Thanks for the questions 1) Removing the kernel parameter causes the same problem (plus, shutdown doesn't work.)
2) I cannot take the graphics card out of the laptop, but I uninstalled the nouveau package xserver-xorg-video-nouveau. This may have improved things; see below! 3) This is on a fresh install of 17.10 on a freshly partitioned/formatted disk. 4) When I log in to an Xorg session (after removing the nouveau xorg driver,) the desktop takes a long time to appear. The computer is largely unresponsive to mouse/keyboard for many seconds, then becomes responsive for a second, then goes unresponsive again; this repeats a few times, before the desktop entirely locks up (and a SSH shell also is locked up at that point.) However, pointing on the touchscreen will move the cursor in this state; moving the touchpad does not move the cursor, and nothing can be clicked/interacted with. Regarding 2) after logging into a default session (Wayland,) with the nouveau Xorg driver removed, but the nouveau kernel module still loaded (despite blacklisting,) it has not crashed my desktop yet. vainfo seems to think that I have accelerated video decoding, and glxgears runs at 60 fps in full screen, so perhaps this is a workaround? -- 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/1748511 Title: Xorg crash Status in xorg package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Shortly after logging in for the first time, the screen goes black, and after a little while, I'm back at the login screen. A subsequent login puts me in "dumb software mode." ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10 Package: xorg 1:7.7+19ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-32.35-generic 4.13.13 Uname: Linux 4.13.0-32-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.7 Architecture: amd64 CompositorRunning: None CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Fri Feb 9 10:45:29 2018 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: artful DistroVariant: ubuntu ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes GraphicsCard: Intel Corporation Device [8086:591b] (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:07be] Subsystem: Dell GP107M [GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile] [1028:07be] InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-02-09 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release amd64 (20180105.1) MachineType: Dell Inc. XPS 15 9560 ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.13.0-32-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=4305e654-6011-4413-ac27-724450f22361 ro quiet splash acpi_rev_override=5 vt.handoff=7 Renderer: Software SourcePackage: xorg Symptom: display Title: Xorg crash UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 08/30/2017 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: 1.5.0 dmi.board.name: 05FFDN dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: A00 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvr1.5.0:bd08/30/2017:svnDellInc.:pnXPS159560:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn05FFDN:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct10:cvr: dmi.product.family: XPS dmi.product.name: XPS 15 9560 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. version.compiz: compiz N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.83-1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 17.2.4-0ubuntu1~17.10.2 version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 17.2.4-0ubuntu1~17.10.2 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.19.5-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.10.0-1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20170309-0ubuntu1 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/+bug/1748511/+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