I tested nvidia-304 (nvidia-304-updates and nvidia-304 are currently the same version for me (and Yakkety hasn't hit Feature Freeze anyway so they shouldn't be different) - 304.131). When I logged in, I would get a black screen before it would go back to the login screen (with the login sound being played). So it's impossible to log in with the proprietary Nvidia drivers.
Btw, thanks Christopher for telling me what to do to improve this bug report :) My current to-do list is: - Attempt to SSH into the computer whilst it is frozen and grab some logs (dmesg.txt and /var/log/Xorg.0.log) - Bisect Ubuntu versions and Linux kernel versions (or should I test xserver-xorg-video-nouveau versions and stick with the bundled Linux kernal for each Ubuntu version?) [LONG-TERM] - Report the bug upstream Is there anything else that you'd recommend doing or what do I need to do to get this bug marked as Triaged? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-nouveau in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1522976 Title: [NVIDIA GeForce 7100] X freezes after opening Amazon (Ubuntu Web Browser) or System Settings in Unity (also other situations) Status in xserver-xorg-video-nouveau package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Sometimes when doing clicking on something in GNOME (or Unity, in 14.04 (haven't tested Unity in 15.10)) like 'Activities' or an application like Maps in the Applications section of Activities, or even 'Details' in the GNOME Control Center (or simply clicking on the Unity Control Center icon in the Launcher in Unity), the computer will freeze and I can't even switch to a login terminal and have to hard shutdown. This happens frequently although irregularly. I can usually avoid the bug if I don't use Activities or Settings..., it doesn't happen with GNOME Flashback (so I presume it's a problem with Nouveau and '3D' desktop environments/window managers). I'm really sorry I can't be any more specific than this at the moment. Please point me in the right direction to learn more about this bug if need be. Seems to be a bug that appeared in Linux 3.7 https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=156690 . The Nvidia 304 drivers don't work at all once logged in. Occasionally when this bug occurs the screen shows a terminal-like display with something like 'GPU lockup' written on it. Someone suggested that it may just be because the graphics card in the model is outdated but it has no problems running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS or Windows 8. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10 Package: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.11-1ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-19.23-generic 4.2.6 Uname: Linux 4.2.0-19-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu5 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: None CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Fri Dec 4 21:25:58 2015 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: wily DistroVariant: ubuntu ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes GraphicsCard: NVIDIA Corporation C73 [GeForce 7100 / nForce 620i] [10de:07e5] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:027c] InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-12-04 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021) MachineType: Packard Bell imedia S1710 ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.2.0-19-generic root=UUID=877aeafe-1b23-4d43-8a2c-f245bfd9fb79 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau UdevLog: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/log/udev' UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 06/06/2009 dmi.bios.vendor: AMI dmi.bios.version: P01-A3 dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.board.name: MCP73T-AD dmi.board.vendor: Packard Bell dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Packard Bell dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAMI:bvrP01-A3:bd06/06/2009:svnPackardBell:pnimediaS1710:pvr:rvnPackardBell:rnMCP73T-AD:rvr:cvnPackardBell:ct3:cvr: dmi.product.name: imedia S1710 dmi.sys.vendor: Packard Bell version.compiz: compiz N/A version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.64-1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 11.0.2-1ubuntu4 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 11.0.2-1ubuntu4 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.17.2-1ubuntu9.1 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.9.2-1ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.5.0+git20150819-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20150808-0ubuntu4 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.11-1ubuntu3 xserver.bootTime: Fri Dec 4 21:24:50 2015 xserver.configfile: default xserver.errors: Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0) Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0) xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.version: 2:1.17.2-1ubuntu9.1 xserver.video_driver: nouveau To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-nouveau/+bug/1522976/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp