I can confirm this. Similar X crash has happened at least about ten
times on my 901, running Ubuntu-Eee 8.04.1 with Array.org kernel. Does
not matter if I run compiz or not. Usually I get back to login screen
after the crash. A few times it has resulted in a total lockup, with
sound repeating a short stutter as well - sometimes sound keeps playing
normally but the whole machine freezes. Sometimes Ctrl-Alt-Sysctl-and
commands to sync, unmount and boot do work, sometimes I need to hold the
powerbutton to shutdown.

Ive looked at logs and only thing I could find was a message from GDM
about a generic X crash, no other info. I cant get the logs now, I will
post them the day after tomorrow when Im home. At first I suspected
Pulseaudio, but Ive now removed it, and the crashes have since happened
without any audio apps open too. Usually like above - when I click on
something or refresh a page or open a new one in Firefox or Opera.
Doesnt matter if the page has Flash elements or not. Sometimes the crash
happens after several hours, sometimes sooner.

I spent quite a while looking for similar reports and seems that a few
people have experienced this. Id also look into the video driver for
possible causes - I read elsewhere that this same behaviour exists also
with 8.10 and Ubuntu stock kernel, as well as Jaunty alphas. Kernel log
had no entries at the time of the crashes.

I have had a couple similar crashes with Eee 701, same software setup,
as well, but I havent yet looked at the 701s logs.

Ill try to get back to this soon and post any relevant logs. Do ask if
theres anything more I can clarify. This is a pretty annoying issue :/

Thanks and regards.

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xserver crashes at random on Asus eeepc 901, user returned to login screen
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/337116
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