I'm experiencing this same problem now in Ubuntu 12.10. xserver-xorg-video-ati | 1:6.14.99~git20111219.aacbd629-0ubuntu2
There were some interesting errors left in ~/.xsession-errors after the crash: (gdu-notification-daemon:9519): Gdk-WARNING **: gdu-notification-daemon: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0. (telepathy-indicator:9528): Gdk-WARNING **: telepathy-indicator: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0. (gnome-screensaver:9545): Gdk-WARNING **: gnome-screensaver: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0. gnome-session[9188]: Gdk-WARNING: gnome-session: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0. (bluetooth-applet:9258): Gdk-WARNING **: bluetooth-applet: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0. dropbox: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0. (gnome-fallback-mount-helper:9263): Gdk-WARNING **: gnome-fallback- mount-helper: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0. (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:9265): Gdk-WARNING **: polkit- gnome-authentication-agent-1: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0. gtk-window-decorator: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0.0. (nm-applet:9259): Gdk-WARNING **: nm-applet: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0. XIO: fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server ":0" after 191 requests (191 known processed) with 0 events remaining. (gnome-settings-daemon:9236): Gdk-WARNING **: gnome-settings-daemon: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0. (nautilus:9271): Gdk-WARNING **: nautilus: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0. ** (zeitgeist-datahub:9546): WARNING **: zeitgeist-datahub.vala:227: Unable to get name "org.gnome.zeitgeist.datahub" on the bus! And then something similar in syslog: Dec 1 19:00:34 inara gnome-session[9188]: Gdk-WARNING: gnome-session: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0.#012 Dec 1 19:00:34 inara acpid: client 8714[0:0] has disconnected Dec 1 19:00:34 inara acpid: client connected from 9629[0:0] And finally, a segfault and stack trace in Xorg.log (attaching full log): [ 815.794] Backtrace: [ 815.794] 0: /usr/bin/X (xorg_backtrace+0x26) [0x7eff6104f876] [ 815.795] 1: /usr/bin/X (0x7eff60ec7000+0x18c71a) [0x7eff6105371a] [ 815.795] 2: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0 (0x7eff601ed000+0xfcb0) [0x7eff601fccb0] [ 815.795] 3: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x7eff5f05d000+0x1462d1) [0x7eff5f1a32d1] [ 815.795] 4: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/radeon_drv.so (0x7eff5cfb7000+0xad496) [0x7eff5d064496] [ 815.795] 5: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libexa.so (0x7eff5c584000+0x8986) [0x7eff5c58c986] [ 815.795] 6: /usr/bin/X (0x7eff60ec7000+0x11997c) [0x7eff60fe097c] [ 815.795] 7: /usr/bin/X (0x7eff60ec7000+0x4b53e) [0x7eff60f1253e] [ 815.795] 8: /usr/bin/X (0x7eff60ec7000+0x4e8a1) [0x7eff60f158a1] [ 815.795] 9: /usr/bin/X (0x7eff60ec7000+0x3d7ba) [0x7eff60f047ba] [ 815.795] 10: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (__libc_start_main+0xed) [0x7eff5f07e76d] [ 815.795] 11: /usr/bin/X (0x7eff60ec7000+0x3daad) [0x7eff60f04aad] [ 815.795] Bus error at address 0x7eff54b46010 [ 815.795] Caught signal 7 (Bus error). Server aborting [ 815.795] Hopefully this is helpful/useful information. ** Attachment added: "Xorg.0.log file containing backtrace." https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/917159/+attachment/3449485/+files/Xorg.0.log.old ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Committed => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/917159 Title: EOG do crash xserver session when opening image To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/917159/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs