Gnome or NVIDIA crashing on system ??

matierpixel · 2015-10-27 05:54:37

This has been happening for quite a while and I am still not able to fix this.

What happens:.I login into my computer using GDM/Gnome Login Manager and greeted with the main desktop. So far, everything seems okay until I open any application (xterm and nautilus/Gnome Files). The background disappears into a black background and the Activity Bar closes/kills itself (don't know how to say this). The application I run freezes and stays there until I switch to a framebuffer and return to the "Oops! Something went wrong" error screen. I am told to log out and that's it. This happens on Gnome Classic also. I have Wayland installed, but that doesn't ever start (there is a log for it). The only option that works is Openbox.

Info on my system:
64-bit Linux (vanilla/packaged kernel)
lspci | grep VGA :: 00:0d.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation C61 [GeForce 6150SE nForce 430] (rev a2)
NVIDIA loaded in both the drm module and NVIDIA module

Logs when trying to enter "Gnome on Wayland" -- dmesg

[  125.099982] forcedeth 0000:00:07.0 enp0s7: link down
[  149.820062] NVRM: Xid (PCI:0000:00:0d): 1, Channel 00000002 Method 00000060 Data beef0233
[  164.437131] traps: gnome-shell[568] trap int3 ip:7fed340cb64b sp:7fff8e5ca970 error:0
[  170.493293] traps: gnome-shell[410] trap int3 ip:7f2ac5d6964b sp:7fffb8750670 error:0

systemctl status gdm --
(WaylandEnable=false is uncommented in /etc/gdm/custom.conf)

● gdm.service - GNOME Display Manager
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/gdm.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
   Active: active (running) since Mon 2015-10-26 20:32:27 CDT; 3min 57s ago
 Main PID: 283 (gdm)
   CGroup: /system.slice/gdm.service
           └─283 /usr/bin/gdm

Oct 26 20:32:26 raptr systemd[1]: Starting GNOME Display Manager...
Oct 26 20:32:27 raptr systemd[1]: Started GNOME Display Manager.
Oct 26 20:34:38 raptr gdm-password][509]: pam_unix(gdm-password:auth): conversation failed
Oct 26 20:34:38 raptr gdm-password][509]: pam_unix(gdm-password:auth): auth could not identify password for [matthew]
Oct 26 20:34:38 raptr gdm-password][509]: gkr-pam: no password is available for user
Oct 26 20:34:50 raptr gdm-password][543]: pam_unix(gdm-password:session): session opened for user matthew by (uid=0)
Oct 26 20:34:54 raptr gdm[283]: GdmDisplay: display lasted 2.721146 seconds

Logs when trying to enter "Gnome" -- dmesg

[  125.099982] forcedeth 0000:00:07.0 enp0s7: link down
[  149.820062] NVRM: Xid (PCI:0000:00:0d): 1, Channel 00000002 Method 00000060 Data beef0233
[  164.437131] traps: gnome-shell[568] trap int3 ip:7fed340cb64b sp:7fff8e5ca970 error:0
[  170.493293] traps: gnome-shell[410] trap int3 ip:7f2ac5d6964b sp:7fffb8750670 error:0
[  249.571735] forcedeth 0000:00:07.0 enp0s7: link up
[  280.495358] systemd[1]: Requested transaction contradicts existing jobs: Transaction is destructive.
[  293.536184] NVRM: Xid (PCI:0000:00:0d): 1, Channel 00000002 Method 00000060 Data beef0233
[  310.942989] NVRM: Xid (PCI:0000:00:0d): 1, Channel 00000003 Method 00000060 Data beef0233
[  319.523881] NVRM: Xid (PCI:0000:00:0d): 1, Channel 00000003 Method 00000060 Data beef0233
[  319.553843] NVRM: Xid (PCI:0000:00:0d): 1, Channel 00000003 Method 00000060 Data beef0233
[  319.890026] NVRM: Xid (PCI:0000:00:0d): 1, Channel 00000003 Method 00000060 Data beef0233
[  319.917753] NVRM: Xid (PCI:0000:00:0d): 1, Channel 00000003 Method 00000060 Data beef0233
[  319.953954] NVRM: Xid (PCI:0000:00:0d): 1, Channel 00000003 Method 00000060 Data beef0233
[  319.974597] traps: gnome-shell[882] trap int3 ip:7f17d512764b sp:7ffd31129920 error:0
[  339.188730] NVRM: Xid (PCI:0000:00:0d): 13, 0002 bfef000b 00000062 00000184 0000a46b 00000006
[  339.198181] NVRM: Xid (PCI:0000:00:0d): 2, CCMDs 00000002 0000009f 0000019c bfef000b 0000001c
[  340.848113] NVRM: Xid (PCI:0000:00:0d): 13, 001e 3141590c 00000019 00000104 0000a457 00000002
[  340.853098] NVRM: Xid (PCI:0000:00:0d): 9, Channel 00000020 Instance 00000000 Intr 00100000
[  347.866202] NVRM: Xid (PCI:0000:00:0d): 8, Channel 00000003
[  355.855991] NVRM: Xid (PCI:0000:00:0d): 1, Channel 00000004 Method 00000060 Data beef0233

A line from journalctl -xe that I believe needed to be mentioned as it keeps being repeated many times and filling up the log folder.

Oct 26 23:51:00 raptr gnome-session[1467]: (gnome-shell:1511): Cogl-WARNING **: driver/gl/cogl-clip-stack-gl.c:419: GL error (1282): Invalid operation

If any other logs are needed to help solve this issue, I don't mind getting them.

I would like to keep NVIDIA as my video driver as nouveau crashes on my also. Image of nouveau crashing on me after ~30 minutes of usage. If the nouveau crashing is solvable, then I am willing to move to nouveau permanently.

If what I am experiencing is just a driver bug or issue, please state so I can just wait until it is fixed.

Thanks for reading and/or helping.

gregbert · 2015-11-10 17:36:27

This is a great description and exactly what is happening on my system. It is a latittude d620 with a nv40 (g72s) nvidia card.

i noticed the 304xx video card driver was updated in october. I suspect that is the issue. I can't find an old version to downgrade to.

the current version is nvidia-304xx-304.128-4-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz

also using gnome, gdm, xorg
no wayland

I also tried complete reinstall, starting from a new ext4 file system. same exact issue results

Last edited by gregbert (2015-11-10 17:49:07)

Maki · 2015-11-28 13:27:31

gregbert wrote:

This is a great description and exactly what is happening on my system. It is a latittude d620 with a nv40 (g72s) nvidia card.
i noticed the 304xx video card driver was updated in october. I suspect that is the issue. I can't find an old version to downgrade to.
the current version is nvidia-304xx-304.128-4-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz
also using gnome, gdm, xorg
no wayland
I also tried complete reinstall, starting from a new ext4 file system. same exact issue results

try reinstalling nvidia-304xx-libgl and lib32-nvidia-304xx-libgl

cjazz · 2015-11-28 14:03:21

matierpixel,

Sorry I have nothing to offer on your issues with NVIDIA and Gnome, which I don't use. However, until recently I had a GeForce 6150SE nForce 430, and the image of your crashed screen using the nouveau driver looks horrifyingly familiar. Here's what worked for me. Hope it helps.

In the folder /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d, I created a file called 50-device.conf, consisting of the following lines:

Section "Device"
Identifier "Default Device"
Driver "nouveau"
Option "ShadowFB" "on"
EndSection

After reboot, my crashes disappeared. Credit to Caitlyn Martin, writing for O'Reilly.com.

Arch Linux

#1 2015-10-27 05:54:37

Gnome or NVIDIA crashing on system ??

#2 2015-11-10 17:36:27

Re: Gnome or NVIDIA crashing on system ??

#3 2015-11-28 13:27:31

Re: Gnome or NVIDIA crashing on system ??

#4 2015-11-28 14:03:21

Re: Gnome or NVIDIA crashing on system ??

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