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fglrx-installer package

GDM logs out randomly

Bug #585870 reported by Michael on 2010-05-26

This bug affects 2 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	fglrx-installer (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: xorg

1) Ubuntu 10.04 LTS amd64
2) packages...

xorg:
  Installed: 1:7.5+5ubuntu1
  Candidate: 1:7.5+5ubuntu1
  Version table:
*** 1:7.5+5ubuntu1 0
        500 http://ftp.usf.edu/pub/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

fglrx:
  Installed: 2:8.723.1-0ubuntu3
  Candidate: 2:8.723.1-0ubuntu3
  Version table:
*** 2:8.723.1-0ubuntu3 0
        500 http://ftp.usf.edu/pub/ubuntu/ lucid/restricted Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

linux-image-preempt:
  Installed: 2.6.32.22.23
  Candidate: 2.6.32.22.23
  Version table:
*** 2.6.32.22.23 0
        500 http://ftp.usf.edu/pub/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     2.6.32.21.22 0
        500 http://ftp.usf.edu/pub/ubuntu/ lucid/universe Packages

3) and 4) Expected: not to be randomly logged out

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: xorg 1:7.5+5ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.33-preempt 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-preempt x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed May 26 10:06:49 2010
DkmsStatus:
vboxnetflt, 3.2.0, 2.6.32-22-preempt, x86_64: installed
fglrx, 8.723.1, 2.6.32-22-generic, x86_64: built
fglrx, 8.723.1, 2.6.32-22-preempt, x86_64: installed
vboxdrv, 3.2.0, 2.6.32-22-preempt, x86_64: installed
vboxnetadp, 3.2.0, 2.6.32-22-preempt, x86_64: installed
GdmLog:
/usr/share/themes/Clearlooks-gperfection2/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:52: Clearlooks configuration option "menuitemstyle" is not supported and will be ignored.
/usr/share/themes/Clearlooks-gperfection2/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:53: Clearlooks configuration option "listviewitemstyle" is not supported and will be ignored.
/usr/share/themes/Clearlooks-gperfection2/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:54: Clearlooks configuration option "progressbarstyle" is not supported and will be ignored.
X: /tmp/.X11-unix has suspicious mode (not 1777) or is not a directory, aborting.
GdmLog1:
/usr/share/themes/Clearlooks-gperfection2/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:52: Clearlooks configuration option "menuitemstyle" is not supported and will be ignored.
/usr/share/themes/Clearlooks-gperfection2/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:53: Clearlooks configuration option "listviewitemstyle" is not supported and will be ignored.
/usr/share/themes/Clearlooks-gperfection2/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:54: Clearlooks configuration option "progressbarstyle" is not supported and will be ignored.
X: /tmp/.X11-unix has suspicious mode (not 1777) or is not a directory, aborting.
GdmLog2:
/usr/share/themes/Clearlooks-gperfection2/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:52: Clearlooks configuration option "menuitemstyle" is not supported and will be ignored.
/usr/share/themes/Clearlooks-gperfection2/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:53: Clearlooks configuration option "listviewitemstyle" is not supported and will be ignored.
/usr/share/themes/Clearlooks-gperfection2/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:54: Clearlooks configuration option "progressbarstyle" is not supported and will be ignored.
X: /tmp/.X11-unix has suspicious mode (not 1777) or is not a directory, aborting.
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
MachineType: . .
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-22-preempt root=UUID=ab3126be-ba45-416c-910e-ef84154467d7 ro splash
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: xorg
dmi.bios.date: 05/30/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
dmi.bios.version: 6.00 PG
dmi.board.name: IP35-E(Intel P35+ICH9R)
dmi.board.vendor: http://www.abit.com.tw/
dmi.board.version: 1.0
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: System Enclosure Manufacter
dmi.chassis.version: OEM
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologies,LTD:bvr6.00PG:bd05/30/2008:svn.:pn.:pvrSystemVersion:rvnhttp//www.abit.com.tw/:rnIP35-E(IntelP35+ICH9R):rvr1.0:cvnSystemEnclosureManufacter:ct3:cvrOEM:
dmi.product.name: .
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: .
system:
distro: Ubuntu
codename: lucid
architecture: x86_64
kernel: 2.6.32-22-preempt
xkbcomp:
Error: command ['xkbcomp', ':0', '-w0', '-'] failed with exit code 1: Error: Cannot open display ":0"
Exiting

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Michael (null-pointer-us) wrote on 2010-05-26:

BootDmesg.txt Edit (49.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CurrentDmesg.txt Edit (24.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (4.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (15.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb.txt Edit (856 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
PciDisplay.txt Edit (759 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfo.txt Edit (1.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcInterrupts.txt Edit (1.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcModules.txt Edit (2.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
RelatedPackageVersions.txt Edit (231 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevDb.txt Edit (124.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevLog.txt Edit (247.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgConf.txt Edit (1.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLog.txt Edit (23.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLogOld.txt Edit (23.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Xrandr.txt Edit (4.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
glxinfo.txt Edit (18.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
setxkbmap.txt Edit (233 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xdpyinfo.txt Edit (21.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Michael (null-pointer-us) wrote on 2010-05-26:

This is the first such crash I've had in Lucid, after some weeks of stable use.

What was different this morning:

1. There were a log of glib/libc updates. I restarted manually after them. The crash happened after the reboot.

2. Inkscape behavior has been very erratic for a week now. Some things seemed not to work at all, and some controls stopped working in one image window until I completely closed all images and reloaded the problem image.

3. (after the glib/libc updates this morning) Transmission BT client was downloading something today. This is like the second time I've used it since installing Lucid.

Similar symptoms to this issue (reported by someone else):
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/+bug/511095

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Michael (null-pointer-us) wrote on 2010-05-26:

typo:
1. There were a log of ...

LOG --> LOT

Bryce Harrington (bryce) on 2010-05-27

affects:

xorg (Ubuntu) → fglrx-installer (Ubuntu)

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Michael (null-pointer-us) wrote on 2010-05-30:

This only happened once. I have concluded the crash was caused by a group of related Inkscape bugs (start at Inkscape bug #300888) that are known to cause crashes. I'm addressing them upstream.

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leoboy (leonard-wauters) wrote on 2010-06-07:

I'm having a similar problem for several months, hitting ctrl+c sometimes shuts down X and sends me back to gdm logon screen, without any warning...

However, I dug a little bit the problem on my own, and I could notice the following :
-X always shuts down because I hit Crtl+c - for instance when I want to interrupt a script on a console, or when I want to copy-paste data.
-The "crtl+c" bug sometimes works as soon as I enter my login / pass on GDM ! Just after logging in, and just before seeing gnome desktop appearing, if I hit ctrl+c, I instantly get back to gdm. And I can see gdm reloading, by the way.
-When the "ctrl+c bug" does not work just after logging in, it happends randomly after around more or less 20 minutes, when hitting ctrl-c.
-I found a crazy way to get around the crtl+c bug that always work :
Just after logging in (ie : entering my username and password), and before gnome appearing, I press ctrl+c. If it crashes gdm (or whatever program), I log in again. If it does nothing, as soon as gnome has finished loading, I log out normally and log in again. Then I can work safely, without fearing the deathly ctrl-c keystroke.

Also noticed the following : If I log in gnome, as long as nothing crashes, if I use the host key and left or right arrows, I just switch from one linux vt to another, i.e. I get to the pure text console saying "ubuntu myhost ttyX login:". As if it was the console that had the keyboard focus... If I log out and log in again, it is compiz that gets the focus - on my config, host key + left/right arrows are used to go from one desktop to another.

Crazy, heh ? With this kind of bugs, it seems like ubuntu is walking on MS Windows path.... :) Black magic and voodoo power is now necessary on Unix world, what a pity....

BTW, I'm using Ubuntu 9.10 on a Dell XPS M1330 with nvidia video card.

Br,

Léo.

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