Bug#1151665: mutter: gnome-shell segfaults with NVIDIA 550 after upgrade to 51.0-3

Claudio Giordano claudiogiordano at disroot.org
Wed Nov 4 21:26:42 GMT 2026


> I'm progressively testing step by step, upgrading first to kernel 7.2
> (from 7.1) - 7.2 with nvidia-drivers 550.163.01-5.1 wans't compiling
> successfully but with the latest release from sid (550.163.01-6) it
> succeded.
> 
> Next step would be upgrading gnome and mutter again to test it in
> combination with current nvidia 550 release and kernel 7.2
> and, in case of failure, i'll upgrade to nvidia 555 from experimetal.


upgrading gnome-shell and mutter again caused, unfortunately, the same identical issue,
upgrading to nvidia-driver 555, although they compiled correctly (the dkms module) with kernel 7.2,
unfortunately didn't help so i had sadly to roll back again and downgrade all the installed packages,
in particular mutter and its gnome-shell dependencies let gdm3 start again without crashing.

I've attached boot logs (dmesg) after gnome/mutter upgrade and after nvidia 555 upgrade,
i've also attached nvidia packages list before and afteter nvidia upgrade, 
plus a subset of packages that were left behind after upgrading nvidia packages from 550.163.01-5.1 to 550.163.01-6

I hope these will be useful,
thanks.
-- 
Claudio Giordano <claudiogiordano at disroot.org>
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ii  firmware-nvidia-graphics                               20260916-1                                 all            Binary firmware for Nvidia GPU chips
ii  firmware-nvidia-gsp                                    550.163.01-5.1                             amd64          NVIDIA GSP firmware
ii  glx-alternative-nvidia                                 1.2.2                                      amd64          allows the selection of NVIDIA as GLX provider
ii  libegl-nvidia0:amd64                                   550.163.01-6                               amd64          NVIDIA binary EGL library
ii  libegl-nvidia0:i386                                    550.163.01-6                               i386           NVIDIA binary EGL library
ii  libgl1-nvidia-glvnd-glx:amd64                          550.163.01-6                               amd64          NVIDIA binary OpenGL/GLX library (GLVND variant)
ii  libgl1-nvidia-glvnd-glx:i386                           550.163.01-6                               i386           NVIDIA binary OpenGL/GLX library (GLVND variant)
ii  libgles-nvidia1:amd64                                  550.163.01-6                               amd64          NVIDIA binary OpenGL|ES 1.x library
ii  libgles-nvidia2:amd64                                  550.163.01-6                               amd64          NVIDIA binary OpenGL|ES 2.x library
ii  libglx-nvidia0:amd64                                   550.163.01-6                               amd64          NVIDIA binary GLX library
ii  libglx-nvidia0:i386                                    550.163.01-6                               i386           NVIDIA binary GLX library
ii  libnvidia-allocator1:amd64                             550.163.01-6                               amd64          NVIDIA allocator runtime library
ii  libnvidia-allocator1:i386                              550.163.01-6                               i386           NVIDIA allocator runtime library
ii  libnvidia-api1:amd64                                   550.163.01-6                               amd64          NVAPI runtime library
ii  libnvidia-cfg1:amd64                                   550.163.01-6                               amd64          NVIDIA binary OpenGL/GLX configuration library
ii  libnvidia-egl-wayland1:amd64                           1:1.1.21-1                                 amd64          Wayland EGL External Platform library -- shared library
ii  libnvidia-egl-wayland1:i386                            1:1.1.21-1                                 i386           Wayland EGL External Platform library -- shared library
ii  libnvidia-eglcore:amd64                                550.163.01-6                               amd64          NVIDIA binary EGL core libraries
ii  libnvidia-eglcore:i386                                 550.163.01-6                               i386           NVIDIA binary EGL core libraries
ii  libnvidia-encode1:amd64                                550.163.01-6                               amd64          NVENC Video Encoding runtime library
ii  libnvidia-fbc1:amd64                                   550.163.01-6                               amd64          NVIDIA OpenGL-based Framebuffer Capture runtime library
ii  libnvidia-glcore:amd64                                 550.163.01-6                               amd64          NVIDIA binary OpenGL/GLX core libraries
ii  libnvidia-glcore:i386                                  550.163.01-6                               i386           NVIDIA binary OpenGL/GLX core libraries
ii  libnvidia-glvkspirv:amd64                              550.163.01-6                               amd64          NVIDIA binary Vulkan Spir-V compiler library
ii  libnvidia-glvkspirv:i386                               550.163.01-6                               i386           NVIDIA binary Vulkan Spir-V compiler library
ii  libnvidia-gpucomp:amd64                                550.163.01-6                               amd64          NVIDIA binary GPU compiler library
ii  libnvidia-gpucomp:i386                                 550.163.01-6                               i386           NVIDIA binary GPU compiler library
ii  libnvidia-ml1:amd64                                    550.163.01-6                               amd64          NVIDIA Management Library (NVML) runtime library
ii  libnvidia-ml1:i386                                     550.163.01-6                               i386           NVIDIA Management Library (NVML) runtime library
ii  libnvidia-ngx1:amd64                                   550.163.01-6                               amd64          NVIDIA NGX runtime library
ii  libnvidia-nvvm4:amd64                                  550.163.01-6                               amd64          NVIDIA NVVM Compiler library
ii  libnvidia-opticalflow1:amd64                           550.163.01-6                               amd64          NVIDIA Optical Flow runtime library
ii  libnvidia-pkcs11-openssl3:amd64                        550.163.01-6                               amd64          NVIDIA PKCS #11 Library (OpenSSL 3)
ii  libnvidia-ptxjitcompiler1:amd64                        550.163.01-6                               amd64          NVIDIA PTX JIT Compiler library
ii  libnvidia-rtcore:amd64                                 550.163.01-6                               amd64          NVIDIA binary Vulkan ray tracing (rtcore) library
ii  nvidia-alternative:i386                                550.163.01-6                               i386           allows the selection of NVIDIA as GLX provider
ii  nvidia-cuda-mps                                        550.163.01-6                               amd64          NVIDIA CUDA Multi Process Service (MPS)
ii  nvidia-detect                                          550.163.01-6                               amd64          NVIDIA GPU detection utility
ii  nvidia-driver                                          550.163.01-6                               amd64          NVIDIA metapackage
ii  nvidia-driver-bin                                      550.163.01-6                               amd64          NVIDIA driver support binaries
ii  nvidia-driver-full                                     550.163.01-6                               amd64          NVIDIA metapackage (all components)
ii  nvidia-driver-libs:amd64                               550.163.01-6                               amd64          NVIDIA metapackage (OpenGL/GLX/EGL/GLES libraries)
ii  nvidia-driver-libs:i386                                550.163.01-6                               i386           NVIDIA metapackage (OpenGL/GLX/EGL/GLES libraries)
ii  nvidia-egl-common:i386                                 550.163.01-5.1                             i386           NVIDIA binary EGL driver - common files
ii  nvidia-egl-icd:amd64                                   550.163.01-6                               amd64          NVIDIA EGL installable client driver (ICD)
ii  nvidia-egl-icd:i386                                    550.163.01-6                               i386           NVIDIA EGL installable client driver (ICD)
ii  nvidia-installer-cleanup                               20240109+1                                 amd64          cleanup after driver installation with the nvidia-installer
ii  nvidia-kernel-common                                   20240109+1                                 amd64          NVIDIA binary kernel module support files
ii  nvidia-kernel-dkms                                     550.163.01-6                               amd64          NVIDIA binary kernel module DKMS source
ii  nvidia-kernel-support                                  550.163.01-6                               amd64          NVIDIA binary kernel module support files
ii  nvidia-legacy-check                                    550.163.01-6                               amd64          check for NVIDIA GPUs requiring a legacy driver
ii  nvidia-modprobe                                        610.57.04-1                                amd64          utility to load NVIDIA kernel modules and create device nodes
ii  nvidia-opencl-common                                   550.163.01-5.1                             amd64          NVIDIA OpenCL driver - common files
ii  nvidia-opencl-icd:amd64                                550.163.01-6                               amd64          NVIDIA OpenCL installable client driver (ICD)
ii  nvidia-persistenced                                    550.163.01-1                               amd64          daemon to maintain persistent software state in the NVIDIA driver
ii  nvidia-powerd                                          550.163.01-6                               amd64          NVIDIA Dynamic Boost (daemon)
ii  nvidia-settings                                        550.163.01-1                               amd64          tool for configuring the NVIDIA graphics driver
ii  nvidia-smi                                             550.163.01-6                               amd64          NVIDIA System Management Interface
ii  nvidia-support                                         20240109+1                                 amd64          NVIDIA binary graphics driver support files
ii  nvidia-suspend-common                                  550.163.01-6                               amd64          NVIDIA driver - systemd power management scripts
ii  nvidia-vaapi-driver:amd64                              0.0.18-1                                   amd64          VA-API implementation that uses NVDEC as a backend
ii  nvidia-vdpau-driver:amd64                              550.163.01-6                               amd64          Video Decode and Presentation API for Unix - NVIDIA driver
ii  nvidia-vulkan-common                                   550.163.01-5.1                             amd64          NVIDIA Vulkan driver - common files
ii  nvidia-vulkan-icd:amd64                                550.163.01-6                               amd64          NVIDIA Vulkan installable client driver (ICD)
ii  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia                              550.163.01-6                               amd64          NVIDIA binary Xorg driver
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ii  firmware-nvidia-graphics                               20260916-1                                 all            Binary firmware for Nvidia GPU chips
ii  firmware-nvidia-gsp                                    555.58.02-4                                amd64          NVIDIA GSP firmware
ii  glx-alternative-nvidia                                 1.2.2                                      amd64          allows the selection of NVIDIA as GLX provider
ii  libegl-nvidia0:amd64                                   555.58.02-4                                amd64          NVIDIA binary EGL library
ii  libegl-nvidia0:i386                                    555.58.02-4                                i386           NVIDIA binary EGL library
ii  libgl1-nvidia-glvnd-glx:amd64                          555.58.02-4                                amd64          NVIDIA binary OpenGL/GLX library (GLVND variant)
ii  libgl1-nvidia-glvnd-glx:i386                           555.58.02-4                                i386           NVIDIA binary OpenGL/GLX library (GLVND variant)
ii  libgles-nvidia1:amd64                                  555.58.02-4                                amd64          NVIDIA binary OpenGL|ES 1.x library
ii  libgles-nvidia2:amd64                                  555.58.02-4                                amd64          NVIDIA binary OpenGL|ES 2.x library
ii  libglx-nvidia0:amd64                                   555.58.02-4                                amd64          NVIDIA binary GLX library
ii  libglx-nvidia0:i386                                    555.58.02-4                                i386           NVIDIA binary GLX library
ii  libnvidia-allocator1:amd64                             555.58.02-4                                amd64          NVIDIA allocator runtime library
ii  libnvidia-allocator1:i386                              555.58.02-4                                i386           NVIDIA allocator runtime library
ii  libnvidia-api1:amd64                                   555.58.02-4                                amd64          NVAPI runtime library
ii  libnvidia-cfg1:amd64                                   555.58.02-4                                amd64          NVIDIA binary OpenGL/GLX configuration library
ii  libnvidia-egl-wayland1:amd64                           1:1.1.21-1                                 amd64          Wayland EGL External Platform library -- shared library
ii  libnvidia-egl-wayland1:i386                            1:1.1.21-1                                 i386           Wayland EGL External Platform library -- shared library
ii  libnvidia-eglcore:amd64                                555.58.02-4                                amd64          NVIDIA binary EGL core libraries
ii  libnvidia-eglcore:i386                                 555.58.02-4                                i386           NVIDIA binary EGL core libraries
ii  libnvidia-encode1:amd64                                555.58.02-4                                amd64          NVENC Video Encoding runtime library
ii  libnvidia-fbc1:amd64                                   555.58.02-4                                amd64          NVIDIA OpenGL-based Framebuffer Capture runtime library
ii  libnvidia-glcore:amd64                                 555.58.02-4                                amd64          NVIDIA binary OpenGL/GLX core libraries
ii  libnvidia-glcore:i386                                  555.58.02-4                                i386           NVIDIA binary OpenGL/GLX core libraries
ii  libnvidia-glvkspirv:amd64                              555.58.02-4                                amd64          NVIDIA binary Vulkan Spir-V compiler library
ii  libnvidia-glvkspirv:i386                               555.58.02-4                                i386           NVIDIA binary Vulkan Spir-V compiler library
ii  libnvidia-gpucomp:amd64                                555.58.02-4                                amd64          NVIDIA binary GPU compiler library
ii  libnvidia-gpucomp:i386                                 555.58.02-4                                i386           NVIDIA binary GPU compiler library
ii  libnvidia-ml1:amd64                                    555.58.02-4                                amd64          NVIDIA Management Library (NVML) runtime library
ii  libnvidia-ml1:i386                                     555.58.02-4                                i386           NVIDIA Management Library (NVML) runtime library
ii  libnvidia-ngx1:amd64                                   555.58.02-4                                amd64          NVIDIA NGX runtime library
ii  libnvidia-nvvm4:amd64                                  555.58.02-4                                amd64          NVIDIA NVVM Compiler library
ii  libnvidia-opticalflow1:amd64                           555.58.02-4                                amd64          NVIDIA Optical Flow runtime library
ii  libnvidia-pkcs11-openssl3:amd64                        555.58.02-4                                amd64          NVIDIA PKCS #11 Library (OpenSSL 3)
ii  libnvidia-ptxjitcompiler1:amd64                        555.58.02-4                                amd64          NVIDIA PTX JIT Compiler library
ii  libnvidia-rtcore:amd64                                 555.58.02-4                                amd64          NVIDIA binary Vulkan ray tracing (rtcore) library
ii  nvidia-alternative:i386                                555.58.02-4                                i386           allows the selection of NVIDIA as GLX provider
ii  nvidia-cuda-mps                                        555.58.02-4                                amd64          NVIDIA CUDA Multi Process Service (MPS)
ii  nvidia-detect                                          555.58.02-4                                amd64          NVIDIA GPU detection utility
ii  nvidia-driver                                          555.58.02-4                                amd64          NVIDIA metapackage
ii  nvidia-driver-bin                                      555.58.02-4                                amd64          NVIDIA driver support binaries
ii  nvidia-driver-libs:amd64                               555.58.02-4                                amd64          NVIDIA metapackage (OpenGL/GLX/EGL/GLES libraries)
ii  nvidia-driver-libs:i386                                555.58.02-4                                i386           NVIDIA metapackage (OpenGL/GLX/EGL/GLES libraries)
ii  nvidia-egl-common:i386                                 550.163.01-6                               i386           NVIDIA binary EGL driver - common files
ii  nvidia-egl-icd:amd64                                   555.58.02-4                                amd64          NVIDIA EGL installable client driver (ICD)
ii  nvidia-egl-icd:i386                                    555.58.02-4                                i386           NVIDIA EGL installable client driver (ICD)
ii  nvidia-installer-cleanup                               20240109+1                                 amd64          cleanup after driver installation with the nvidia-installer
ii  nvidia-kernel-common                                   20240109+1                                 amd64          NVIDIA binary kernel module support files
ii  nvidia-kernel-dkms                                     555.58.02-4                                amd64          NVIDIA binary kernel module DKMS source
ii  nvidia-kernel-support                                  555.58.02-4                                amd64          NVIDIA binary kernel module support files
ii  nvidia-legacy-check                                    555.58.02-4                                amd64          check for NVIDIA GPUs requiring a legacy driver
ii  nvidia-modprobe                                        610.57.04-1                                amd64          utility to load NVIDIA kernel modules and create device nodes
ii  nvidia-opencl-common                                   550.163.01-6                               amd64          NVIDIA OpenCL driver - common files
ii  nvidia-opencl-icd:amd64                                555.58.02-4                                amd64          NVIDIA OpenCL installable client driver (ICD)
ii  nvidia-persistenced                                    550.163.01-1                               amd64          daemon to maintain persistent software state in the NVIDIA driver
ii  nvidia-powerd                                          555.58.02-4                                amd64          NVIDIA Dynamic Boost (daemon)
ii  nvidia-settings                                        550.163.01-1                               amd64          tool for configuring the NVIDIA graphics driver
ii  nvidia-smi                                             555.58.02-4                                amd64          NVIDIA System Management Interface
ii  nvidia-support                                         20240109+1                                 amd64          NVIDIA binary graphics driver support files
ii  nvidia-suspend-common                                  555.58.02-4                                amd64          NVIDIA driver - systemd power management scripts
ii  nvidia-vaapi-driver:amd64                              0.0.18-1                                   amd64          VA-API implementation that uses NVDEC as a backend
ii  nvidia-vdpau-driver:amd64                              555.58.02-4                                amd64          Video Decode and Presentation API for Unix - NVIDIA driver
ii  nvidia-vulkan-common                                   555.58.02-4                                amd64          NVIDIA Vulkan driver - common files
ii  nvidia-vulkan-icd:amd64                                555.58.02-4                                amd64          NVIDIA Vulkan installable client driver (ICD)
ii  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia                              555.58.02-4                                amd64          NVIDIA binary Xorg driver
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ii  firmware-nvidia-gsp                                    550.163.01-5.1                             amd64          NVIDIA GSP firmware
ii  nvidia-egl-common:i386                                 550.163.01-5.1                             i386           NVIDIA binary EGL driver - common files
ii  nvidia-opencl-common                                   550.163.01-5.1                             amd64          NVIDIA OpenCL driver - common files
ii  nvidia-vulkan-common                                   550.163.01-5.1                             amd64          NVIDIA Vulkan driver - common files


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