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 Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg-server in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/740785 Title: Caught signal 11 (Segmentation fault). Server aborting Status in “xorg” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in “xorg-server” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Binary package hint: xorg It randomly happens in gnome ubuntu maverick, suddenly I am logged out and login screen (gdm) appears. I am pretty sure each time it happens I just press Enter or some combinations with it. These should be the bad point: Xorg.0.log: Backtrace: [ 12371.402] 0: /usr/bin/X (xorg_backtrace+0x3b) [0x80ef31b] [ 12371.402] 1: /usr/bin/X (0x8048000+0x5d00d) [0x80a500d] [ 12371.402] 2: (vdso) (__kernel_rt_sigreturn+0x0) [0x50740c] [ 12371.402] 3: /usr/bin/X (FreeClientResources+0xed) [0x80655ad] [ 12371.402] 4: /usr/bin/X (FreeAllResources+0x60) [0x8065680] [ 12371.402] 5: /usr/bin/X (0x8048000+0x1a606) [0x8062606] [ 12371.402] 6: /lib/libc.so.6 (__libc_start_main+0xe7) [0x126ce7] [ 12371.402] 7: /usr/bin/X (0x8048000+0x1a1b1) [0x80621b1] [ 12371.402] Segmentation fault at address (nil) [ 12371.402] Caught signal 11 (Segmentation fault). Server aborting This is big annoying bug ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10 Package: xorg 1:7.5+6ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-28.49-generic 2.6.35.11 Uname: Linux 2.6.35-28-generic i686 Architecture: i386 DRM.card0.LVDS.1: status: connected enabled: enabled dpms: On modes: 1024x768 edid-base64: AP///////wAwrkBAAAAAAAAPAQOAHhd46nSwlldUiyglUFQhCAABAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBZBkAQEEAJjAYiDYAMOQQAAAYKBUAQEEAJjAYiDYAMOQQAAAYAAAADwBhQzJhQygPAQAyDFETAAAA/gBMUDE1MFgwOC1UTEE4AD8= DRM.card0.VGA.1: status: connected enabled: enabled dpms: On modes: 1280x1024 1280x1024 1280x960 1280x800 1280x800 1152x864 1152x864 1152x720 1024x768 1024x768 832x624 800x600 800x600 640x480 640x480 720x400 edid-base64: AP///////wAJ0QF6RVQAAAcSAQMOJh54LswVpVdJmyUSUFSla4BxAHFAgUCBgIEAgQ8BAQEBMCoAmFEAKkAwcBMAeC0RAAAeAAAA/wBUMjgxMTYwOFNMMEwwAAAA/QA3TB9TDgAKICAgICAgAAAA/ABCZW5RIFg5MDAKCgoKAD0= Date: Wed Mar 23 09:07:15 2011 GdmLog: X: /tmp/.X11-unix has suspicious mode (not 1777) or is not a directory, aborting. GdmLog1: X: /tmp/.X11-unix has suspicious mode (not 1777) or is not a directory, aborting. MachineType: LENOVO 9455W42 PccardctlIdent: Socket 0: no product info available PccardctlStatus: Socket 0: no card ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-2.6.35-28-generic root=UUID=6981baab-6717-4b2d-9b46-88474fd88a03 ro ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=cs_CZ:cs:en_GB:en LANG=cs_CZ.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: xorg dmi.bios.date: 01/09/2007 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: 7CETC1WW (2.11 ) dmi.board.name: 9455W42 dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: Not Available dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: Not Available dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr7CETC1WW(2.11):bd01/09/2007:svnLENOVO:pn9455W42:pvrThinkPadR60:rvnLENOVO:rn9455W42:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable: dmi.product.name: 9455W42 dmi.product.version: ThinkPad R60 dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO system: distro: Ubuntu codename: maverick architecture: i686 kernel: 2.6.35-28-generic xkbcomp: Error: command ['xkbcomp', ':0', '-w0', '-'] failed with exit code 1: Error: Cannot open display ":0" Exiting To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/740785/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp