Public bug reported: As of relatively recently in onieric, if I run xterm, my X session ends abruptly.
tested with gnome-shell's alt+f2 runner as well as running from within a gnome-terminal command line. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: xterm 271-1ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-9.12-generic 3.0.3 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-9-generic x86_64 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,mousepoll,vpswitch,regex,animation,snap,expo,move,compiztoolbox,place,grid,imgpng,gnomecompat,wall,ezoom,workarounds,staticswitcher,resize,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,scale,session,unityshell] CompositorRunning: None Date: Mon Aug 22 08:09:22 2011 DistUpgraded: Log time: 2011-07-13 10:07:59.371965 DistroCodename: oneiric DistroVariant: ubuntu DkmsStatus: virtualbox, 4.1.0, 3.0.0-8-generic, x86_64: installed virtualbox, 4.1.0, 3.0.0-9-generic, x86_64: installed GraphicsCard: ATI Technologies Inc Broadway PRO [Mobility Radeon HD 5800 Series] [1002:68a1] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1522] InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Release Candidate amd64 (20100419.1) MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP ENVY 15 Notebook PC ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-9-generic root=UUID=639dc488-e095-42a4-8c1f-ffb1a9299e1c ro crashkernel=384M-2G:64M,2G-:128M quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xterm UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-07-13 (39 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 04/23/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.bios.version: F.26 dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag dmi.board.name: 1522 dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.board.version: 36.34 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.chassis.version: N/A dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvrF.26:bd04/23/2010:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPENVY15NotebookPC:pvr048F110000241920001530000:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn1522:rvr36.34:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvrN/A: dmi.product.name: HP ENVY 15 Notebook PC dmi.product.version: 048F110000241920001530000 dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.5.0-0ubuntu5 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu16 version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.26-1ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.11-0ubuntu3 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.11-0ubuntu3 version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu6 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.6.0-1ubuntu13 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99~git20110811.g93fc084-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.15.901-1ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110411+8378443-1 ** Affects: xterm (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug oneiric regression reproducible ubuntu -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xterm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/831336 Title: running 'xterm' exists X session To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xterm/+bug/831336/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp