Public bug reported: After activiting Nvidia drivers complete freezes (only hard reset works). Mouse cursor moves, all else seems to come to an instant halt.
Hardware: Acer Aspire 7520, Geforce 8400m G (shared memory). (Re)installing Nouveau drivers 'solves' the problem. Newer Nvidia drivers from PPA unsucceslful as well (same problem). Laptop works like a charm with 11.10 and nvidia drivers. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: linux-image-3.2.0-27-generic 3.2.0-27.43 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-27.43-generic 3.2.21 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-27-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu11 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: hein 1932 F.... pulseaudio CRDA: country NL: (2402 - 2482 @ 40), (N/A, 20) (5170 - 5250 @ 40), (N/A, 20), NO-OUTDOOR (5250 - 5330 @ 40), (N/A, 20), NO-OUTDOOR, DFS (5490 - 5710 @ 40), (N/A, 27), DFS Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'NVidia'/'HDA NVidia at 0xf0880000 irq 21' Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC268' Components : 'HDA:10ec0268,10250126,00100003 HDA:14f12c06,10250126,00100000' Controls : 26 Simple ctrls : 14 Date: Sun Aug 5 20:48:28 2012 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=8ec5ad0a-4378-4d68-a4d4-d35c9b66570e InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425) MachineType: Acer Aspire 7520 ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=nl_NL.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcFB: 0 VESA VGA ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-27-generic root=UUID=613ca040-8bae-4af8-8b6a-33d7d98e49a7 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.2.0-27-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.2.0-27-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.79 SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 07/12/2007 dmi.bios.vendor: Acer dmi.bios.version: V1.05 dmi.board.name: Fuquene dmi.board.vendor: Acer dmi.board.version: N/A dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer dmi.chassis.version: N/A dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAcer:bvrV1.05:bd07/12/2007:svnAcer:pnAspire7520:pvrV1.05:rvnAcer:rnFuquene:rvrN/A:cvnAcer:ct10:cvrN/A: dmi.product.name: Aspire 7520 dmi.product.version: V1.05 dmi.sys.vendor: Acer ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Confirmed ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug precise running-unity -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1033263 Title: Ubuntu 12.04 freezes with nividia drivers To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1033263/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs