The nvidia-current driver in Mageia 1 had a severe bug in KDE4 when the nVidia proprietary driver is used; with desktop effects enabled, maximising a window, e.g. konsole, would freeze the whole X server, and there'd be no way except using the Magic keys to reboot the system. Test case: - Install KDE4 (task-kde4-minimal at least) on a machine with a modern nVidia gfx card - Reconfigure the gfx card to use the nVidia proprietary driver (you'll have to reboot) - Log into KDE4 and enable the desktop effects (systemsettings -> Desktop Effects) - Open a Konsole window and maximise it, it's expected to freeze the X server altogether (you many need to minimise -> maximise a couple of times); you'll have to use the Magic keys to reboot the system (press and hole Alt+Ctrl+PrntScreen, then type R S E I U B) - Install the new nvidia-current-275.09.07 packages from the nonfree/updates_testing repository (make sure you have the -devel package matching your currently running kernel installed) - Reboot OR log out, go to tty1, login as root and 'rmmod nvidia' then 'service -f dm' - Log into KDE4, now with desktop effects enabled, try maximising a Konsole window, it shouldn't freeze the system Fixed packages: *nvidia-current*-275.09.07-1.mga1.* Proposed Advisory text: Due to a bug in the nVidia proprietary driver, maximizing some windows apps (notably Konsole) in KDE4 with the KDE4 desktop effects enabled would freeze the X server altogether. This update fixes this issue by updating the nVidia proprietary driver to 275.09.07, the current stable release in the 275.xx driver series.
CC: (none) => anssi.hannula
Component: RPM Packages => Security
Sorry about that, it's indeed not a security issue; but: - what's the sec team's alias in bugzilla so that we can add it in CC as per the http://mageia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=qa_updates) - what's the qa team alias?
Component: Security => RPM Packages
CC: (none) => dglent
With old driver i couldn't freeze my X when resizing window but got some glitches on screen. So finally i had to reload X anyway. With new driver from testing this is not happening anymore, so it seems to fix problems. No regressions so long. Card:NVIDIA GeForce 6100 to GeForce 360: nVidia Corporation|GT218 [NVS 3100M] [DISPLAY_VGA] (rev: a2) Linux latitude 2.6.38.7-desktop-1.mga #1 SMP Sun May 22 11:37:00 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
CC: (none) => sander.lepikAssignee: bugsquad => qa-bugs
@QA and sec teams: there're 3-4 users on the forums who reported the new driver fixed the issue, and they didn't report any regressions so far.
I can confirm Sander Lepik's findings on my NVS 3100M.
For me too the new driver fix the issue and has not any regression cpu 64 bit nvidia 8600gs 512mb
Created attachment 620 [details] Attached is a screenshot of desktop after resizing Konsole window.
Tested on 2 more systems: i586 (system from where is the attachment): Linux powerhouse 2.6.38.7-server-1.mga #1 SMP Sun May 22 13:31:43 UTC 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux Card:NVIDIA GeForce 6100 to GeForce 360: nVidia Corporation|G92 [GeForce GTS 250] [DISPLAY_VGA] (rev: a2) x86_64: Linux localhost 2.6.38.7-desktop-1.mga #1 SMP Sun May 22 11:37:00 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Card:NVIDIA GeForce 6100 to GeForce 360: nVidia Corporation|G96 [GeForce 9400 GT] [DISPLAY_VGA] (rev: a1) This update fixes both systems. I think it's a time to push it into updates.
Blocks: (none) => 1930
Packages pushed to updates.
Status: NEW => RESOLVEDCC: (none) => boklmResolution: (none) => FIXED
Blocks: 1930 => (none)
CC: boklm => (none)