X.org and all tty killed randomly, computer nearly unusable
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) |
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
I'm using a Toshiba U200-163 laptop. https:/
After a fresh Ubuntu 8.04 install, without any installed packages, I noticed that the laptop screen randomly goes blank without any way to recover the session. This happens generaly in the 2 minutes following a cold boot then every 30minutes-one hour, needing each time a reboot.
All tty are killed, nothing is displayed. The computer seems to be still responsive because pressing the "power" button twice restart the computer, which is the only way to recover.
/var/log/syslog :
Mar 24 16:08:07 spoutnik anacron[5397]: Job `cron.daily' terminated
Mar 24 16:08:07 spoutnik anacron[5397]: Normal exit (1 job run)
Mar 24 16:08:47 spoutnik gdm[5368]: WARNING: gdm_slave_
Mar 24 16:08:47 spoutnik kernel: [ 695.994835] tomboy[5965]: segfault at b5e6c750 eip b5e6c750 esp bf9df30c error 4
Mar 24 16:08:58 spoutnik init: tty4 main process (4558) killed by TERM signal
Mar 24 16:08:58 spoutnik init: tty5 main process (4559) killed by TERM signal
Mar 24 16:08:58 spoutnik init: tty2 main process (4561) killed by TERM signal
Mar 24 16:08:58 spoutnik init: tty3 main process (4563) killed by TERM signal
Mar 24 16:08:58 spoutnik init: tty1 main process (4565) killed by TERM signal
Mar 24 16:08:58 spoutnik init: tty6 main process (4566) killed by TERM signal
Mar 24 16:09:08 spoutnik avahi-daemon[5013]: Got SIGTERM, quitting.
Mar 24 16:09:08 spoutnik avahi-daemon[5013]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface wlan0.IPv4 with address 192.168.1.108.
Mar 24 16:10:19 spoutnik syslogd 1.5.0#1ubuntu1: restart.
It seems that this X.org killing happens only when doing something "heavy" on the desktop. So far, it was :
- switching to a charged desktop (several times)
- displaying a complex webpage such as a launchpad form (crashed when clicking on a widget)
- displaying the calendar in evolution