Xorg crash

[Hans-Christian Payer]

xorg randomly and quite often (once an hour) crashes back to loginscreen, when clicking on various buttons (you can never say which button). This started right after upgrading from ubuntu 15.04 to 15.10.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
Package: xorg 1:7.7+7ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-18.22-generic 4.2.3
Uname: Linux 4.2.0-18-generic x86_64
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
BootLog:
 fsck from util-linux 2.26.2
 /dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root: clean, 468259/2828896 files, 5132109/11314176 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: Tue Nov 17 20:10:59 2015
DistUpgraded: 2015-10-20 22:51:57,430 DEBUG enabling apt cron job
DistroCodename: wily
DistroVariant: ubuntu
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes
GraphicsCard:
 Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller [8086:0152] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P8H77-I Motherboard [1043:84ca]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-12-22 (330 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Release amd64 (20141022.1)
MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=de_AT:de
 TERM=screen
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=de_AT.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.2.0-18-generic.efi.signed root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
Title: Xorg crash
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to wily on 2015-10-20 (27 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 05/08/2012
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 0403
dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: P8Z77-V LE PLUS
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
dmi.board.version: Rev X.0x
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr0403:bd05/08/2012:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnP8Z77-VLEPLUS:rvrRevX.0x:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: System Product Name
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12.2+15.10.20151015-0ubuntu1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.64-1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 11.0.2-1ubuntu4
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 11.0.2-1ubuntu4
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.17.2-1ubuntu9
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.9.2-1ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.5.0+git20150819-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20150808-0ubuntu4
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.11-1ubuntu3
xserver.bootTime: Tue Nov 17 20:08:47 2015
xserver.configfile: default
xserver.errors:

xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.outputs:

xserver.version: 2:1.17.2-1ubuntu9

[Hans-Christian Payer (hanspayer)]

I updated the bios, no change.
hans@karma:~⟫ sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date
[sudo] Passwort für hans:
0910
03/18/2014
still crashes, reprdocable:
create a pdf in libre-office, klick the sve button, crash
i filed another bug-report as i experience the same behaviour on my laptop, same proceder, bios updated, unpredictable crashes there. it is very inconvinient. I cannot be the bios then?
see: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1515972

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Hans-Christian Payer, to see if this is already resolved in Ubuntu, could you please test http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/and advise to the results?

[Hans-Christian Payer (hanspayer)]

Well, i did test with the live-cd, http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/, for overall 3 hours with no crashes on both systems. I cant say, wether this issue is already resolved or not, because on 15.10 there are longer periods with no crashes and then they do. You can never say when. I think it its somekind poor Quality management to put it on the BIOS, i updated on both machines with no change. It is very annoying. I I am in the good will to help, but i see no progress. Browsing throug bug-reports i experience, that i am not the only one with sudden x.org crashes. So what now?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for xorg (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Hans-Christian Payer, this bug report is being closed due to your last comment https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1517179/comments/5 regarding this being fixed with an update. For future reference you can manage the status of your own bugs by clicking on the current status in the yellow line and then choosing a new status in the revealed drop down box. You can learn more about bug statuses at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Status.

Only if you need a backport to a release prior to Xenial, please provide a technical justification as to why you couldn't use Xenial going forward, and then mark this Fix Released.

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