I followed the instructions at https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=87526#p418088
where I disabled "Wayland in /etc/gdm3/custom.conf by uncommenting 'WaylandEnable = False'." This seems to work around the issue. -- 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/1800294 Title: Xorg freeze black screen hang up Status in xorg-server package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: i've had this issue twice this morning where during boot up my screen turns black and i can't get it to come back, then i'm forced to to a hard reboot, this issue often times happens about 99% of the time at the login screen if i don't log in with in about 10 seconds, my screen goes black and i can not get it to come back and i need to do a hard reboot. also sometimes the issue happens during boot up the screen goes purple for a few seconds then black and stay's like that and the can't get it to comes back and have to do a hard reboot, but this happens about 1 or 2 times out of ten boots i would say. so i'm hoping that this issue can be resolved in some way. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: xorg 1:7.7+19ubuntu7.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-38.41-generic 4.15.18 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-38-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.4 Architecture: amd64 BootLog: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/boot.log' CompositorRunning: None CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sat Oct 27 12:40:06 2018 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: bionic DistroVariant: ubuntu DkmsStatus: virtualbox, 5.2.10, 4.15.0-38-generic, x86_64: installed ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical GpuHangFrequency: Very infrequently GraphicsCard: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Trinity [Radeon HD 7620G] [1002:9907] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Trinity [Radeon HD 7620G] [103c:808d] InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-10-27 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180725) MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Pavilion 17 Notebook PC ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_CA:en PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_CA.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.15.0-38-generic root=UUID=45d6254a-e97a-4d45-b9a9-37afad8da3df ro quiet splash vt.handoff=1 SourcePackage: xorg Symptom: display Title: Xorg freeze UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 08/19/2015 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: F.43 dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag dmi.board.name: 808D dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.board.version: 90.41 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrF.43:bd08/19/2015:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPPavilion17NotebookPC:pvr096C120800405F00000620180:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn808D:rvr90.41:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvrChassisVersion: dmi.product.family: 103C_5335KV G=N L=CON B=HP S=PAV dmi.product.name: HP Pavilion 17 Notebook PC dmi.product.version: 096C120800405F00000620180 dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard version.compiz: compiz N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.91-2 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 18.0.5-0ubuntu0~18.04.1 version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 18.0.5-0ubuntu0~18.04.1 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.19.6-1ubuntu4.2 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:18.0.1-1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20171229-1 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.15-2 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/+bug/1800294/+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
