X freeze - Failed to allocate 2D engine / NVRM: Xid

Salem

Hello,

not sure why, but my X.Org X server 1.9.5 freezes when using KDE-effects (like Wobbly Windows) with the following message:
syslog:

BradN · Posted: Sun May 29, 2011 7:14 pm Post subject:

Probably best to find the versions that worked and start reporting bugs on the versions that don't

Side note: The nouveau driver is starting to get decent for some uses, perhaps it's worth giving it a try.

Salem · Posted: Sun May 29, 2011 7:19 pm Post subject:

Yeah, testing atm. But not sure if its a nvidia, X or kde problem :/
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BradN · Posted: Sun May 29, 2011 8:03 pm Post subject:

Probably not KDE, I would check that last.

Salem · Posted: Mon May 30, 2011 12:19 pm Post subject:

Upgraded to the latest xorg-server-1.10.2 and it still freezes. Then I downgraded to 1.9.5 and now everything works fine...

Thanks =)
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BradN · Posted: Tue May 31, 2011 3:19 pm Post subject:

Sometimes when certain software is updated, you also have to update other things that work with it. For example here, a newer nvidia driver might work better with the updated X server (there's a 270.41.19 nvidia drivers in unstable compared to the 270.41.6 you're on)

Maybe worth checking at least. And of course if it doesn't work, it's probably better to file a bug report now than later, before all the working versions get pushed out of portage!

Salem · Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 7:28 pm Post subject:

Yeah, true. But still not sure what's wrong here.

I still have random freezes while playing Flash animations and the flash plugin crashes many times per day. But the rest is working fine atm :/

While freezing, i can sometimes move the mouse cursor for half a second and the full picture goes blackfor a millisecond. I have no problem playing (3d) games or playing videos with a video player...

Could be a flash problem...i hope.

Here the log while freezing:

Salem · Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 11:16 pm Post subject:

Crashed again, this time using Flash. (tested http://vhx.tv/)

Same message:

BradN · Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 5:37 am Post subject:

I'd really give nouveau a shot, just to see if it's a viable option for your setup. I've had good luck during the (limited) amount I used it.

Otherwise I really don't know what's causing those problems... I suppose if you had an identical card you could test the hardware, or see if it works better in another OS (even ubuntu or something). It'd just suck to waste effort on it if the card itself is getting flaky.