Possible ubuntu video driver bug

[Derek Trotter]

It happens whether or not I'm playing a video.  Most of the videos I 
watch are not flash videos.  They're mostly avi files with xvid, but 
some were mpeg1 or mpeg2.  I used vlc to play them.

On 11/10/2011 16:32, Dazed_75 wrote:
> All of your issues sound like they happen when playing videos.  Is 
> that true or are there other times as well?
>
> As far as what else it could be, there could be lots of possibilities 
> but they might be hard to track down to elements that are common to 
> Ubuntu, Kubuntu, and Fedora.  If it is localized to playing videos, I 
> would certainly be suspicious of the command line based underpinnings 
> the players might use.  Oh, and are the videos Flash based or not?
>
> If you are coming to the meeting tonight and can come to the 
> restaurant after, someone there may be able to help.
>
> On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 4:21 PM, Derek Trotter 
> <expat.arizonan at gmail.com <mailto:expat.arizonan at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     On 11/10/2011 16:10, Dazed_75 wrote:
>>     Try looking to see if you are using the open source generic
>>     nvidia driver or the proprietary one.  I am not sure where that
>>     is in the Kubuntu menus but look for something in System, or
>>     Administration with a name that is probably something about
>>     Hardware.  It should run a program that looks to see if there are
>>     proprietary drivers you might choose to use.
>     When I first installed the os I noticed the problem with the
>     driver it came with.  I checked and found where it suggested a
>     proprietary driver and offered one other.  I chose the one that
>     was recommended.  The bug showed itself with the driver that came
>     with the install and the one I installed later.
>
>>     I AM curious though if you have some particular reason for
>>     suspecting it is due to you having that video card since a screen
>>     freeze could be something above the driver level.
>     I've had that card for about 2 years while the machine was running
>     XP and didn't have this problem.  It only showed itself after I
>     installed the latest Ubuntu and Kubuntu version as well as the
>     other latest linux flavors I mentioned earlier.  Fedora 15 was the
>     worst.  It would freeze the screen as soon as I started playing a
>     video.  The others would let me watch at least for a few minutes
>     before the screen froze.
>
>     Also if it's not a driver problem, what else could it be?
>
>>
>>     On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 3:59 PM, Derek Trotter
>>     <expat.arizonan at gmail.com <mailto:expat.arizonan at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>         I have an NVIDIA Geforce 8400 GS card that plugs into a PCI
>>         slot.  I have no problems with it in XP, but when I installed
>>         Kubuntu 11.10 I found a problem.  Occasionally the screen
>>         freezes.  I can't switch to a console.  Also I can't kill the
>>         x server.  I know the machine has not completely locked up
>>         because when I have audio playing, it keeps playing even
>>         though the screen has frozen.  None of the usual means to
>>         shut down a machine work.  The only thing I can do is hit the
>>         reset button, press the power switch for several seconds
>>         until the machine shuts off, or pull the plug.  I've
>>         encountered this on Ubuntu 11.10, Kubuntu 11.10, Mepis 11 and
>>         Fedora 15.  I installed the LTS verson of Kubuntu 10 and
>>         haven't had any problems with it.  Does anyone have any idea
>>         what's going on or how to fix it?
>>
>>         Thanks
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