I've upgraded my kernel to 3.4.5 (quantal) from the mainline and haven't had a crash since with the 302.17 nvidia driver. Also mentioned earlier downgrading to 290.10 fixes it as well.
Here you find the deb packages for 290.10: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/precise/amd64/nvidia-current/290.10-0ubuntu2 Here you find the newest mainline kernel in deb packages. http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/973096 Title: Nvidia driver causes xorg crash To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers/+bug/973096/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp