nvidia-settings hangs

linuxfever · 10-28-10, 03:17 PM

Hi,

I am using an up-to-date openSUSE 11.3 (64-bit), KDE 4.5.2, an NVIDIA GeForce 9800GT and the proprietary NVIDIA driver 260.19.12, which I installed manually following the instructions from

http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:NVIDIA_the_hard_way

Sometimes, running "nvidia-settings" will cause the whole desktop to freeze for about 5-10 seconds, spike the Xorg CPU usage up to 100%, until the settings appear where everything goes back to normal. I am experiencing the same problem even with the older 256.53 driver.

Running "nvidia-settings" from a terminal does not show any output and restarting X does not help. Any ideas how to figure out what is happening, any places to look for log files?

Thanks for any suggestions.

artem · 10-28-10, 06:10 PM

do

Code:

strace -tt -o /tmp/nv.log nvidia-settings

in console and shut down/quit nvidia-settings as soon as they run.

Then bzip2 that log file and attach it here.

linuxfever · 10-29-10, 03:16 AM

Thank you artem. I attached the file.

artem · 11-05-10, 06:31 AM

All I can see is that something is really f*ck up on your system. But my Linux knowledge isn't enough to figure it out.

linuxfever · 11-05-10, 08:07 AM

Never mind, I installed Kubuntu 10.10 and problem is gone. thanks for your help though!

qdlaty · 11-05-10, 10:38 AM

I've the same problem. Happens also with WINE and other programs using GTK2.

I don't want to shift to KUbuntu to solve my problem.

10-28-10, 03:17 PM	#1
linuxfever Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 4	nvidia-settings hangs Hi, I am using an up-to-date openSUSE 11.3 (64-bit), KDE 4.5.2, an NVIDIA GeForce 9800GT and the proprietary NVIDIA driver 260.19.12, which I installed manually following the instructions from http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:NVIDIA_the_hard_way Sometimes, running "nvidia-settings" will cause the whole desktop to freeze for about 5-10 seconds, spike the Xorg CPU usage up to 100%, until the settings appear where everything goes back to normal. I am experiencing the same problem even with the older 256.53 driver. Running "nvidia-settings" from a terminal does not show any output and restarting X does not help. Any ideas how to figure out what is happening, any places to look for log files? Thanks for any suggestions.

10-28-10, 06:10 PM	#2
artem Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 678	Re: nvidia-settings hangs do Code: strace -tt -o /tmp/nv.log nvidia-settings in console and shut down/quit nvidia-settings as soon as they run. Then bzip2 that log file and attach it here.

11-05-10, 06:31 AM	#4
artem Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 678	Re: nvidia-settings hangs All I can see is that something is really f*ck up on your system. But my Linux knowledge isn't enough to figure it out.

11-05-10, 08:07 AM	#5
linuxfever Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 4	Re: nvidia-settings hangs Never mind, I installed Kubuntu 10.10 and problem is gone. thanks for your help though!

11-05-10, 10:38 AM	#6
qdlaty Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 25	Re: nvidia-settings hangs I've the same problem. Happens also with WINE and other programs using GTK2. I don't want to shift to KUbuntu to solve my problem.