Bug 51255 - X randomly crashes and logs you out.
Summary: X randomly crashes and logs you out.
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: xorg
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Driver/nVidia (proprietary) (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) Linux (All)
: medium critical
Assignee: Aaron Plattner
QA Contact: Aaron Plattner
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Reported: 2012-06-20 04:20 UTC by Ragnar Brynjulfsson
Modified: 2016-02-24 04:15 UTC (History)
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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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