Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu. Ubuntu 15.10 (wily) reached end-of-life on July 28, 2016. Ubuntu 15.04 (vivid) reached end-of-life on February 4, 2016.
See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases We appreciate that this bug may be old and you might not be interested in discussing it any more. But if you are then please upgrade to the latest Ubuntu version and re-test. If you then find the bug is still present in the newer Ubuntu version, please add a comment here telling us which new version it is in and change the bug status to Confirmed. ** Changed in: xorg-server (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg-server in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1502518 Title: Xorg crashed with SIGABRT in OsAbort() Status in xorg-server package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: Upgraded from 15.04 to 15.10 using update-manager -d. I'm running GNOME Shell, and as such was using gdm. gdm will immediately crash X before showing the login prompt. Using dpkg-reconfigure gdm I was able to switch to lightdm, which works. Hence the problem seems to lie in gdm or the xorg/gdm combo. ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10 Package: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.17.2-1ubuntu9 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-12.14-generic 4.2.1 Uname: Linux 4.2.0-12-generic x86_64 .tmp.unity.support.test.0: ApportVersion: 2.19-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: None CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Sat Oct 3 23:47:58 2015 DistUpgraded: 2015-10-03 23:44:57,615 DEBUG enabling apt cron job DistroCodename: wily DistroVariant: ubuntu ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/Xorg ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes GraphicsCard: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller [8086:0166] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:0743] InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-05-12 (874 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424) MachineType: Acer V5-171 ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/X vt7 -displayfd 3 -auth /run/user/116/gdm/Xauthority -nolisten tcp -background none -noreset -keeptty -verbose 3 ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.2.0-12-generic root=UUID=561b2fd6-3a7a-49b8-ba4d-e2eadfc4cb26 ro quiet splash acpi_osi=Linux intel_pstate=enable vt.handoff=7 Signal: 6 SourcePackage: xorg-server StacktraceTop: OsAbort () FatalError () ?? () xf86CloseConsole () ddxGiveUp () Title: Xorg crashed with SIGABRT in OsAbort() UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to wily on 2015-10-03 (0 days ago) UserGroups: dmi.bios.date: 03/08/2013 dmi.bios.vendor: Acer dmi.bios.version: V2.15 dmi.board.asset.tag: Type2 - Board Asset Tag dmi.board.name: Mimic dmi.board.vendor: Acer dmi.board.version: Type2 - Board Version dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer dmi.chassis.version: V2.15 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAcer:bvrV2.15:bd03/08/2013:svnAcer:pnV5-171:pvrV2.15:rvnAcer:rnMimic:rvrType2-BoardVersion:cvnAcer:ct10:cvrV2.15: dmi.product.name: V5-171 dmi.product.version: V2.15 dmi.sys.vendor: Acer version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12.2+15.10.20150908-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.64-1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 11.0.0-1ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 11.0.0-1ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.17.2-1ubuntu9 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.9.2-1ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.5.0+git20150819-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20150808-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.11-1ubuntu3 xserver.bootTime: Sat Oct 3 23:53:56 2015 xserver.configfile: default xserver.errors: xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.outputs: product id 12892 vendor AUO xserver.version: 2:1.17.2-1ubuntu9 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/+bug/1502518/+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

