Comment 42 for bug 270377

I just tried the 180.27 nvidia driver as well, but this version still locks up my system after an hour or so. When this happens the Xorg process goes to 100% CPU use, and I need to log in remotely to either kill X or restart the system, because other methods (CTRL-ALT-DEL, CTRL-ALT-Backspace or switching to a text terminal) don't work anymore... Unfortunately the system logs don't give any indication of errors when this happens. I've switched back to 177.82 again, because at least this version is stable (for me).

Also, the 180.27 driver still gave redraw issues. Here's slightly more detailed description: With compiz 0.7.8 all window updates would cease at the moment any application tries to go fullscreen (screensaver, image viewers, etc.). After I upgraded to compiz 0.7.9, at least this problem was gone and the redraw-issues were relatively minor and infrequent (or unpredictable if you will), and mostly occured in Firefox (haven't tried LastFM). However, when I open a lot of (I think more than 32) windows, the contents of the most recently opened windows isn't drawn or updated at all until I manually resize the window.

My system has an Asus M3N 78 motherboard with a GeForce 8200 mGPU and a quad-core Phenom CPU. When I turn off desktop effects, everything works just fine. (To be able to switch easily I installed Compiz-Switch: http://forlong.blogage.de/article/pages/Compiz-Switch). I guess I'll just have to keep trying new versions of the nvidia driver as they are released...