Public bug reported: Binary package hint: ubuntu-desktop
Yesterday, I had installed Gutsy in a virtual computer under Parallels 3.0 for Mac OS X (this is a standard x86 virtualizer, and quite popular). Just to see what it looked like, I enabled "extra desktop effects" as I was setting it up. Nothing seemed to have changed when I did that, but it didn't seem to complain in any way. I updated the system, installed Java, and then shut it down. Today, I'm restarting the machine, to find that the X server is constantly crashing while it's trying to start. I get the following error message in the typical blue/grey screen of X death: "The display server has been shut down about 6 times in the last 90 seconds. It is likely that something bad is going on. Waiting for 2 minutes before trying again on display :0." Followed by an OK button. After pressing OK, it just waits 2 minutes and then again tries--and fails--to start the X server. I haven't figured out a workaround yet because I have no idea where the "desktop effects" config files are stored. I couldn't find anything in xorg's config file, anyway. Again, the environment is Parallels 3.0, a virtualization software (this particular one was running without "DirectX support", with the guest computer having 512 MB RAM and 16 MB video memory) on Mac OS X, running on an Intel iMac 20" inch, of which the specs are largely the same as at <http://www.apple.com/imac/specs.html>, except the video card, which is an ATi Radeon X1600. ** Affects: ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: crash desktop-effects parallels x11 ** Summary changed: - X server on Parallels 3.0 crashes upon restart after "extra desktop effects" is enabled + X server crashes upon restart after "extra desktop effects" is enabled on Parallels 3.0 ** Tags added: crash desktop-effects parallels x11 -- X server crashes upon restart after "extra desktop effects" is enabled on Parallels 3.0 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/135458 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
