I seem to have discovered a slightly new style of crashes, which I believe have only occurred when I have a modified /etc/init/gdm.conf file. Yesterday and today I've witnessed this new crash behavior with both: * Seth's /etc/init/gdm.conf workaround from https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/+bug/532047/comments/91 * Steve's suggested test that I note in comment #130 (which didn't crash immediately, but did upon a second boot)
These are the characteristics of my "new" crash experience: * Boots with X on tty7 and seems fine for a while. * Crashes without keyboard cause (sometimes using mouse/click, one time doing nothing but waiting for IntelliJ IDEA to open). * Crash to login screen, then X on tty8. * After crash and relogin to tty8, usually another crash very quickly (again, not related to keyboard activity), which then moves X to tty9. * After a crash, I'm unable to switch to any other tty--all show completely blank screen. My original issue, which I can reproduce any time by simply keeping the original /etc/init/gdm.conf and /etc/default/grub in place, was unique to the above in the following ways: * First boot always to tty1 or tty2 (usually tty2). * Always crashed within an hour of working, when pressing Enter. * Always on tty8 after second login, and never crashed again until a reboot. * Both before and after a crash, I was still able to switch to other ttys with no problem. The one workaround that seems to always work, to the best of my knowledge, is when I only add "vga=799" to the linux boot line, and change nothing else. I'm pretty sure I went days without a crash with Seth's gdm.conf tweak, so it was odd when it suddenly started crashing like crazy yesterday. -- X starts on wrong tty because gdm starts before nvidia driver is ready https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/625239 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers in ubuntu. _______________________________________________ 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
