Can you get to a terminal by pressing Ctrl+Alt+F1 ? If so, you can run 'apport-collect 1143327' What I'd like to see is /var/log/Xorg.0.log and dmesg output.
** Package changed: fglrx-installer (Ubuntu) => xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-ati in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1143327 Title: Just upgraded to 12.10 and having a problem with the desktop graphical interface Status in “xserver-xorg-video-ati” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: I noted the following messages in the apport.log file: tail -100 apport.log ERROR: apport (pid 2714) Sun Mar 3 15:13:56 2013: executable: /usr/bin/compiz (command line "compiz --sm-client-id 10454b0da3cd27461413622492999536600000025580039") ERROR: apport (pid 2714) Sun Mar 3 15:13:57 2013: debug: session gdbus call: (true,) ERROR: apport (pid 2714) Sun Mar 3 15:14:57 2013: this executable already crashed 2 times, ignoring ERROR: apport (pid 2834) Sun Mar 3 15:15:39 2013: called for pid 2809, signal 6, core limit 0 ERROR: apport (pid 2834) Sun Mar 3 15:15:39 2013: executable: /usr/bin/compiz (command line "compiz --sm-client-id 10454b0da3cd27461413622492999536600000025580039") ERROR: apport (pid 2834) Sun Mar 3 15:15:39 2013: debug: session gdbus call: (true,) ERROR: apport (pid 2834) Sun Mar 3 15:16:39 2013: this executable already crashed 2 times, ignoring ERROR: apport (pid 2867) Sun Mar 3 15:17:21 2013: called for pid 2838, signal 6, core limit 0 ERROR: apport (pid 2867) Sun Mar 3 15:17:21 2013: executable: /usr/bin/compiz (command line "compiz --sm-client-id 10454b0da3cd27461413622492999536600000025580039") ERROR: apport (pid 2867) Sun Mar 3 15:17:21 2013: debug: session gdbus call: (true,) ERROR: apport (pid 2867) Sun Mar 3 15:18:21 2013: this executable already crashed 2 times, ignoring ERROR: apport (pid 2915) Sun Mar 3 15:19:02 2013: called for pid 2889, signal 6, core limit 0 ERROR: apport (pid 2915) Sun Mar 3 15:19:02 2013: executable: /usr/bin/compiz (command line "compiz --sm-client-id 10454b0da3cd27461413622492999536600000025580039") ERROR: apport (pid 2915) Sun Mar 3 15:19:02 2013: debug: session gdbus call: (true,) ERROR: apport (pid 2915) Sun Mar 3 15:20:03 2013: this executable already crashed 2 times, ignoring ERROR: apport (pid 2950) Sun Mar 3 15:20:45 2013: called for pid 2922, signal 6, core limit 0 ERROR: apport (pid 2950) Sun Mar 3 15:20:45 2013: executable: /usr/bin/compiz (command line "compiz --sm-client-id 10454b0da3cd27461413622492999536600000025580039") ERROR: apport (pid 2950) Sun Mar 3 15:20:45 2013: debug: session gdbus call: (true,) ERROR: apport (pid 2950) Sun Mar 3 15:21:45 2013: this executable already crashed 2 times, ignoring ERROR: apport (pid 2989) Sun Mar 3 15:23:02 2013: another apport instance is already running, aborting ERROR: apport (pid 2986) Sun Mar 3 15:22:27 2013: called for pid 2958, signal 6, core limit 0 ERROR: apport (pid 2986) Sun Mar 3 15:22:27 2013: executable: /usr/bin/compiz (command line "compiz --sm-client-id 10454b0da3cd27461413622492999536600000025580039") ERROR: apport (pid 2986) Sun Mar 3 15:22:27 2013: debug: session gdbus call: (true,) ERROR: apport (pid 2986) Sun Mar 3 15:23:27 2013: this executable already crashed 2 times, ignoring ERROR: apport (pid 3023) Sun Mar 3 15:24:08 2013: called for pid 2997, signal 6, core limit 0 ERROR: apport (pid 3023) Sun Mar 3 15:24:08 2013: executable: /usr/bin/compiz (command line "compiz --sm-client-id 10454b0da3cd27461413622492999536600000025580039") ERROR: apport (pid 3023) Sun Mar 3 15:24:08 2013: debug: session gdbus call: (true,) ERROR: apport (pid 3023) Sun Mar 3 15:25:09 2013: this executable already crashed 2 times, ignoring ERROR: apport (pid 3568) Sun Mar 3 15:26:41 2013: called for pid 3358, signal 6, core limit 0 ERROR: apport (pid 3568) Sun Mar 3 15:26:41 2013: executable: /usr/bin/compiz (command line "compiz --sm-client-id 10454b0da3cd27461413622492999536600000025580039") ERROR: apport (pid 3568) Sun Mar 3 15:26:41 2013: debug: session gdbus call: (true,) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/1143327/+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
