Ok so I have collected the information that I was asked, which is
completely irrelevant to the bug as anyone reading the bug description
would notice, and also completely meaningless as I am not (nor can I
ever be anymore) on any of the computers where I observed the issue (but
again, that's irrelevant).
** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu)
Status: Expired => New
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1244778
Title:
Xorg should be way more resilient or at least print detailed
information in presence of errors in configuration files
Status in “xorg” package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
Basically the real issue is that whenever there's an error in some xorg
configruation file, xorg fails to start, instead of trying to fallback to some
minimal working settings and/or printing debuggable information about the error.
It's too fragile. By doing something wrong with some xorg configuration file,
you may end up with a system that won't even boot and allow you to fix the
error.
I'll delete the original description as it is not relevant. (I guess it can
be seen anyway in the edit history)
See also
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-304/+bug/1239472
which is a somehow related case (an error in some xorg config file rendering
the whole system unusable, and no clue to the user about it)
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.tmp.unity.support.test.0:
ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.2
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for
`/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: compiz
CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0'
CompositorUnredirectFSW: true
DistUpgraded: 2014-02-23 01:23:33,436 DEBUG enabling apt cron job
DistroCodename: saucy
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
vboxhost, 4.3.2, 3.11.0-17-generic, x86_64: installed
vboxhost, 4.3.2, 3.11.0-18-generic, x86_64: installed
vboxhost, 4.3.2, 3.11.0-19-generic, x86_64: installed
vboxhost, 4.3.2, 3.11.0-20-generic, x86_64: installed
vboxhost, 4.3.2, 3.8.0-35-generic, x86_64: installed
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical
GraphicsCard:
Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller [8086:0166]
(rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:0647]
NVIDIA Corporation GF117M [GeForce 610M/710M / GT 620M/625M/630M/720M]
[10de:1140] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] GeForce 710M [1025:0691]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-11 (217 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
MachineType: Acer Aspire V3-571G
MarkForUpload: True
Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu6
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.11.0-20-generic
root=UUID=5830b30e-69e8-4bb4-8a2b-bc2b43c7414a ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-20.34-generic 3.11.10.6
Tags: saucy ubuntu compiz-0.9
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-20-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2014-02-23 (83 days ago)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo vboxusers
dmi.bios.date: 10/15/2012
dmi.bios.vendor: Acer
dmi.bios.version: V2.07
dmi.board.asset.tag: Type2 - Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: VA50_HC_CR
dmi.board.vendor: Acer
dmi.board.version: Type2 - Board Version
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer
dmi.chassis.version: V2.07
dmi.modalias:
dmi:bvnAcer:bvrV2.07:bd10/15/2012:svnAcer:pnAspireV3-571G:pvrV2.07:rvnAcer:rnVA50_HC_CR:rvrType2-BoardVersion:cvnAcer:ct10:cvrV2.07:
dmi.product.name: Aspire V3-571G
dmi.product.version: V2.07
dmi.sys.vendor: Acer
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.10+13.10.20131011-0ubuntu1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.46-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 9.2.1-1ubuntu3
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 9.2.1-1ubuntu3
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.14.5-1ubuntu2~saucy1
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.3-0ubuntu3.1
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.2.0-0ubuntu10
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel
2:2.99.904-0ubuntu2.1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
1:1.0.9-2ubuntu1
xserver.bootTime: Fri May 16 15:53:10 2014
xserver.configfile: default
xserver.errors:
Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0)
Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0)
NOUVEAU(G0): [XvMC] Failed to initialize extension.
xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.outputs:
product id 8940
vendor AUO
xserver.version: 2:1.14.5-1ubuntu2~saucy1
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