FYI - As a *workaround*, you can enable the nouveau driver in /etc/X11/xorg:
Section "Device" Identifier "Configured Video Device" Driver "nouveau" EndSection and both applications should work, however I noticed my sound quit working afterwards...but not sure how related that is. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1037896 Title: Starting Firefox kills xserver immediately To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers/+bug/1037896/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs