[Kubuntu] Firefox desktop shortcut crashed whole system

[Kupfer]

I installed Kubuntu 10.10 on a DELL Latitude D620 to use for someone who is a novice user only wanting to use the Internet. For this purpose I removed all plasma widgets from the desktop. I only wanted to have one big shortcut of Firefox on the desktop to make it easy for the beginner user. I placed the shortcut on the desktop and began to resize it. As the original firefox icons resolution is relatively small it looks bad when made bigger. I wanted an icon that is sharp, even bigger. I downloaded a firefox logo png (256x256 size) and added it with the Menu Editor to the Firefox shortcut in the Kicker Menu. Then from the Kicker Menu I chose the option of having it placed on the desktop too. I started to resize the shortcut and made it much bigger. As I experimented with the size, the screen suddenly went all black...

It stayed black for a few seconds then logged me out. When trying to log back I get a black screen and the KDE cursor turns to an X - and then the system quickly logs me out again. Since the crash while trying to resize the Firefox shortcut I cannot login to Kubuntu. When I restart it tries to login by itself (as it should, as I chose the option of logging the user in automatically when I installed the system), but after approx. one-two seconds of a full black screen it throws me back to the login screen. If I tried to login by hand, the result is the same. Shutting off, restarting - nothing works. Always the same symptom.

When I'm starting the system in recovery mode and choose the option failsafeX then Kubuntu is unable to get to the desktop.
I get the message:

(EE) FBDEV(0): FBIOPUTCMAP: invalid argument

I get this message like three dozen times

and also the following messages once:

/etc/gdm/failsafeXinit: line: 184: zenity: command not found
/etc/gdm/failsafeXinit: line: 47: zenity: command not found

waiting for X server to shut down ddxSigGiveUp: Closing log

All I did was trying to make a very big shortcut for Firefox (approx 256x256 like the png for it) on my desktop and Kubuntu crashed completely. When I did the same in OpenSuse 11.3 it had no effect, no crash.

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Kupfer, this bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue? If so, could you please test for this with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ .

If it remains an issue, could you please run the following command in the development release from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal), as it will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report:

apport-collect -p xorg-server REPLACE-WITH-BUG-NUMBER

Please note, given you already have done this in a prior release, performing this on a release prior to Trusty would not be helpful.

Thank you for your understanding.

Helpful bug reporting tips:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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