Yaro Kasear [2011.06.17 1709 -0500]: > On Friday, June 17, 2011 04:10:01 PM Richard Schütz wrote: > > The new driver really seems to have a major problem. I figured out that > > you just need an image with 2047px width to screw up the driver. > > > > > > ATTENTION: This can crash your X server and corrupt memory! > > > > Example: [1], an otherwise harmless picture. Every picture with the same > > width will work, too. I could trigger the bug at least with Firefox, > > Midori, Epiphany and EOG. It looks like some applications like Chromium > > alter the size, so they don't trigger it. > > > > > > [1] http://www.abload.de/img/nvbugy7cd.jpg > > Are we sure ths is a bug with the nVidia driver? Can someone load that image > who isn't using it? Loaded the image without problems on my laptop with Intel Core i7 built-in graphics. On my desktop with GeForce 7500 GT, the screen flickers and then X crashes. Window manager, firefox version, etc. are the same on the two machines. Cheers, Norbert
