** Description changed: If SLI is enabled, there are many flickering artifacts and double images - (especially tooltips). Eventually, the desktop environment locks up - completely and the computer needs a forced manual reset. I needed to - disable SLI as soon as possible and restart in order to get out of the - constant freezing and artifacts. + (especially tooltips). Eventually, the desktop environment may lock up + completely and the computer needs a forced manual reset. This issue was not present in 12.04 but became immediately present the - first time using 14.04 on the same computer. I know my hardware is not - the problem because my video cards work perfectly fine in Windows 8 and - I have seen other identical reports about NVIDIA SLI issues causing the - exact same problems in 14.04. + first time using 14.04 after an upgrade from 12.04. I thought maybe the + upgrade went badly, so I did a fresh install. The fresh install worked + fine until I enabled SLI, and then it went haywire again exactly the + same. I needed to disable SLI as soon as possible after booting and + restart in order to get out of the artifacts and random freezes. + + I know my hardware is not the problem because my video cards worked + perfectly fine in 12.04 and work perfectly fine in Windows 8 and I have + seen other identical reports about NVIDIA SLI issues causing the exact + same problems in 14.04. + + See attached picture further down. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu8 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-35.62-generic 3.13.11.6 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-35-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia .proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0' .proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.1: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/1' .proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: "" .proc.driver.nvidia.version: - NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 331.38 Wed Jan 8 19:32:30 PST 2014 - GCC version: gcc version 4.8.2 (Ubuntu 4.8.2-19ubuntu1) + NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 331.38 Wed Jan 8 19:32:30 PST 2014 + GCC version: gcc version 4.8.2 (Ubuntu 4.8.2-19ubuntu1) .proc.driver.nvidia.warnings.fbdev: - Your system is not currently configured to drive a VGA console - on the primary VGA device. The NVIDIA Linux graphics driver - requires the use of a text-mode VGA console. Use of other console - drivers including, but not limited to, vesafb, may result in - corruption and stability problems, and is not supported. + Your system is not currently configured to drive a VGA console + on the primary VGA device. The NVIDIA Linux graphics driver + requires the use of a text-mode VGA console. Use of other console + drivers including, but not limited to, vesafb, may result in + corruption and stability problems, and is not supported. .tmp.unity.support.test.0: - + ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.3 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: compiz CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0' CompositorUnredirectFSW: true CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Wed Sep 3 13:28:21 2014 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: trusty DistroVariant: ubuntu DkmsStatus: - bbswitch, 0.7, 3.13.0-35-generic, x86_64: installed - nvidia-331, 331.38, 3.13.0-35-generic, x86_64: installed + bbswitch, 0.7, 3.13.0-35-generic, x86_64: installed + nvidia-331, 331.38, 3.13.0-35-generic, x86_64: installed EcryptfsInUse: Yes ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical GraphicsCard: - NVIDIA Corporation GF110 [GeForce GTX 580] [10de:1080] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) - Subsystem: eVga.com. Corp. Device [3842:1582] - NVIDIA Corporation GF110 [GeForce GTX 580] [10de:1080] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) - Subsystem: eVga.com. Corp. Device [3842:1582] + NVIDIA Corporation GF110 [GeForce GTX 580] [10de:1080] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) + Subsystem: eVga.com. Corp. Device [3842:1582] + NVIDIA Corporation GF110 [GeForce GTX 580] [10de:1080] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) + Subsystem: eVga.com. Corp. Device [3842:1582] InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-09-03 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2) MachineType: MSI MS-7681 ProcEnviron: - LANGUAGE=en_US - PATH=(custom, no username) - XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> - LANG=en_US.UTF-8 - SHELL=/bin/bash + LANGUAGE=en_US + PATH=(custom, no username) + XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> + LANG=en_US.UTF-8 + SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.13.0-35-generic.efi.signed root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xorg Symptom: display UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 02/14/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: V1.8 dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.board.name: P67A-GD55 (MS-7681) dmi.board.vendor: MSI dmi.board.version: 1.0/2.0 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: MSI dmi.chassis.version: 1.0/2.0 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrV1.8:bd02/14/2011:svnMSI:pnMS-7681:pvr1.0/2.0:rvnMSI:rnP67A-GD55(MS-7681):rvr1.0/2.0:cvnMSI:ct3:cvr1.0/2.0: dmi.product.name: MS-7681 dmi.product.version: 1.0/2.0 dmi.sys.vendor: MSI version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.11.2+14.04.20140714-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.52-1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.1.3-0ubuntu0.1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.1.3-0ubuntu0.1 version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.8.2-1ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.3.0-1ubuntu3.1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1.1 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.10-1ubuntu2 xserver.bootTime: Wed Sep 3 11:18:54 2014 xserver.configfile: /etc/X11/xorg.conf xserver.errors: - + xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.outputs: - + xserver.version: 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2
** Description changed: If SLI is enabled, there are many flickering artifacts and double images (especially tooltips). Eventually, the desktop environment may lock up completely and the computer needs a forced manual reset. This issue was not present in 12.04 but became immediately present the first time using 14.04 after an upgrade from 12.04. I thought maybe the - upgrade went badly, so I did a fresh install. The fresh install worked - fine until I enabled SLI, and then it went haywire again exactly the - same. I needed to disable SLI as soon as possible after booting and - restart in order to get out of the artifacts and random freezes. + upgrade went badly, so I did a fresh install of 14.04. The fresh + install of 14.04 worked fine until I enabled SLI, and then it went + haywire again exactly the same. I needed to disable SLI as soon as + possible after booting and restart in order to get out of the artifacts + and random freezes. I have tried the different NVIDIA driver versions + available through "Software & Updates -> Additional Drivers" and all the + NVIDIA drivers listed have the same issue. It is an issue with Unity + and SLI specifically regardless of driver version. Perhaps Crossfire + has the same issue, but I have no way to test that assumption. I know my hardware is not the problem because my video cards worked perfectly fine in 12.04 and work perfectly fine in Windows 8 and I have seen other identical reports about NVIDIA SLI issues causing the exact same problems in 14.04. See attached picture further down. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu8 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-35.62-generic 3.13.11.6 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-35-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia .proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0' .proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.1: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/1' .proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: "" .proc.driver.nvidia.version: NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 331.38 Wed Jan 8 19:32:30 PST 2014 GCC version: gcc version 4.8.2 (Ubuntu 4.8.2-19ubuntu1) .proc.driver.nvidia.warnings.fbdev: Your system is not currently configured to drive a VGA console on the primary VGA device. The NVIDIA Linux graphics driver requires the use of a text-mode VGA console. Use of other console drivers including, but not limited to, vesafb, may result in corruption and stability problems, and is not supported. .tmp.unity.support.test.0: ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.3 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: compiz CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0' CompositorUnredirectFSW: true CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Wed Sep 3 13:28:21 2014 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: trusty DistroVariant: ubuntu DkmsStatus: bbswitch, 0.7, 3.13.0-35-generic, x86_64: installed nvidia-331, 331.38, 3.13.0-35-generic, x86_64: installed EcryptfsInUse: Yes ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical GraphicsCard: NVIDIA Corporation GF110 [GeForce GTX 580] [10de:1080] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: eVga.com. Corp. Device [3842:1582] NVIDIA Corporation GF110 [GeForce GTX 580] [10de:1080] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: eVga.com. Corp. Device [3842:1582] InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-09-03 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2) MachineType: MSI MS-7681 ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US PATH=(custom, no username) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.13.0-35-generic.efi.signed root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xorg Symptom: display UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 02/14/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: V1.8 dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.board.name: P67A-GD55 (MS-7681) dmi.board.vendor: MSI dmi.board.version: 1.0/2.0 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: MSI dmi.chassis.version: 1.0/2.0 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrV1.8:bd02/14/2011:svnMSI:pnMS-7681:pvr1.0/2.0:rvnMSI:rnP67A-GD55(MS-7681):rvr1.0/2.0:cvnMSI:ct3:cvr1.0/2.0: dmi.product.name: MS-7681 dmi.product.version: 1.0/2.0 dmi.sys.vendor: MSI version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.11.2+14.04.20140714-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.52-1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.1.3-0ubuntu0.1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.1.3-0ubuntu0.1 version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.8.2-1ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.3.0-1ubuntu3.1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1.1 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.10-1ubuntu2 xserver.bootTime: Wed Sep 3 11:18:54 2014 xserver.configfile: /etc/X11/xorg.conf xserver.errors: xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.outputs: xserver.version: 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2 ** Description changed: If SLI is enabled, there are many flickering artifacts and double images - (especially tooltips). Eventually, the desktop environment may lock up - completely and the computer needs a forced manual reset. + (especially tooltips). Eventually, the desktop environment locks up + completely and the computer needs a forced manual reset. I needed to + disable SLI as soon as possible and restart in order to get out of the + constant freezing and artifacts. This issue was not present in 12.04 but became immediately present the - first time using 14.04 after an upgrade from 12.04. I thought maybe the - upgrade went badly, so I did a fresh install of 14.04. The fresh - install of 14.04 worked fine until I enabled SLI, and then it went - haywire again exactly the same. I needed to disable SLI as soon as - possible after booting and restart in order to get out of the artifacts - and random freezes. I have tried the different NVIDIA driver versions - available through "Software & Updates -> Additional Drivers" and all the - NVIDIA drivers listed have the same issue. It is an issue with Unity - and SLI specifically regardless of driver version. Perhaps Crossfire - has the same issue, but I have no way to test that assumption. + first time using 14.04 on the same computer. I know my hardware is not + the problem because my video cards work perfectly fine in Windows 8 and + I have seen other identical reports about NVIDIA SLI issues causing the + exact same problems in 14.04. - I know my hardware is not the problem because my video cards worked - perfectly fine in 12.04 and work perfectly fine in Windows 8 and I have - seen other identical reports about NVIDIA SLI issues causing the exact - same problems in 14.04. - - See attached picture further down. + Bug report and logs below are taken from when SLI is disabled and system + is working perfectly fine. I wish I could capture logs and bug report + while bug is occurring, but the system is too unstable and unusable to + allow me to submit a bug report while the bug is occurring. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu8 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-35.62-generic 3.13.11.6 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-35-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia .proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0' .proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.1: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/1' .proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: "" .proc.driver.nvidia.version: NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 331.38 Wed Jan 8 19:32:30 PST 2014 GCC version: gcc version 4.8.2 (Ubuntu 4.8.2-19ubuntu1) .proc.driver.nvidia.warnings.fbdev: Your system is not currently configured to drive a VGA console on the primary VGA device. The NVIDIA Linux graphics driver requires the use of a text-mode VGA console. Use of other console drivers including, but not limited to, vesafb, may result in corruption and stability problems, and is not supported. .tmp.unity.support.test.0: ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.3 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: compiz CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0' CompositorUnredirectFSW: true CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Wed Sep 3 13:28:21 2014 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: trusty DistroVariant: ubuntu DkmsStatus: bbswitch, 0.7, 3.13.0-35-generic, x86_64: installed nvidia-331, 331.38, 3.13.0-35-generic, x86_64: installed EcryptfsInUse: Yes ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical GraphicsCard: NVIDIA Corporation GF110 [GeForce GTX 580] [10de:1080] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: eVga.com. Corp. Device [3842:1582] NVIDIA Corporation GF110 [GeForce GTX 580] [10de:1080] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: eVga.com. Corp. Device [3842:1582] InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-09-03 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2) MachineType: MSI MS-7681 ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US PATH=(custom, no username) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.13.0-35-generic.efi.signed root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xorg Symptom: display UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 02/14/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: V1.8 dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.board.name: P67A-GD55 (MS-7681) dmi.board.vendor: MSI dmi.board.version: 1.0/2.0 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: MSI dmi.chassis.version: 1.0/2.0 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrV1.8:bd02/14/2011:svnMSI:pnMS-7681:pvr1.0/2.0:rvnMSI:rnP67A-GD55(MS-7681):rvr1.0/2.0:cvnMSI:ct3:cvr1.0/2.0: dmi.product.name: MS-7681 dmi.product.version: 1.0/2.0 dmi.sys.vendor: MSI version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.11.2+14.04.20140714-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.52-1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.1.3-0ubuntu0.1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.1.3-0ubuntu0.1 version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.8.2-1ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.3.0-1ubuntu3.1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1.1 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.10-1ubuntu2 xserver.bootTime: Wed Sep 3 11:18:54 2014 xserver.configfile: /etc/X11/xorg.conf xserver.errors: xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.outputs: xserver.version: 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1365102 Title: Enabling SLI on NVIDIA "tested" drivers causes artifacts and freeze of Unity forcing manual restart. 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