This seems be fixed in the latest nvidia-current release: nvidia-graphics-drivers (304.43-0ubuntu1) quantal; urgency=low
* debian/rules: - Add support for X ABI 13. * New upstream release (LP: #1037483): - Added support for the following GPUs: o GeForce GTX 660 Ti o Quadro K5000 o Quadro K5000M o Quadro K4000M o Quadro K3000M o NVS 510 - Fixed a bug that caused pre-release versions of X.Org xserver 1.13 to crash when certain GLX operations were performed, such as when starting Firefox. - Fixed a bug that caused VDPAU to hang when expanding the YouTube Flash Player. -- Alberto Milone <alberto.mil...@canonical.com> Tue, 28 Aug 2012 12:47:45 +0200 ** Changed in: nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu Quantal) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1037896 Title: Starting Firefox kills xserver immediately when using 2D desktop To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers/+bug/1037896/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs