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Wunderbaum

GPU lockups all the way

Post by Wunderbaum »

After a while, LM just crashes. The screen is rendered uninterpretable, just like in some video game glitch.
I've switched to WMaker, but I still experience these problems.
I use the Ubuntu-based version with an nVidia GPU.
What is the cause of the problem? The system which Linux Mint is based on? (I experienced similar problems with Ubuntu)
Or maybe Nouveau, the free driver?
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Wunderbaum

Re: GPU lockups all the way

Post by Wunderbaum »

BUMP
ptsc

Re: GPU lockups all the way

Post by ptsc »

Did you solve this issue? I recently installed Linux Mint on a spare drive and now I'm having the same problem.

The desktop drops to the console and outputs errors:

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nouveau E [     DRM] GPU lockup - switching to software fbcon
nouveau E [Xorg[1565]] failed to idle channel 0xcccc0001  [Xorg[1565]]
nouveau E [     PFIFO] [0000:01:00.0] playlist update failed
etc.
This continues for a few minutes with the final error messaging being:

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nouveau E [     PFIFO] [0000:01:00.0] channel 4 [kwin[2201]] kick timeout
After this error message, the system locks up and displays garbage on the screen like you described above. My display adapter is a GeForce GTX 580
clfarron4

Re: GPU lockups all the way

Post by clfarron4 »

Have you looked in the additional/proprietary drivers and installed the nVidia drivers?
Wunderbaum

Re: GPU lockups all the way

Post by Wunderbaum »

I solved this problem way long ago with the installation of proprietary drivers.
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