Dtyjlui

My Ubuntu 18.10 (also happens on 18.04) PC is always crashing since I have an NVidia GPU. When I play CSGO it crashes after 2 to 4 minutes playing. Also when I am just using Firefox or something else it crashes after 1 to 2 hours. I switched to Linux to get fewer crashes, not more. My system specs are:

• GTX-1050ti - Nvidia-driver-396


• i5 7600k


• 16gb DDR4 RAM

I already tried doing a clean install and I tried different drivers but the issue still exists. I used this PC without the 1050ti for some time (only with the iGPU) and I never had crashea.

I would really appreciate some help because I just want to use this PC without these annoying crashes.

This is my apport.log:

ERROR: apport (pid 2335) Sat Oct 20 10:49:49 2018: called for pid 2321, signal 11, core limit 0, dump mode 1

ERROR: apport (pid 2335) Sat Oct 20 10:49:49 2018: script: /usr/bin/unattended-upgrade, interpreted by /usr/bin/python3.6 (command line "/usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/unattended-upgrade --download-only")

ERROR: apport (pid 2335) Sat Oct 20 10:49:49 2018: is_closing_session(): no DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS in environment

ERROR: apport (pid 2335) Sat Oct 20 10:49:55 2018: wrote report /var/crash/_usr_bin_unattended-upgrade.0.crash

ERROR: apport (pid 2830) Sat Oct 20 10:49:55 2018: called for pid 2821, signal 11, core limit 0, dump mode 1

ERROR: apport (pid 2830) Sat Oct 20 10:49:55 2018: script: /usr/share/apport/whoopsie-upload-all, interpreted by /usr/bin/python3.6 (command line "/usr/bin/python3 /usr/share/apport/whoopsie-upload-all")

ERROR: apport (pid 2830) Sat Oct 20 10:49:55 2018: is_closing_session(): no DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS in environment

ERROR: apport (pid 2830) Sat Oct 20 10:49:56 2018: wrote report /var/crash/_usr_share_apport_whoopsie-upload-all.0.crash

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1. 
   

   Open the terminal and type:

   
   
   

   apt-cache depends nvidia-driver-396 # if nvidia-driver-396 doesn't work try nvidia-driver-390 
   
   

   
   
   

   The results of the above command list the dependencies installed by nvidia-driver-396. Look for dependencies installed by nvidia-driver-396, that is packages that have both nvidia and 396 in their package names. Check if they are installed or not using apt policy <package-names>. Uninistall nvidia-driver-396 and its installed dependencies with sudo apt remove <package-names>.

   
   


2. 
   

   Reboot.

   
   
   

   sudo reboot
   
   

   
   


3. 
   

   Install nvidia-driver-410.

   
   
   

   sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa
   
   sudo apt update
   
   sudo apt install nvidia-driver-410 nvidia-settings  
   
   sudo reboot
   
   

   
   

I finally found a solution for my problem!

If anyone experiences the same issue, just try to add intel_idle.max_cstate=1 to your kernel boot options. To do this permanently, edit /etc/default/grub:

sudo gedit /etc/default/grub

go to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT and add intel_idle.max_cstate=1.

When you are finished update grub sudo update-grub
and reboot!