Tuxtype triggers an X crash on my hardware

[BriLarks]

Binary package hint: tuxtype

When I open tuxtype my screen is resized. That is a quarter of the screen fills the whole screen and my mouse stops working. The only thing I can do is hard-reboot my laptop.

[James Grabbs (jgrabbs)]

I don't know if this is a related bug but on our machine while playing tuxtype the screen sometimes goes from fullscreen to a small window and the frame loses focus.

[Caroline Ford (secretlondon)]

@ James Grabbs Could you file a new bug for that saying which version of tuxtype and attach ~/.xsession-errors after it does this? Also /var/log/Xorg.0.log

@BriLarks does it do this on any other software? Could you tell me which version of tuxtype you are using on which version of Ubuntu? Does it do the same on tuxmath? Other games?

Could you look at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Reporting. Does control-alt-backspace restart X?

Could you attach:

 /var/log/Xorg.0.log
/var/log/Xorg.0.log.old
~/.xsession-errors

Paste in output of lspci -nn | grep VGA

Thanks!

[James Grabbs (jgrabbs)]

Caroline,
  Here is the result of the output of lspci...
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation NV17 [GeForce4 MX 420] [10de:0172] (rev a3)

Here is my system description:
Ubuntu Release 8.04 (Hardy)
Kernel Linux 2.6.24-19 generic
Gnome 2.22.3
Hardware
Memory 757.1MB
AMD Athlon XP2400+

I just tried to reproduce it but it did not do it again. The time that I noticed this happen was on the Plants levels a couple of days ago.

I figured that y'all would want to know about this issue.

Thank you for your response,
James

[James Grabbs (jgrabbs)]

Caroline,
  Here is that other log file that you asked for.

Thank you,
James

[Caroline Ford (secretlondon)]

Thanks James. Never presume we know about bugs!

Please could you make a NEW bug with this information in, as your bug is different to this one! They will get confused if they are together.

Thanks!

[Caroline Ford (secretlondon)]

JAMES

When you make your new bug make sure you say which version of tuxtype you are using.

We also need the log file /home/yourusername/.xsession-errors (you can get this after you show hidden files) *after* it's done it, as it will hopefully say what it did. Your bug is different from BriLarks bug, which is a serious crash bug, and is actually X windows crashing which is just being triggered by tuxtype.

Your bug is actually on tuxtype!

[James Grabbs (jgrabbs)]

Caroline:
  I opened Bug 263601 regarding my Tuxtype issues.

[Caroline Ford (secretlondon)]

BriLarks

Could you answer the following for me as I can't work on this without any further information. Thanks!

@BriLarks does it do this on any other software? Could you tell me which version of tuxtype you are using on which version of Ubuntu? Does it do the same on tuxmath? Other games?

Could you look at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Reporting. Does control-alt-backspace restart X?

Could you attach:

 /var/log/Xorg.0.log
/var/log/Xorg.0.log.old
~/.xsession-errors

Paste in output of lspci -nn | grep VGA

[BriLarks (brilarks)]

Hi Caroline,

I've attached the information you asked for. Sorry for the slow reply. Just
started a new job so I'm rushed off my feet.

Cheers,

Brian

tuxtype 1.5.15.dsfg.1-3ubuntu1 (with the same version for the data)

Ubuntu 8.04
                - the Hardy Heron - released in April 2008.

Tuxmath 1.5.8-2 works fine.

Yes, control-alt-backspace restarts the window so you have to login again.

$ lspci -nn | grep VGA
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation GeForce Go 7900
GTX [10de:0299] (rev a1)

On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 6:43 AM, Caroline Ford <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> BriLarks
>
> Could you answer the following for me as I can't work on this without
> any further information. Thanks!
>
> @BriLarks does it do this on any other software? Could you tell me which
> version of tuxtype you are using on which version of Ubuntu? Does it do
> the same on tuxmath? Other games?
>
> Could you look at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Reporting. Does control-alt-
> backspace restart X?
>
> Could you attach:
>
> /var/log/Xorg.0.log
> /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old
> ~/.xsession-errors
>
> Paste in output of lspci -nn | grep VGA
>
> ** Changed in: tuxtype (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
> --
> Tuxtype triggers an X crash on my hardware
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/254075
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in "tuxtype" source package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: tuxtype
>
> When I open tuxtype my screen is resized. That is a quarter of the screen
> fills the whole screen and my mouse stops working. The only thing I can do
> is hard-reboot my laptop.
>

[BriLarks (brilarks)]

On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 6:22 PM, Brian Larkin <email address hidden>wrote:

> Hi Caroline,
>
> I've attached the information you asked for. Sorry for the slow reply. Just
> started a new job so I'm rushed off my feet.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Brian
>
> tuxtype 1.5.15.dsfg.1-3ubuntu1 (with the same version for the data)
>
> Ubuntu 8.04
> - the Hardy Heron - released in April 2008.
>
> Tuxmath 1.5.8-2 works fine.
>
> Yes, control-alt-backspace restarts the window so you have to login again.
>
> $ lspci -nn | grep VGA
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation GeForce Go
> 7900 GTX [10de:0299] (rev a1)
>
>
>
> On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 6:43 AM, Caroline Ford <
> <email address hidden>> wrote:
>
>> BriLarks
>>
>> Could you answer the following for me as I can't work on this without
>> any further information. Thanks!
>>
>> @BriLarks does it do this on any other software? Could you tell me which
>> version of tuxtype you are using on which version of Ubuntu? Does it do
>> the same on tuxmath? Other games?
>>
>> Could you look at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Reporting. Does control-alt-
>> backspace restart X?
>>
>> Could you attach:
>>
>> /var/log/Xorg.0.log
>> /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old
>> ~/.xsession-errors
>>
>> Paste in output of lspci -nn | grep VGA
>>
>> ** Changed in: tuxtype (Ubuntu)
>> Status: New => Incomplete
>>
>> --
>> Tuxtype triggers an X crash on my hardware
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/254075
>> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
>> of the bug.
>>
>> Status in "tuxtype" source package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
>>
>> Bug description:
>> Binary package hint: tuxtype
>>
>> When I open tuxtype my screen is resized. That is a quarter of the screen
>> fills the whole screen and my mouse stops working. The only thing I can do
>> is hard-reboot my laptop.
>>
>
>

[Steinar Bang (sb-dod)]

I see this behaviour on my daughter's machine. An 8.04 with all updates applied.
tuxtype 1.5.15.dfsg1-3
The machine has an NVIDIA display chipset, and is running with the proprietary NVIDIA driver.

But I don't know how relevant that is, because I tried with a remote display to an XMing server on my windows laptop, and then the entire background went black, the window manager frame for the application showed in the upper left of the display, and the content of tuxtype was shown directly on the middle of the background, outside of the window manager frame.

Very strange!

[Victor Vargas (kamus)]

Since this report have a long time without activity, could you check (if is possible) in latest version included in Karmic if this issue is still happening? Thanks in advance.

[James Grabbs (jgrabbs)]

Kamus,
  I haven't checked this bug in a long time. I can't check it with Karmic
since I am staying with 9.04.

Thank you,
James

On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 2:50 PM, Kamus <email address hidden> wrote:

> Since this report have a long time without activity, could you check (if
> is possible) in latest version included in Karmic if this issue is still
> happening? Thanks in advance.
>
> --
> Tuxtype triggers an X crash on my hardware
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/254075
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in “tuxtype” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: tuxtype
>
> When I open tuxtype my screen is resized. That is a quarter of the screen
> fills the whole screen and my mouse stops working. The only thing I can do
> is hard-reboot my laptop.
>
> To unsubscribe from this bug, go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tuxtype/+bug/254075/+subscribe
>

[etali (etali)]

Thanks for reporting back. Since you are unable to check the latest version I will close this bug report. Please don't hesitate to re-open it if you encounter the problem if you upgrade later. Thanks for taking the time to make Ubuntu better.