Comment 0 for bug 1741447

GUI is constantly crashing, can't start desktop

Jan 5 11:21:29 1810 kernel: [ 806.368754] compiz[10824]: segfault at 0 ip 00007f83c4f31c16 sp 00007ffd48dfc2f0 error 4 in i965_dri.so[7f83c4954000+82d000]
Jan 5 11:21:40 1810 kernel: [ 817.279740] compiz[11111]: segfault at 0 ip 00007fda21519c16 sp 00007ffd7b40a150 error 4 in i965_dri.so[7fda20f3c000+82d000]
Jan 5 11:22:30 1810 kernel: [ 867.445137] compiz[11271]: segfault at 0 ip 00007f8462855c16 sp 00007fff07c857f0 error 4 in i965_dri.so[7f8462278000+82d000]
Jan 5 11:22:46 1810 kernel: [ 883.319195] compiz[11458]: segfault at 0 ip 00007f72b7af0c16 sp 00007ffc3b92d830 error 4 in i965_dri.so[7f72b7513000+82d000]
Jan 5 11:23:01 1810 kernel: [ 898.587610] compiz[11516]: segfault at 0 ip 00007fe25113dc16 sp 00007ffcf79754c0 error 4 in i965_dri.so[7fe250b60000+82d000]

In /var/crash:
_usr_bin_compiz.999.crash

Did manage to start a GUI in Low graphics mode (lowgfx.conf) but this is not really usable.
- dash not working
- no window switching
- sometimes all windows disappear for a few seconds

So effectively my laptop is not usable after latest updates.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: unity 7.4.0+16.04.20160906-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-42.46~16.04.1-generic 4.10.17
Uname: Linux 4.10.0-42-generic x86_64
.tmp.unity_support_test.0:

.tmp.unity_support_test.1:

ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.15
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: compiz
CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0'
CompositorUnredirectFSW: true
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Fri Jan 5 11:16:53 2018
DistUpgraded: 2016-04-22 18:36:32,349 DEBUG icon theme changed, re-reading
DistroCodename: xenial
DistroVariant: ubuntu
GraphicsCard:
 Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a42] (rev 07) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller [1025:029b]
   Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller [1025:029b]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-18 (1357 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
MachineType: Acer Aspire 1810TZ
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.10.0-42-generic root=UUID=86d7d9a6-ffc3-47cb-adc4-68cfcbcadcef ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-04-22 (622 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 08/31/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: INSYDE
dmi.bios.version: v1.3314
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: JM11-MS
dmi.board.vendor: Acer
dmi.board.version: Base Board Version
dmi.chassis.type: 1
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacturer
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnINSYDE:bvrv1.3314:bd08/31/2010:svnAcer:pnAspire1810TZ:pvrv1.3314:rvnAcer:rnJM11-MS:rvrBaseBoardVersion:cvnChassisManufacturer:ct1:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: Aspire 1810TZ
dmi.product.version: v1.3314
dmi.sys.vendor: Acer
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12.2+16.04.20160823-0ubuntu1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.83-1~16.04.1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 17.2.4-0ubuntu1~16.04.2
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 17.2.4-0ubuntu1~16.04.2
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core N/A
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau N/A
xserver.bootTime: Fri Jan 5 11:14:24 2018
xserver.configfile: default
xserver.errors:

xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.version: 2:1.19.5-0ubuntu2~16.04.1
xserver.video_driver: modeset