OK, I'm beginning to think this is because of faulty hardware. Not the proprietary graphics driver, as it's not loaded, but something else. The computer restarted at least eight times today before I gave up!
Still, if some hardware is faulty shouldn't the OS report this rather than reboot? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1156574 Title: User interface crashes, computer restarts back to login screen To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1156574/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs