Public bug reported: When I came back to my laptop, after some `xset dpms force off`, my window manager (awesomeWM) behaved strange: the modkey (super/windows key) was not recognized anymore - probably just all modifier keys (I still could type into the current window, but not switch).
Then I've noticed that there is failsafeXServer on VT2. I've chosen the last option (drop me to a console login), and that killed the gnome-session which ran awesomeWM. I've noticed this on ~02:55. >From the logs it seems like the failsafeXServer has been there since the last reboot already? There were no "systemd" messages in the systemd journal for hours - e.g. because X might have crashed or something else would have triggered this. It seems like for some reason the long-running failsafeXServer suddenly captured the input method somehow, and also the redrawing which wasn't happening in awesomeWM anymore. It's a bit frustrating to have the X session being killed like this. Let me know, if I should provide more information from logs etc. For the time being I'll probably uninstall xdiagnose - it's not worth such trouble (for me). ❯❯ systemctl status failsafe-x.service -l ● failsafe-x.service - X.org diagnosis failsafe Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/failsafe-x.service; static; vendor preset: enabled) Active: inactive (dead) since Mo 2015-05-18 02:57:00 CEST; 45min ago Main PID: 5175 (code=killed, signal=TERM) Memory: 16.3M CGroup: /system.slice/failsafe-x.service Mai 16 20:15:14 lenny.thequod.de org.a11y.atspi.Registry[5255]: SpiRegistry daemon is running with well-known name - org.a11y.atspi.Registry Mai 16 20:15:14 lenny.thequod.de failsafeXServer[5175]: Gtk-Message: GtkDialog mapped without a transient parent. This is discouraged. Mai 18 02:56:48 lenny.thequod.de failsafeXServer[5175]: Gtk-Message: GtkDialog mapped without a transient parent. This is discouraged. Mai 18 02:57:00 lenny.thequod.de systemd[1]: Stopping X.org diagnosis failsafe... Mai 18 02:57:00 lenny.thequod.de systemd[1]: Stopped X.org diagnosis failsafe. Mai 18 02:57:02 lenny.thequod.de failsafeXServer[5175]: xinit: connection to X server lost Mai 18 02:57:02 lenny.thequod.de org.a11y.atspi.Registry[5255]: XIO: fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server ":0" Mai 18 02:57:02 lenny.thequod.de org.a11y.atspi.Registry[5255]: after 41 requests (41 known processed) with 0 events remaining. Mai 18 02:57:02 lenny.thequod.de org.a11y.Bus[5250]: g_dbus_connection_real_closed: Remote peer vanished with error: Underlying GIOStream returned 0 bytes on an async read (g-io-error-quark, 0). Exiting. Mai 18 02:57:02 lenny.thequod.de failsafeXServer[5175]: waiting for X server to shut down (II) Server terminated successfully (0). Closing log file. ❯❯ systemctl status failsafe-graphical.target ● failsafe-graphical.target - Graphical failsafe fallback Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/failsafe-graphical.target; static; vendor preset: enabled) Active: inactive (dead) since Mo 2015-05-18 02:57:00 CEST; 45min ago Mai 16 20:15:12 lenny.thequod.de systemd[1]: Reached target Graphical failsafe fallback. Mai 16 20:15:12 lenny.thequod.de systemd[1]: Starting Graphical failsafe fallback. Mai 18 02:57:00 lenny.thequod.de systemd[1]: Stopped target Graphical failsafe fallback. Mai 18 02:57:00 lenny.thequod.de systemd[1]: Stopping Graphical failsafe fallback. ** Affects: xdiagnose (Ubuntu) Importance: High Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xdiagnose in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1456004 Title: failsafeXServer kicked in without (a real) reason? To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xdiagnose/+bug/1456004/+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