Bug 51255

Summary:	X randomly crashes and logs you out.
Product:	xorg	Reporter:	Ragnar Brynjulfsson <bug>
Component:	Driver/nVidia (proprietary)	Assignee:	Aaron Plattner <aplattner>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID	QA Contact:	Aaron Plattner <aplattner>
Severity:	critical
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86-64 (AMD64)
OS:	Linux (All)
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Description Ragnar Brynjulfsson 2012-06-20 04:20:19 UTC

X seems to randomly crash several times a day and log you out on certain Nvidia cards (e.g. Quadro FX 3800, 9800GT) using proprietary drivers newer than 290.10. Reverting to X.Org X Server 1.7.7, seems to resolve the problem.

I've encountered this both on Ubuntu 12.04 and Fedora 17.

For more details see this bug report over at Launchepad:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers/+bug/973096

I was unable to find anything about it it in the Xorg bug tracker, and the issue seems to be either with Xorg or Nvidia, or the communication between the two.

Comment 1 Christopher M. Penalver 2016-02-24 04:15:17 UTC

Fixed downstream as per https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers/+bug/973096/comments/311 .

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