Comment 28 for bug 128207

I am getting same error:
Nov 1 16:45:59 ip61 gdm[5800]: WARNING: gdm_slave_xioerror_handler: Fatal X error - Restarting :0

At that point in syslog, my laptop has died, can't ping it, can't change to text console (Ctl-Alt-F1 etc), can't reboot with Ctl-Alt-Del. Ctl-Alt-Backspace does nothing. Screen is black.

Events that have 'triggered' this:
- I've had no local login session (gdm starts, but all my logins are otherwise ssh -X from a remote host, which remote logins run xterms, firefox, and that's about it).

I have a USB drive bind mounted onto my home directory (on bootup, before any logins).

Then, I go to my laptop and attemp to Ctl-Alt-F1 to do a local console-only login, and the screen goes black and the laptop hangs.

On reboot, I can provide the following info:

uname -a:
Linux ip61 2.6.24-25-generic #1 SMP Tue Oct 20 07:31:10 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux

OS/Laptop:
Ubuntu Hardy, Dell Inspiron 700m.

/proc/cpuinfo:
model : 13
model name : Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1.60GHz

lspci:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller (rev 02)
00:00.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller (rev 02)
00:00.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller (rev 02)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)

lsusb:
Bus 004 Device 003: ID 050d:0237 Belkin Components
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 152d:2329 JMicron Technology Corp. / JMicron USA Technology Corp.

Kernels I have tried:
/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-25-generic
/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-24-generic
/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-16-generic

Each of these three kernels shows same problem.

Just ask if I can provide further info.