[Expired for xorg-server (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/684648
Title:
[Kubuntu] Firefox desktop shortcut crashed whole system
Status in “xorg-server” package in Ubuntu:
Expired
Bug description:
I installed Kubuntu 10.10 on a DELL Latitude D620 to use for someone
who is a novice user only wanting to use the Internet. For this
purpose I removed all plasma widgets from the desktop. I only wanted
to have one big shortcut of Firefox on the desktop to make it easy for
the beginner user. I placed the shortcut on the desktop and began to
resize it. As the original firefox icons resolution is relatively
small it looks bad when made bigger. I wanted an icon that is sharp,
even bigger. I downloaded a firefox logo png (256x256 size) and added
it with the Menu Editor to the Firefox shortcut in the Kicker Menu.
Then from the Kicker Menu I chose the option of having it placed on
the desktop too. I started to resize the shortcut and made it much
bigger. As I experimented with the size, the screen suddenly went all
black...
It stayed black for a few seconds then logged me out. When trying to
log back I get a black screen and the KDE cursor turns to an X - and
then the system quickly logs me out again. Since the crash while
trying to resize the Firefox shortcut I cannot login to Kubuntu. When
I restart it tries to login by itself (as it should, as I chose the
option of logging the user in automatically when I installed the
system), but after approx. one-two seconds of a full black screen it
throws me back to the login screen. If I tried to login by hand, the
result is the same. Shutting off, restarting - nothing works. Always
the same symptom.
When I'm starting the system in recovery mode and choose the option failsafeX
then Kubuntu is unable to get to the desktop.
I get the message:
(EE) FBDEV(0): FBIOPUTCMAP: invalid argument
I get this message like three dozen times
and also the following messages once:
/etc/gdm/failsafeXinit: line: 184: zenity: command not found
/etc/gdm/failsafeXinit: line: 47: zenity: command not found
waiting for X server to shut down ddxSigGiveUp: Closing log
All I did was trying to make a very big shortcut for Firefox (approx
256x256 like the png for it) on my desktop and Kubuntu crashed
completely. When I did the same in OpenSuse 11.3 it had no effect, no
crash.
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