I also have an strace output of a crashing Skype invocation, which seems to indicate a problem writing to the X socket. This probably isn't unexpected ...
3067 socket(PF_FILE, SOCK_STREAM|SOCK_CLOEXEC, 0) = 7 3067 connect(7, {sa_family=AF_FILE, path=@"/tmp/.X11-unix/X0"}, 20) = 0 ... 3067 <... poll resumed> ) = 1 ([{fd=7, revents=POLLIN|POLLHUP}]) 3067 read(7, "", 4096) = 0 3067 write(2, "<unknown>: Fatal IO error 11 (Re"..., 82) = 82 ** Attachment added: "strace output of a crashing skype invocation" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/657966/+attachment/1682978/+files/skype.tr -- skype (and others) cause complete crash of xorg on startup/IO activity https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/657966 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs