0003492: FreeCAD 0.17 crashes xorg server with NVIDIA proprietary driver on linux - FreeCAD Tracker

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ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0003492	FreeCAD	Bug	public	2018-05-22 10:30	2018-09-12 15:59

Reporter	tannator	Assigned To
Priority	normal	Severity	block	Reproducibility	always
Status	closed	Resolution	not fixable
Product Version	0.17

Summary	0003492: FreeCAD 0.17 crashes xorg server with NVIDIA proprietary driver on linux
Description	When running FreeCAD on Arch Linux with the NVIDIA driver (since Ver. 390.12) installed. The xorg X server crashes completely with total loss to server and restarts. There is not even a debug output available. The error does not appear when in optimus mode when the server runs on intel graphics and NVIDIA through bublebee. The nouveau open source driver also seems to work. The disadvantage is: There is no brightness control on optimus or thorugh nouveau driver. The system is GTX1060 Pascal hardware on a laptop with G-Sync. Means the display control goes completely through the NVIDIA -> Refresh of the display, brightness control etc. Was surprisingly working inbetween with NVIDIA driver 390.48-2, but update to newer driver broke it again.
Steps To Reproduce	On an up-to-date Laptop with NVIDIA GTX1060 G-Sync enabled hardware. Proprietary driver (>390.12) installed on Arch Linux (crashed on Gnome and KDE). Simply start FreeCAD the X-Server crashes directly.
Additional Information	System: Schenker XMG P507 Graphics card: NVIDIA GTX1060 Display: G-Sync 120Hz Processor: Intel core i7-Q7700 OS: Arch Linux (stable) Kernel: 4.16.9-1 (https://www.archlinux.org/packages/core/x86_64/linux/) Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.12 NVIDIA driver: 396.24-2 (https://www.archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/nvidia/) FreeCAD: freecad 0.17-3 (aur) (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/freecad/)
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Kunda1 2018-05-26 22:01 administrator ~0011281	@tannator can you still recreate this issue with the latest appImage ? https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/releases/download/0.18_pre/FreeCAD_0.18.13780.glibc2.17-x86_64.AppImage

wmayer 2018-09-12 15:59 administrator ~0011720	Driver issues cannot be fixed by FreeCAD devs.

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2018-05-22 10:30	tannator	New Issue
2018-05-26 22:01	Kunda1	Note Added: 0011281
2018-05-26 22:01	Kunda1	Status	new => feedback
2018-09-12 15:59	wmayer	Status	feedback => closed
2018-09-12 15:59	wmayer	Resolution	open => not fixable
2018-09-12 15:59	wmayer	Note Added: 0011720