Seeing the same thing on a fresh install of 12.10 (64-bit) with NVidia driver, GT240 graphics card.
>From Xorg.0.log: [ 9613.796] (EE) Backtrace: [ 9613.796] (EE) 0: /usr/bin/X (xorg_backtrace+0x36) [0x7f4138301b76] [ 9613.796] (EE) 1: /usr/bin/X (0x7f4138159000+0x1ac9a9) [0x7f41383059a9] [ 9613.796] (EE) 2: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0 (0x7f413747f000+0xfcb0) [0x7f413748ecb0] [ 9613.796] (EE) 3: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x7f41360e3000+0x1454d0) [0x7f41362284d0] [ 9613.796] (EE) 4: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/xorg/extra-modules/nvidia_drv.so (0x7f41319ac000+0xf3e40) [0x7f4131a9fe40] [ 9613.796] (EE) 5: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/xorg/extra-modules/nvidia_drv.so (0x7f41319ac000+0x53ed22) [0x7f4131eead22] [ 9613.796] (EE) 6: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/xorg/extra-modules/nvidia_drv.so (0x7f41319ac000+0x53ef9b) [0x7f4131eeaf9b] [ 9613.796] (EE) 7: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/xorg/extra-modules/nvidia_drv.so (0x7f41319ac000+0x53b40a) [0x7f4131ee740a] [ 9613.796] (EE) 8: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/xorg/extra-modules/nvidia_drv.so (0x7f41319ac000+0x5084a6) [0x7f4131eb44a6] [ 9613.797] (EE) 9: /usr/bin/X (0x7f4138159000+0xad108) [0x7f4138206108] [ 9613.797] (EE) 10: /usr/bin/X (AbortDDX+0x85) [0x7f41381eee65] [ 9613.797] (EE) 11: /usr/bin/X (0x7f4138159000+0x1b3c02) [0x7f413830cc02] [ 9613.797] (EE) 12: /usr/bin/X (0x7f4138159000+0x1b449d) [0x7f413830d49d] [ 9613.797] (EE) 13: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/xorg/extra-modules/nvidia_drv.so (0x7f41319ac000+0xc98ae) [0x7f4131a758ae] [ 9613.797] (EE) 14: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/xorg/extra-modules/nvidia_drv.so (0x7f41319ac000+0x7c2bb) [0x7f4131a282bb] [ 9613.797] (EE) 15: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/xorg/extra-modules/nvidia_drv.so (0x7f41319ac000+0xf117b) [0x7f4131a9d17b] [ 9613.797] (EE) 16: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/xorg/extra-modules/nvidia_drv.so (0x7f41319ac000+0xb5db2) [0x7f4131a61db2] [ 9613.797] (EE) 17: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/xorg/extra-modules/nvidia_drv.so (0x7f41319ac000+0x53fe3c) [0x7f4131eebe3c] [ 9613.797] (EE) 18: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/xorg/extra-modules/nvidia_drv.so (0x7f41319ac000+0x513c79) [0x7f4131ebfc79] [ 9613.797] (EE) 19: /usr/bin/X (BlockHandler+0x44) [0x7f41381b2c34] [ 9613.797] (EE) 20: /usr/bin/X (WaitForSomething+0x114) [0x7f41382fef24] [ 9613.797] (EE) 21: /usr/bin/X (0x7f4138159000+0x557e1) [0x7f41381ae7e1] [ 9613.797] (EE) 22: /usr/bin/X (0x7f4138159000+0x4456a) [0x7f413819d56a] [ 9613.797] (EE) 23: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (__libc_start_main+0xed) [0x7f413610476d] [ 9613.797] (EE) 24: /usr/bin/X (0x7f4138159000+0x448ad) [0x7f413819d8ad] [ 9613.797] (EE) [ 9613.797] (EE) Segmentation fault at address 0x7f413805edf8 [ 9613.797] FatalError re-entered, aborting [ 9613.797] Caught signal 11 (Segmentation fault). Server aborting [ 9613.797] ** Attachment added: "Xorg.0.log.old.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/+bug/740785/+attachment/3508200/+files/Xorg.0.log.old.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/740785 Title: Caught signal 11 (Segmentation fault). Server aborting To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/740785/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs