Brian Rak, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better. To see if this is already resolved, could you please test http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ and advise to the results?
** Tags added: latest-bios-2.90 ** Description changed: Tried doing a fresh install of Ubuntu 16.04 on my rig outfitted with an - HD 7850, and it crashes on boot due to my AMD card installed. When I - removed the AMD card I was able to boot into Ubuntu. AFAIK, the drivers - with Ubuntu should support this card even though it is older, and even - I'm incorrect and it isn't supported, xorg should probably fail more - gracefully than a segfault, thus the bug report. + HD 7850, and it crashes on boot due to my AMD card installed. Note that I wasn't able to even install Ubuntu in the first place without modifying grub to set radeon.modeset=0 due to the black screen - issue. I believe this modeset might have been set when the crash - occurred. This issue is reproducible every time. - - root@brak-desktop:/etc/X11# lsb_release -rd - Description: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS - Release: 16.04 - - root@brak-desktop:/etc/X11# apt-cache policy xorg - xorg: - Installed: 1:7.7+13ubuntu3 - Candidate: 1:7.7+13ubuntu3 - Version table: - *** 1:7.7+13ubuntu3 500 - 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages - 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status + issue. This issue is reproducible every time. BT not too helpful, but included nonetheless. (gdb) bt #0 0x00007f2962b5b418 in __GI_raise (sig=sig@entry=6) at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/raise.c:54 #1 0x00007f2962b5d01a in __GI_abort () at abort.c:89 #2 0x0000563105d2610e in OsAbort () #3 0x0000563105d2bd93 in ?? () #4 0x0000563105d2cbad in FatalError () #5 0x0000563105d239ae in ?? () #6 <signal handler called> #7 0x0000563105c807c0 in RRSetChanged () #8 0x0000563105c84f24 in RRScreenSetSizeRange () #9 0x0000563105c40d86 in xf86RandR12CreateScreenResources () #10 0x0000563105c33ab0 in ?? () #11 0x0000563105bc4a9c in ?? () #12 0x00007f2962b46830 in __libc_start_main (main=0x563105baef20, argc=11, argv=0x7ffd44103d68, init=<optimized out>, fini=<optimized out>, rtld_fini=<optimized out>, stack_end=0x7ffd44103d58) - at ../csu/libc-start.c:291 + at ../csu/libc-start.c:291 #13 0x0000563105baef59 in _start () + Note that if the debug information says intel graphics that's because I + needed to remove my card in order to write this bug report. - Thanks for your time in looking into this. Note that if the debug information says intel graphics that's because I needed to remove my card in order to write this bug report. + WORKAROUND: Remove the AMD card. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: xorg 1:7.7+13ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-31.50-generic 4.4.13 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-31-generic x86_64 .tmp.unity_support_test.0: - + ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1 Architecture: amd64 BootLog: - lvmetad is not active yet, using direct activation during sysinit - /dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root: recovering journal - /dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root: clean, 187292/14073856 files, 1870150/56282112 blocks + lvmetad is not active yet, using direct activation during sysinit + /dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root: recovering journal + /dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root: clean, 187292/14073856 files, 1870150/56282112 blocks CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: compiz CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0' CompositorUnredirectFSW: true Date: Sun Jul 31 22:14:09 2016 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: xenial DistroVariant: ubuntu ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical GraphicsCard: - Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller [8086:0162] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) - Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Motherboard [1849:0162] + Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller [8086:0162] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) + Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Motherboard [1849:0162] InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-08-01 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719) MachineType: To Be Filled By O.E.M. 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ProcEnviron: - LANGUAGE=en_US - TERM=xterm-256color - PATH=(custom, no user) - LANG=en_US.UTF-8 - SHELL=/bin/bash + LANGUAGE=en_US + TERM=xterm-256color + PATH=(custom, no user) + LANG=en_US.UTF-8 + SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.4.0-31-generic.efi.signed root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xorg UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 07/11/2013 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: P2.90 dmi.board.name: Z77 Extreme4 dmi.board.vendor: ASRock dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrP2.90:bd07/11/2013:svnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:rvnASRock:rnZ77Extreme4:rvr:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.: dmi.product.name: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.product.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.sys.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M. version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12.2+16.04.20160714-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.67-1ubuntu0.16.04.1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 11.2.0-1ubuntu2 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 11.2.0-1ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.18.3-1ubuntu2.2 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.10.1-1ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.7.0-1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20160325-1ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.12-1build2 xserver.bootTime: Sun Jul 31 21:20:51 2016 xserver.configfile: default xserver.errors: - + xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.outputs: - + xserver.version: 2:1.18.3-1ubuntu2.2 ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1608338 Title: Xorg segfaults with AMD HD 7xxx and fresh Ubuntu 16.04 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1608338/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
