Bug#495382: [xserver-xorg-video-nv] machine crash when shutting down desktop environment session to diplay manager on 8600M GT
Package: xserver-xorg-video-nv
Version: 1:2.1.10-1
Severity: normal
I got a complete machine crash when shutting down KDE, when kdm should have
showed. I was able to reproduce this every time I tried on this install. I'm
able to reproduce on other lenny installs on the same machine. I'm able to
reproduce with all versions supporting my card I tried, going back as far as
2.1.3. The machine stops responding to pings. Ctrl+Alt+Del (or maybe pressing
some other keys) can cause the machine to reboot after a few seconds. This
also happens with GNOME instead of KDE and xdm instead of kdm. This does not
happen when not using a display manager.
I was unable to reproduce with other GNU/Linux distributions. I tried Mandriva
Linux, Fedora and PCLinuxOS, using versions 2.1.8 and 2.1.10. I'm therefore
not sure that this is an upstream bug, but it does look like
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15238
I didn't feel like installing Slackware to try reproducing though. The only
difference is that the screen is different. I get a mostly black screen
except for 2 incomplete lines with text characters. At least one of those
lines flashes.
This machine uses VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 8600M
GT (rev a1). This uses the NB8P chipset. I was unable to reproduce on 1 other
machine I tried, although the card is very different (GeForce 4). I have no
similar card to try reproducing. I was unable to reproduce with the vesa and
nvidia drivers.
--- System information. ---
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux 2.6.25-2-686
Debian Release: lenny/sid
990 testing security.debian.org
990 testing debian.savoirfairelinux.net
500 unstable debian.savoirfairelinux.net
--- Package information. ---
Depends (Version) | Installed
================================-+-===========
libc6 (>= 2.7-1) | 2.7-13
xserver-xorg-core (>= 2:1.4) | 2:1.4.2-3
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