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#1 2011-06-27 23:50:54

jskier
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Nvidia opengl no longer working (segfaults) [solved] [UPDATE]

UPDATE:

Reference Gentoo bug for temporary resolution:
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=350336

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I can't seem to run any openGL apps any more after a recent update. Current nvidia driver 275.09.07-1, tried kernel26 (from testing), kernel26-ck, and kernel26-bfs same results. Running glxinfo or glxgears causes a segfault (noted below). Most GL apps note "error 4 in libnvidia-glcore" before immediately quitting. Running on 64bit system and nouveau drivers handle GL like they should without error.

glxinfo[2121]: segfault at fffffffffffffff8 ip 00007fd314348754 sp 00007fff5294cdf0 error 4 in libnvidia-glcore.so.275.09.07[7fd31336d000+15d4000]
glxgears[2123]: segfault at 0 ip           (null) sp 00007fffcc652938 error 14 in glxgears[400000+4000]

Anyone else having this problem? Thinking about a bug report.

Last edited by jskier (2011-07-10 14:33:00)


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#2 2011-06-28 00:12:16

karol
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Re: Nvidia opengl no longer working (segfaults) [solved] [UPDATE]

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#3 2011-06-28 01:12:57

jskier
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Re: Nvidia opengl no longer working (segfaults) [solved] [UPDATE]

I thought that the xorg server version could be the issue in some strange way so I updated my laptop and everything works fine on it. Using the same nvidia driver and kernel as the desktop (albeit slightly different graphic card). Strange. I'm not nor have I been using LTS, and the xserver has been upgraded since last month- not sure why this would happen all of a sudden.

UPDATE:

Downgrading to to the nvidia package version 270.41.19 fixes the problem. I think it's specific to my model video card (GeForce GT 220). An issue with nvidia has been entered (Issue Reference #110628-000170)

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