[ubuntu-studio-users] Zoom freeze

[Mike Blake]

Thanks Mike!

It was an easy install and will try on my next Zoom meeting.

On Fri, Nov 27, 2020 at 12:38 PM Mike Squires <
michael.leslie.squires at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am running 20.04 on a Dell T7600, single Xeon E5 at 2.4 Ghz, quad core;
> 16GB RAM and Quadro K2000 video.  The system came with a Windows 10 Pro
> license and I've installed Ubuntu Studio in a dual-boot configuration under
> UEFI.  I paid $125 at the Indiana University surplus store for the computer
> which can be expanded quite a bit (including to 12 core CPUs in the same E5
> family) at low cost since it's no longer on the leading edge.
>
> I had the same lockup during a Zoom lesson where video stopped but audio
> continued; after a few minutes the whole system locked up.
>
> I had another similar lockup, this time not in Zoom.
>
> The default installation used the "nouveau" video driver.  Under the
> assumption that the Quadro K2000 might be the source of the problem I
> followed Ubuntu instructions for identifying the recommended nVidia driver
> and installed that.  I was going to replace the  K2000 with a AMD HD 7450
> card but thought I would try the driver first.
>
> Since switching to the recommended nVidia driver there have been no
> lockups.  Video speed has increased dramatically, from a glmark2 speed of
> under 1000 with the "nouveau" driver to 2500 with the nVidia driver.
>
> I used the linuxconfig.org method for 20.04 which involves first running
> "ubuntu-drivers devices" which gave me a recommended driver with "apt
> install nvidia-driver-<number>", followed by a reboot.
>
> Mike Squires
> On 11/27/20 9:32 AM, Mike Blake wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>     Not sure if this problem belongs with a regular Ubuntu group.
> While attending a Zoom call after about 30 minutes, the video will freeze
> but the audio continues. People can hear me and I can hear them. The cursor
> is locked and can't view other windows.
>    Any debug ideas are welcome.
>
> I'm running Studio 20.04.1 LTS on Asus with Ryzen 7-2700, 32GB and NVIDIA
> GeForce GTX 750 Ti.
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
>
>
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