Bug #14697
Document workaround for Tails freezing with NVIDIA GTX 1080 when HTC Vive headset is connected to HDMI
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Description
- Reference:
Bug #11831#note-130 - Problem: Tails freezes (not sure at which time exactly)
- Workaround: unplug that headset before starting Tails
- Affected hardware:
- at least NVIDIA GTX 1080, but most likely all Pascal GPUs
- at least HTC Vive headset, and perhaps more HDMI devices
More generally, various reports tell us that a number of problems with nouveau drivers for NVIDIA graphics can be workaround’ed by unplugging non-essential devices connected to the NVIDIA thing (e.g. 2nd display, sound outputs etc.) or by plugging displays on a different port.
It might be worth pointing to https://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/CodeNames/ (so users can identify their hardware) and https://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/FeatureMatrix/ (so that users can tell whether the issue they’re experiencing is Tails-specific or not).
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Resolved | 2017-04-10 | |
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Resolved | 2017-11-15 | |
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Resolved | 2017-09-17 |
History
#1 Updated by intrigeri 2017-09-21 14:01:46
- related to
Bug #11831: NVIDIA Maxwell series graphic card: X.Org doesn't start, or slow graphics operations added
#2 Updated by intrigeri 2017-09-21 14:03:06
- blocks
Feature #13423: Core work 2017Q3: Technical writing added
#3 Updated by intrigeri 2017-09-21 14:03:30
(Really that should be 2017Q4 but I can’t find any such ticket on Feature #13246.)
#4 Updated by sajolida 2017-10-02 18:13:25
- blocked by deleted (
Feature #13423: Core work 2017Q3: Technical writing
#5 Updated by sajolida 2017-10-02 18:13:38
- blocks Feature #14578: Decide when we want to release Tails based on Debian Bullseye added
#6 Updated by sajolida 2017-10-02 18:13:46
- blocked by deleted (
Feature #14578: Decide when we want to release Tails based on Debian Bullseye)
#7 Updated by sajolida 2017-10-02 18:13:57
- blocks
Feature #14758: Core work 2017Q4 → 2018Q1: Technical writing added
#8 Updated by sajolida 2017-11-14 13:20:34
- Target version changed from Tails_3.3 to Tails_3.5
#9 Updated by 110100111011 2017-11-22 05:02:08
Tails no longer crashes in 3.3 with a HTC Vive connected.
It starts correctly, just with the issue that the HTC Vive is seen by Tails as the primarmy monitor. So the Tails Greeter and everything else will appear on the HTC Vive Display, and since you can’t see anything on that due to the lenses, you practically have to disconnect the HTC Vive again to be able to use Tails.
If Feature #14965 would work without the encryption, that would fix this issue since then Tails could already turn off the HTC Vive Display before the Greeter appears.
#10 Updated by Anonymous 2018-01-17 10:48:14
- related to
Feature #14965: Persistence preset: displays configuration added
#11 Updated by anonym 2018-01-23 19:52:52
- Target version changed from Tails_3.5 to Tails_3.6
#12 Updated by sajolida 2018-02-16 19:30:34
- Status changed from Confirmed to Resolved
- Assignee deleted (
sajolida) - Target version deleted (
Tails_3.6)
After Bug #14697#note-9, I think that it’s not worth documenting this.
It might be worth documenting the generic workaround that intrigeri describes in the description of the ticket: “number of problems with nouveau drivers for NVIDIA graphics can be workaround’ed by unplugging non-essential devices connected to the NVIDIA thing (e.g. 2nd display, sound outputs etc.) or by plugging displays on a different port.”
So please reopen this ticket if more such reports are coming in after Tails 3.3.