Activity log for bug #1685141

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2017-04-21 08:21:30 Markus Schmees bug added bug
2017-04-21 08:21:30 Markus Schmees attachment added syslog.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1685141/+attachment/4865973/+files/syslog.txt
2017-04-22 09:55:34 Markus Schmees attachment added syslog2.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-screensaver/+bug/1685141/+attachment/4866358/+files/syslog2.txt
2017-04-22 09:58:01 Markus Schmees description When locking the screen or whenever the screensaver starts automatically, I cannot log in again, but my system completely freezes and I have to restart the computer. In most cases I was able to do the restart by pressing Alt-REISUB, in some cases however I had to do a hard reset. This is a new bug in zesty (Ubuntu 17.04). In the previous version everything worked fine. I tested both the upgrade and a fresh new installation on the same computer. Package is gnome-screensaver version 3.6.1-7ubuntu5. I attach an excerpt from my syslog. Hope this might help to find the bug. I installed zesty on another computer (laptop) as well and there the bug did not appear. So I assume it has something to do with the installed graphics card or graphics driver. Installed graphics card in this case is: NVIDIA Corporation GF108 [GeForce GT 630] (rev a1). When locking the screen or whenever the screensaver starts automatically, I cannot log in again, but my system completely freezes and I have to restart the computer. In most cases I was able to do the restart by pressing Alt-REISUB, in some cases however I had to do a hard reset. This is a new bug in zesty (Ubuntu 17.04). In the previous version everything worked fine. I tested both the upgrade and a fresh new installation on the same computer. Package is gnome-screensaver version 3.6.1-7ubuntu5. I attach an excerpt from my syslog. Hope this might help to find the bug. I installed zesty on another computer (laptop) as well and there the bug did not appear. So I assume it has something to do with the installed graphics card or graphics driver. Installed graphics card in this case is: NVIDIA Corporation GF108 [GeForce GT 630] (rev a1). Update: After a few days the bug now appears on the second computer as well. However, I could unlock the screen and continue working, until suddenly (an hour later or so) the whole system froze. I add the kernel-nullpointer-dereference syslog of this event (syslog2.txt) to the attachments for this bug.
2017-04-23 15:37:51 Launchpad Janitor gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu): status New Confirmed
2017-04-23 15:41:43 AJ Pahl bug added subscriber AJ Pahl
2017-04-26 08:47:06 Roberto G bug added subscriber Roberto G
2017-04-26 13:23:24 François bug added subscriber François
2017-04-28 07:45:39 François attachment added syslog https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-screensaver/+bug/1685141/+attachment/4869026/+files/syslog
2017-04-28 15:00:10 Ricardo Rodrigues bug added subscriber Ricardo Rodrigues
2017-05-13 07:35:42 Kim Rutherford bug added subscriber Kim Rutherford
2017-05-27 11:10:07 IA bug added subscriber IA
2017-08-23 16:33:44 Mantas Kriaučiūnas bug added subscriber Mantas Kriaučiūnas
2017-08-23 16:33:55 Mantas Kriaučiūnas bug added subscriber Baltix GNU/Linux system developers
2017-09-22 10:36:27 Liam Ward bug added subscriber Liam Ward
2018-05-12 08:44:51 Otto bug added subscriber Otto
2020-02-21 09:06:47 GuiGS bug added subscriber GuiGS