Asus P8P67 + NVidia Quadro 2000 = a strange freeze (keyboard + video)

quayasil · 2012-05-16 14:53:59

I'm working with a new desktop based on the Asus P8P67 motherboard and with the NVidia Quadro 2000 graphics. I'm using a quite standard configuration that worked for many years on numerous machines (a 'template' installation). I experienced a very mysterious but critical problem I can't solve -- any help welcome.
I log to the TTY1 and start a graphical desktop environment (XFCE), then I switch to the TTY2 and log in. After switching several times between those two sessions with Ctrl-Alt-F2, Crtl-Alt-F7 I experience a strange behavior: the screen gets dark (sometimes my monitor switches off, sometimes -- it doesn't), the keyboard doesn't react even to NumLock nor CapsLock and the computer seems to be completely dead but after connecting via ssh and killing the X session it unfreezes and works fine (although I cannot start a new X session -- starting it freezes). Absolutely no errors in any logs. Everything seems to be fine... except it continuously freezes as described above. My config is as follows:

# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller (rev 09)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200/2nd Generation Core Processor Family PCI Express Root Port (rev 09)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82579V Gigabit Network Connection (rev 05)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 05)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 05)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev b5)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev b5)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev b5)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev b5)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 5 (rev b5)
00:1c.6 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 7 (rev b5)
00:1c.7 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 8 (rev b5)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 05)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation P67 Express Chipset Family LPC Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 05)
01:00.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation NF200 PCIe 2.0 switch (rev a3)
02:00.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation NF200 PCIe 2.0 switch (rev a3)
02:02.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation NF200 PCIe 2.0 switch (rev a3)
03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF106GL [Quadro 2000] (rev a1)
03:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GF106 High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)
08:00.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6315 Series Firewire Controller (rev 01)
09:00.0 USB controller: NEC Corporation uPD720200 USB 3.0 Host Controller (rev 04)
0a:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82574L Gigabit Network Connection
0b:00.0 SATA controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88SE9128 PCIe SATA 6 Gb/s RAID controller with HyperDuo (rev 11)

# lsusb
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 004 Device 003: ID 046d:c31c Logitech, Inc. Keyboard K120 for Business
Bus 004 Device 020: ID 0458:003a KYE Systems Corp. (Mouse Systems) NetScroll+ Mini Traveler / Genius NetScroll 120
Bus 004 Device 005: ID 046d:0a0b Logitech, Inc. ClearChat Pro USB

# lsmod
# lsmod
Module Size Used by
fuse 68162 2
nfs 311635 1
nfs_acl 2359 1 nfs
lockd 74176 1 nfs
auth_rpcgss 42223 1 nfs
sunrpc 201789 9 auth_rpcgss,lockd,nfs_acl,nfs
fscache 41123 1 nfs
snd_hda_codec_hdmi 24120 4
snd_hda_codec_realtek 114123 1
nvidia 12275431 0
e1000e 144898 0
snd_usb_audio 93519 0
snd_hda_intel 23989 0
intel_agp 10872 0
eeepc_wmi 2420 0
asus_wmi 15205 1 eeepc_wmi
pci_hotplug 25324 1 asus_wmi
sparse_keymap 3056 1 asus_wmi
rfkill 15604 1 asus_wmi
snd_usbmidi_lib 18744 1 snd_usb_audio
snd_hda_codec 92713 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_codec_hdmi
snd_rawmidi 18991 1 snd_usbmidi_lib
snd_seq_device 5300 1 snd_rawmidi
snd_hwdep 6556 2 snd_hda_codec,snd_usb_audio
snd_pcm 74812 4 snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_usb_audio,snd_hda_codec_hdmi
snd_page_alloc 7217 2 snd_pcm,snd_hda_intel
snd_timer 19222 1 snd_pcm
snd 59656 11 snd_timer,snd_pcm,snd_hwdep,snd_seq_device,snd_rawmidi,snd_hda_codec,snd_usbmidi_lib,snd_hda_intel,snd_usb_audio,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_codec_hdmi
mei 32216 0
soundcore 6082 1 snd
i2c_i801 8116 0
firewire_ohci 31522 0
firewire_core 51466 1 firewire_ohci
intel_gtt 14007 1 intel_agp
wmi 8475 1 asus_wmi
crc_itu_t 1363 1 firewire_core
iTCO_wdt 12877 0
iTCO_vendor_support 1929 1 iTCO_wdt
i2c_core 20593 2 i2c_i801,nvidia
joydev 9991 0
pcspkr 1835 0
psmouse 69539 0
processor 26144 0
serio_raw 4653 0
evdev 9402 18
button 4502 0
ext4 424467 1
crc16 1359 1 ext4
jbd2 71704 1 ext4
mbcache 5977 1 ext4
usbhid 36142 0
hid 84549 1 usbhid
sr_mod 14823 0
cdrom 35744 1 sr_mod
sd_mod 28059 2
ahci 20261 1
libahci 19999 1 ahci
libata 167083 2 libahci,ahci
scsi_mod 133422 3 libata,sd_mod,sr_mod
xhci_hcd 79548 0
ehci_hcd 44072 0
usbcore 146847 6 ehci_hcd,xhci_hcd,usbhid,snd_usbmidi_lib,snd_usb_audio
usb_common 954 1 usbcore

ewaller · 2012-05-16 15:30:25

Moderator comment:
@quayasil: Can I get you to please use BBCode code tags around program output? It puts the output in a small window, automatically adds scroll bars, uses an em-quad font so that columns line up, and is generally more pleasant to read.

There is also a link at the bottom of every post text box.

Thanks.

(Sorry I've no help on your problem )

quayasil · 2012-09-03 14:07:26

Solved by https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Nv … s.22_issue

A new file: /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-nvidia.conf :

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Option "ModeValidation" "NoTotalSizeCheck"
EndSection

fixed it.

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#1 2012-05-16 14:53:59

Asus P8P67 + NVidia Quadro 2000 = a strange freeze (keyboard + video)

#2 2012-05-16 15:30:25

Re: Asus P8P67 + NVidia Quadro 2000 = a strange freeze (keyboard + video)

#3 2012-09-03 14:07:26

Re: Asus P8P67 + NVidia Quadro 2000 = a strange freeze (keyboard + video)

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