Public bug reported: Unity crashes in the closed nvidia driver if you try to run unity from a tty.
To reproduce: 1) On hardware w/ NVidia graphics + the closed NVidia driver, switch to a tty 2) Run 'unity --advanced-debug' and follow the example here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Unity/FilingBugs#Getting_a_stack_trace 3) Unity crashes This is reproducible on my system (Macbook Pro 3,1 NVidia GeForce 8600M GT, nvidia-current 280.13-0ubuntu5 See the attached unity.log for a backtrace ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: unity 4.22.0-0ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.19-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,imgjpeg,decor,snap,imgpng,place,dbus,session,mousepoll,regex,commands,vpswitch,wall,neg,move,gnomecompat,resize,imgsvg,resizeinfo,text,animation,workarounds,expo,ezoom,staticswitcher,fade,scale,unityshell,scaleaddon] Date: Fri Oct 7 16:09:01 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Beta amd64 (20100901.1) ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: unity UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-09-02 (35 days ago) --- .proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0' .proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: "" .proc.driver.nvidia.version: NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 280.13 Wed Jul 27 16:53:56 PDT 2011 GCC version: gcc version 4.6.1 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.1-9ubuntu3) .tmp.unity.support.test.0: ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,imgjpeg,decor,snap,imgpng,place,dbus,session,mousepoll,regex,commands,vpswitch,wall,neg,move,gnomecompat,resize,imgsvg,resizeinfo,text,animation,workarounds,expo,ezoom,staticswitcher,fade,scale,unityshell,scaleaddon] CompositorRunning: compiz DistUpgraded: Log time: 2011-09-02 09:45:42.465764 DistroCodename: oneiric DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 DistroVariant: ubuntu DkmsStatus: nvidia-current, 280.13, 3.0.0-12-generic, x86_64: installed virtualbox, 4.1.2, 3.0.0-10-generic, x86_64: installed virtualbox, 4.1.2, 3.0.0-11-generic, x86_64: installed virtualbox, 4.1.2, 3.0.0-12-generic, x86_64: installed GraphicsCard: nVidia Corporation G84 [GeForce 8600M GT] [10de:0407] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Apple Computer Inc. Device [106b:00a0] InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Beta amd64 (20100901.1) JockeyStatus: xorg:nvidia_173 - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (Proprietary, Disabled, Not in use) xorg:nvidia_173_updates - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (post-release updates) (Proprietary, Disabled, Not in use) xorg:nvidia_current - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (Proprietary, Enabled, In use) xorg:nvidia_current_updates - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (post-release updates) (Proprietary, Disabled, Not in use) MachineType: Apple Inc. MacBookPro3,1 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Package: unity 4.22.0-0ubuntu3 PackageArchitecture: amd64 ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-12-generic root=UUID=4b3d81ed-fb5d-4946-97c0-ec537e1bfa3f ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.19-generic 3.0.4 Tags: oneiric running-unity oneiric running-unity oneiric running-unity ubuntu compiz-0.9 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-09-02 (35 days ago) UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare XorgConf: Section "Device" Identifier "Default Device" Option "NoLogo" "True" EndSection dmi.bios.date: 03/05/08 dmi.bios.vendor: Apple Inc. dmi.bios.version: MBP31.88Z.0070.B07.0803051658 dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag dmi.board.name: Mac-F4238BC8 dmi.board.vendor: Apple Inc. dmi.board.version: PVT dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset Tag# dmi.chassis.type: 2 dmi.chassis.vendor: Apple Inc. dmi.chassis.version: Mac-F4238BC8 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAppleInc.:bvrMBP31.88Z.0070.B07.0803051658:bd03/05/08:svnAppleInc.:pnMacBookPro3,1:pvr1.0:rvnAppleInc.:rnMac-F4238BC8:rvrPVT:cvnAppleInc.:ct2:cvrMac-F4238BC8: dmi.product.name: MacBookPro3,1 dmi.product.version: 1.0 dmi.sys.vendor: Apple Inc. version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.6+bzr20110929-0ubuntu3 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.26-1ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.11-0ubuntu3 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.11-0ubuntu3 version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu7 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.6.0-1ubuntu13 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99~git20110811.g93fc084-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.15.901-1ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110411+8378443-1 ** Affects: unity (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug apport-collected compiz-0.9 oneiric running-unity ubuntu -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/870269 Title: Unity crashes when launched from a tty on NVidia hardware To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/870269/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
