Display and touchpad freeze

[pramathesh ambasta]

This happened twice in quick succession.

I am using Ubuntu 11.10 on an HP Probook 6560b notebook.

FIrst time I logged in, the desktop appeared. I started gnome-ppp for an internet connection which I do normally whenever I need and have never encountered any problem. After some time the screen went totally blank and the touchpad froze. I had to do a hard reboot.

Second time I again logged in, connected to the internet, started thunderbird but found the synaptic touchpad froze again. The keyboard was working and I used it to start a terminal and reboot.

CHecked the logs to see Xorg report a ddxSigGiveup, which to my mind spells xorg issues.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-14.23-generic-pae 3.0.9
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-14-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,regex,compiztoolbox,imgpng,mousepoll,unitymtgrabhandles,vpswitch,grid,gnomecompat,resize,snap,place,move,animation,wall,session,fade,expo,ezoom,workarounds,scale,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: compiz
Date: Fri Dec 30 10:03:06 2011
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: oneiric
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
 bcmwl, 5.100.82.38+bdcom, 3.0.0-14-generic, i686: installed
 bcmwl, 5.100.82.38+bdcom, 3.0.0-14-generic-pae, i686: installed
GraphicsCard:
 Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0126] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1619]
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP ProBook 6560b
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-14-generic-pae root=UUID=3be83eb8-d318-4425-8fe7-2b90aa8db61f ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: xorg
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 05/10/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.bios.version: 68SCE Ver. F.04
dmi.board.name: 1619
dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.board.version: KBC Version 97.41
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvr68SCEVer.F.04:bd05/10/2011:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPProBook6560b:pvrA0001D02:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn1619:rvrKBCVersion97.41:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvr:
dmi.product.name: HP ProBook 6560b
dmi.product.version: A0001D02
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.6+bzr20110929-0ubuntu6
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.26-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.11-0ubuntu3
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.11-0ubuntu3
version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu7
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.6.0-1ubuntu13
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99~git20110811.g93fc084-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.15.901-1ubuntu2.1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110411+8378443-1

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[penalvch (penalvch)]

pramathesh ambasta, 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 xserver-xorg-input-synaptics REPLACE-WITH-BUG-NUMBER

Please note, given that the information from the prior release is already available, doing this on a release prior to the development one would not be helpful.

Thank you for your understanding.

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

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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