Unfortunately no there is no other way right now. If your display server is frozen then you also lose the ability to switch to other virtual terminals, because the keyboard handling for that is the job of the frozen display server.
We should also check this is really a Xorg bug and not a gnome-shell bug. To test that we just need to know if you can still move the mouse pointer during the freeze? -- 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/1876489 Title: Xorg freeze Status in xorg-server package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: I am dealing with freezing issues. When I did install Linux from a USB stick, it did freeze in the installation process, so I did the run installation in safe mode (taught changing drivers will help). After Linux is installed, So when I boot up ubuntu, it sometimes(70%) freezes after login, and also it sometimes freezes while I am using it. Sometimes I even can't get to log in before it stacks. Then I need to do a hard reset. Also sound sometimes is not working. I did try to change Nvidia drivers. First I did use 440 drivers. Problem with Nvidia 440 driver second monitor not detected. I did try change to xorg opensource driver it shows black screen after boot - Stops on vendor logo. At the moment I am using Nvidia 435 driver it is working, but freezes a lot. I did try to add nomodeset in grub file - GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash nomodeset". Then built-in desktop freezes before login with hp logo, bet when I add a second display, Linux work on a second display. Also, in Nvidia settings when I set to performance mode, if I put a power saver, it uses integrated graphics(Intel HD 630), and the second monitor is not detected then. I did have ubuntu 19.04 and did work ok on this laptop, but I would like to use 20.04. Any suggestions? Thanks. I am booting dual boot with windows. Alos battery life is very bad, 3x times worse than windows. I am using TLP, but it doest seem to help a lot. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: xorg 1:7.7+19ubuntu14 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-26.30-generic 5.4.30 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-26-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27 Architecture: amd64 BootLog: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/boot.log' CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CompositorRunning: None CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sat May 2 19:58:35 2020 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: focal DistroVariant: ubuntu DkmsStatus: nvidia, 390.132, 5.4.0-26-generic, x86_64: installed nvidia, 390.132, 5.4.0-28-generic, x86_64: installed virtualbox, 6.1.6, 5.4.0-26-generic, x86_64: installed virtualbox, 6.1.6, 5.4.0-28-generic, x86_64: installed ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical GpuHangFrequency: Continuously GpuHangReproducibility: I don't know GpuHangStarted: Immediately after installing this version of Ubuntu GraphicsCard: Intel Corporation UHD Graphics 630 (Mobile) [8086:3e9b] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company UHD Graphics 630 (Mobile) [103c:8519] NVIDIA Corporation GP107M [GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile] [10de:1c8c] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company GP107M [GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile] [103c:8519] InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-04-27 (4 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200423) MachineType: HP HP Spectre x360 Convertible 15-df0xxx ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.4.0-26-generic root=UUID=0ccbd646-0752-4cae-98bb-f816acbd2666 ro recovery nomodeset SourcePackage: xorg Symptom: display Title: Xorg freeze UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 11/27/2019 dmi.bios.vendor: AMI dmi.bios.version: F.40 dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag dmi.board.name: 8519 dmi.board.vendor: HP dmi.board.version: 11.72 dmi.chassis.type: 31 dmi.chassis.vendor: HP dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAMI:bvrF.40:bd11/27/2019:svnHP:pnHPSpectrex360Convertible15-df0xxx:pvr:rvnHP:rn8519:rvr11.72:cvnHP:ct31:cvrChassisVersion: dmi.product.family: 103C_5335KV HP Spectre dmi.product.name: HP Spectre x360 Convertible 15-df0xxx dmi.product.sku: 4UU78EA#ABD dmi.sys.vendor: HP version.compiz: compiz N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.101-2 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 20.0.4-2ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx N/A version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.20.8-2ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:19.1.0-1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20200226-1 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.16-1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/+bug/1876489/+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
