[GEM-dev] random lockups on Intrepid when Gem window open

cyrille henry cyrille.henry at la-kitchen.fr
Sun Jan 25 18:58:39 CET 2009



John Harrison a écrit :
> I mentioned this problem about a month ago on the Pd list but it was 
> cluttered with a bunch of other issues and may not have been explained well.
> 
> I have seen 3 different machines completely lock up between 10 seconds 
> and forever when a Gem window is open. All that is required is that the 
> Gem window is open. Redsquare, for example, will trigger the symptom if 
> the gem window on that patch is opened. The lock up doesn't happen 
> immediately but happens sporadically. It also happens continually. 
> During the lockup, even the mouse won't move and the screen is not 
> updated. After the lockup, suddenly the machine will be OK --- until it 
> locks up again a few minutes later.
> 
> Other opengl apps don't lock up. For example, I can run glxgears all day 
> with no problems.
> 
> The machines all had the following in common:
> - ubuntu Intrepid (1 had 64 bit one had 32 bit)
> - nVidia proprietary driver that comes with Intrepid (I tried 3 
> different versions of the driver. Same symptoms)
> - AMD branded processor
> - Gnome/metacity or Gnome/compiz
> 
> One of the machines had 64 bit Hardy and ran fine. Then when changed to 
> 32 bit Intrepid the symptoms came up.
> 
> One is a laptop, the other two are desktops.
> 
> Does anybody else have Intrepid/nVidia/Gnome? It would be interesting to 
> see if he/she is also having the same problem.
> 
i do use intrepid / nvidia (v180) driver / Gnome / metacity, on a laptop with an Geforce 9650M and
intel core2 duo.
everything is fine.
i use to have problem when switching windows with older nvidia driver, but it's not the same problem than the one you describe.

cyrille

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