Jaunty 64-bit and NVIDIA -- Any ideas?

[Luke L]

I have an nvidia laptop I might test later (days) for this, as I want
to try out Jaunty. I can tell you that 180 drivers on my 8800M on
Intrepid worked fine. I don't know if Jaunty has messed up, though. I
don't know how to help you directly.

On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 12:59 AM, Davyd McColl <davydm at gmail.com> wrote:
> Good day
>
> I've used Ubuntu for quite some time (years), following upgrade cycles on
> 32-bit and staying clear of 64-bit just because a lot of people have
> reported having a hard time of it. I recently installed 64-bit Jaunty on my
> laptop (HP Pavillion dv9352 with NVIDIA 7600 go graphics) and it worked so
> swimmingly that I decided to finally do a clean 64-bit install on my desktop
> instead of just dist-upgrade'ing to Jaunty as I would have normally done.
>
> Things have been good for a while -- but the problems have started as soon
> as I've required 3D applications to work. It started when I switched from
> "Blank Screen" to the "BlinkBox" screensaver. I came back to my machine to
> find it locked up after a while. This process was repeatable. Suspecting
> gnome-screensaver, I uninstalled and installed xscreensaver instead -- no
> change. And other 3D screensavers (like Bouncing Cow) cause the same issue.
>
> When I was playin Diablo II via WINE last night, I got a lockup after about
> 20 min play. All system temps are well within normal operating ranges -- the
> hardware doesn't seem to be the problem. <ALT>-<SYSRQ> keys still work, so
> the kernel is still alive. Suspecting graphics, I've downgraded from the 180
> driver to the 173 -- same effect. The older 96 (iirc) driver doesn't seem to
> allow compiz, but does seem to suck just as much -- glxgears brought the
> system to a standstill, with occassional response from the mouse cursor --
> but nothing else. I must also note here that glxgears quite reliably
> reproduces the system lockup for the 173 and 180 drivers.
>
> My next recourse is to try the beta (185) drivers from NVIDIA. I would have
> already but the download I left going overnight apparently broke somehow:
> the installer is complaining about a checksum mismatch -- so I'm
> re-downloading.
>
> What I want to know is: is this common for 64-bit systems (to have dodgy
> proprietary (ie, NVIDIA / ATI) drivers)? I've seen a lot of posts online
> about similar issues but they range right from Warty days -- has this always
> been an issue? Should I have rather just stuck with 32-bit? And does anyone
> know of aything other than trying the beta drivers which I can give a bash?
> I'm not a hectic gamer, but I do like to play something now and then (doom,
> quake, diablo, serious sam, etc), and it sucks that I'm unable to use a
> simple GL screensaver.
>
> Any ideas are appreciated.
>
> -d
>
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Luke L.