Bug#628420: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: X freezes with GeForce FX5500
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On 2011-06-02 13:20 +0200, Flo wrote:
>>> .) Sometimes after 30 min, sometimes after a day
>>> .) Can happen anytime, even when screen saver is on. Happens more
>>> frequently if 'complicated' websites at browser windows are opened.
>>> .) Mouse is still moving most of the times but everything else on the display is frozen.
>>> .) I cannot switch to a console but I can login via network (i.e. to
>>> reboot).
>>
>> In other words, the GPU is hung.
>>
>
> Yes, for me it looks like that.
>
>>> Kernel: Linux 2.6.38-2-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
>>
>> Please upgrade to 2.6.39 (note that the -686 flavor is gone; if you see
>> "pae" among the flags in /proc/cpuinfo, you can use the -686-pae flavor,
>> else use the -486 kernel). If the problem persists, file a bug upstream
>> at freedesktop.org, see http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/Bugs for
>> instructions.
>>
>
> Done. Crashes became less frequently (about once a day). But the problem
> still persists. So, I filed a bug at freedesktop.org (37851).
Upstream has closed this bug in the meantime. Do you still experience
problems with the xserver-xorg-video-nouveau version in wheezy?
Cheers,
Sven
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