Xorg crashed with SIGABRT in raise()

[Christopher Townsend]

When this occurs, I see a blank screen with a cursor when the lightdm screen should be displayed.

#4 0x00007fca0045fa9d in FatalError (f=f@entry=0x7fca00463442 "no screens found") at ../../os/log.c:793
        args = {{gp_offset = 8, fp_offset = 48, overflow_arg_area = 0x7fffbc2d7810,
            reg_save_area = 0x7fffbc2d7750}}
        args2 = {{gp_offset = 8, fp_offset = 48, overflow_arg_area = 0x7fffbc2d7810,
            reg_save_area = 0x7fffbc2d7750}}
        beenhere = 1
#5 0x00007fca002eb7d2 in main (argc=9, argv=0x7fffbc2d7958, envp=<optimized out>)
    at ../../dix/main.c:207
        i = <optimized out>
        alwaysCheckForInput = {0, 1}

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.13.3-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-16.26-generic 3.8.5
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-16-generic x86_64
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: None
Date: Tue Apr 2 11:08:51 2013
DistUpgraded: 2013-03-18 12:26:08,332 DEBUG enabling apt cron job
DistroCodename: raring
DistroVariant: ubuntu
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/Xorg
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes
GraphicsCard:
 Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller [8086:0166] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:058b]
MachineType: Dell Inc. Dell System XPS L322X
MarkForUpload: True
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/X :0 -core -auth /var/run/lightdm/root/:0 -nolisten tcp vt7 -novtswitch
ProcEnviron:

ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.8.0-16-generic root=UUID=e50fc373-bec4-4757-8dd6-152c23b0dc3e ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
Signal: 6
SourcePackage: xorg-server
StacktraceTop:
 raise () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
 abort () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
 OsAbort ()
 ?? ()
 FatalError ()
Title: Xorg crashed with SIGABRT in raise()
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-03-18 (14 days ago)
UserGroups:

dmi.bios.date: 08/17/2012
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: X29
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: 0.1
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrX29:bd08/17/2012:svnDellInc.:pnDellSystemXPSL322X:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr0.1:
dmi.product.name: Dell System XPS L322X
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.9~daily13.03.29-0ubuntu1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu36
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.43-0ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 9.0.3-0ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 9.0.3-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.13.3-0ubuntu4
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.3-0ubuntu2b2
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.1.0-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.21.5-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.7-0ubuntu1

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

StacktraceTop:
 ?? ()
 ?? ()
 ?? ()
 ?? ()

[Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton)]

sigh, this is actually a dupe of bug 982889, you could try what's suggested on https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libdrm/+bug/982889/comments/115

and check if it helps

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

Has this happened more than once? Any thoughts on what triggers it?

The stack trace is the same as bug #1163270.