gregrwm, thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please execute the following command, as it will automatically gather debugging information, in a terminal: apport-collect -p xorg 1290797
Please ensure you have the package xdiagnose installed, and that you click the Yes button for attaching additional debugging information. When reporting bugs in the future please use apport by using 'ubuntu- bug' and the name of the package affected. You can learn more about this functionality at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs. ** Package changed: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau (Ubuntu) => xorg (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1290797 Title: longstanding display driver bug elicited by xscreensaver or lightdm or chvt Status in xorg package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: i've been hitting this bug since natty or earlier. today, as per usual, the evidence of the bug is that chvt no longer functions normally. in today's case, two instances of xorg had been running, both crashed, xorg would not relaunch (immediately crashed again)(tho no trouble launching Xvnc), after the xorg crashes ctl-alt-F7 shows: "The system is running in low-graphics mode", ctl-alt-F8 shows all black, and the clear clue, ctl-alt-F1 shows the text you would expect to see there, but at the same time the mouse cursor is still being displayed and responding to mouse movement as if we were still looking at ctl-alt-F[78]! same for ctl-alt-F[2-6]. when i hit this same bug on other days, the behaviour of ctl-alt-Fn will be peculiar in unique bizarre ways. i tried to submit this bug via ubuntu-bug (in 2 or 3 "screen" windows, then killed them all, then tried one more time), then zipped up the apport log, the Xorg logs, the single /var/crash/*Xorg* i found, and a process list. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1290797/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
