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xserver-xorg-video-nv package

System freeze after login in 11.04

Asked by sandook

System locks up after login and doesn't respond to mouse or keyboard. Alt + SysRq + REISUB is also unsuccessful.
On reboot it will crash multiple times at boot before booting successfully without freezing. After that, the system runs normally until next boot. It generally takes 5-7 attempts to get the system running. I upgraded to Natty a few days ago, but this has been an issue in 10.10 as well.

Video card is Nvidia 8600GT with most recent proprietary driver.
Any help would be appreciated!

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#1

Be sure your ram memory is good please do a test using the grub menu item or the Live install cd

Then also consider to log a bug...

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-nv

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#2

Try blacklisting the nouveau driver using a bootoption.

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sandook (sboese3) said : 		#3

The ram memory test showed no problems. I just added 'blacklist=nouveau' to etc/default/grub and will post back.

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sandook (sboese3) said : 		#4

Problem persists even after blacklisting the nouveau driver. I'll submit a bug report...

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