the be only solution, would be to change to a different graphics card that would allow you to use a different driver. If not AMD then an Nvidia generation that can use the latest driver series (version 510), such as GT 1030 or GTX 1650 (which I mention because you can run those particular cards without needing a power supply cable).
You can check the supported driver series at https://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers-470 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1970072 Title: [nvidia] Frequent GPU Resets (and GUI Freeze) by gsd-media-keys Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-470 package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: A fresh install of Ubuntu 20.04.4 has GUI freezes frequently (i.e., a dozen times daily) at inconsistent intervals and times, and not obviously in response to any particular user input. The system then is unresponsive to user input, although the mouse cursor does continue to move about. The syslog messages reveal the message from gsd-media-keys "[GFX1]: Device reset due to WR context" The freeze also is preceded by often hundreds of pulseaudio messages related to latency issues, notwithstanding that no audio is playing. Often, gdm-x-session messages appear referencing the NVIDIA GPU and "WAIT". The pulseaudio message "setting avail_min=87496" often is the last message and if not, one of the last, before the reboot. Also common before is a gnome-shell message "Ignored exception from dbus method: Gio.DBusError: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name com.gonzaarcr.appmenu was not provided by any .service files", which precedes the pulseaudio messages. Happy to provide any other information but would welcome some guidance because I'm on day 11 or 12 of this installation and wearing out my welcome at Google. Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS apt-cache returns: Installed: 3.36.9-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 Candidate: 3.36.9-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 Version table: *** 3.36.9-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 500 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 3.36.4-1ubuntu1~20.04.2 500 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security/main amd64 Packages 3.36.1-5ubuntu1 500 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal/main amd64 Packages Expected behavior: Stability, especially from the fourth release of a LTS. Behavior: Persistent GUI freezes ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: gnome-shell 3.36.9-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.13.0-40.45~20.04.1-generic 5.13.19 Uname: Linux 5.13.0-40-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.23 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip Date: Sat Apr 23 16:26:45 2022 DisplayManager: gdm3 GsettingsChanges: InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-04-09 (14 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20210819) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash RelatedPackageVersions: mutter-common 3.36.9-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 SourcePackage: gnome-shell UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-470/+bug/1970072/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
