Len Ovens, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better. As per https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases, Ubuntu 13.04 reached EOL on January 27, 2014.
Is this reproducible on a supported release? ** No longer affects: blender (Ubuntu) ** Package changed: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau (Ubuntu) => xorg (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1090570 Title: When starting blender screen goes black and login returns Status in xorg package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Blender seems to kill Xorg. Extra attachments coming. I have added xsession-errors already though it doesn't seem to have anything useful. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: blender 2.63a-1ubuntu5 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.7.0-5.4-lowlatency 3.7.0-rc8 Uname: Linux 3.7.0-5-lowlatency i686 ApportVersion: 2.7-0ubuntu2 Architecture: i386 Date: Fri Dec 14 13:42:06 2012 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-12-13 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Studio 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha i386 (20121213) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: blender UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1090570/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp