Activity log for bug #625239

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2010-08-27 10:48:39 Bilal Akhtar bug added bug
2010-08-27 10:48:39 Bilal Akhtar attachment added BootDmesg.txt https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/625239/+attachment/1522672/+files/BootDmesg.txt
2010-08-27 10:48:39 Bilal Akhtar attachment added CurrentDmesg.txt https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/625239/+attachment/1522673/+files/CurrentDmesg.txt
2010-08-27 10:48:39 Bilal Akhtar attachment added DRM.card0.DVI.I.1.txt https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/625239/+attachment/1522674/+files/DRM.card0.DVI.I.1.txt
2010-08-27 10:48:39 Bilal Akhtar attachment added DRM.card0.SVIDEO.1.txt https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/625239/+attachment/1522675/+files/DRM.card0.SVIDEO.1.txt
2010-08-27 10:48:39 Bilal Akhtar attachment added Dependencies.txt https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/625239/+attachment/1522676/+files/Dependencies.txt
2010-08-27 10:48:39 Bilal Akhtar attachment added GdmLog.txt https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/625239/+attachment/1522677/+files/GdmLog.txt
2010-08-27 10:48:39 Bilal Akhtar attachment added GdmLog1.txt https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/625239/+attachment/1522678/+files/GdmLog1.txt
2010-08-27 10:48:39 Bilal Akhtar attachment added GdmLog2.txt https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/625239/+attachment/1522679/+files/GdmLog2.txt
2010-08-27 10:48:39 Bilal Akhtar attachment added Lspci.txt https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/625239/+attachment/1522680/+files/Lspci.txt
2010-08-27 10:48:39 Bilal Akhtar attachment added Lsusb.txt https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/625239/+attachment/1522681/+files/Lsusb.txt
2010-08-27 10:48:39 Bilal Akhtar attachment added PciDisplay.txt https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/625239/+attachment/1522682/+files/PciDisplay.txt
2010-08-27 10:48:39 Bilal Akhtar attachment added ProcCpuinfo.txt https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/625239/+attachment/1522683/+files/ProcCpuinfo.txt
2010-08-27 10:48:39 Bilal Akhtar attachment added ProcInterrupts.txt https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/625239/+attachment/1522684/+files/ProcInterrupts.txt
2010-08-27 10:48:39 Bilal Akhtar attachment added ProcModules.txt https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/625239/+attachment/1522685/+files/ProcModules.txt
2010-08-27 10:48:39 Bilal Akhtar attachment added RelatedPackageVersions.txt https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/625239/+attachment/1522686/+files/RelatedPackageVersions.txt
2010-08-27 10:48:39 Bilal Akhtar attachment added UdevDb.txt https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/625239/+attachment/1522687/+files/UdevDb.txt
2010-08-27 10:48:39 Bilal Akhtar attachment added UdevLog.txt https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/625239/+attachment/1522688/+files/UdevLog.txt
2010-08-27 10:48:39 Bilal Akhtar attachment added XorgLog.txt https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/625239/+attachment/1522689/+files/XorgLog.txt
2010-08-27 10:48:39 Bilal Akhtar attachment added XorgLogOld.txt https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/625239/+attachment/1522690/+files/XorgLogOld.txt
2010-08-27 10:48:39 Bilal Akhtar attachment added Xrandr.txt https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/625239/+attachment/1522691/+files/Xrandr.txt
2010-08-27 10:48:39 Bilal Akhtar attachment added monitors.xml.txt https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/625239/+attachment/1522692/+files/monitors.xml.txt
2010-08-27 10:48:39 Bilal Akhtar attachment added peripherals.txt https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/625239/+attachment/1522693/+files/peripherals.txt
2010-08-27 10:48:39 Bilal Akhtar attachment added setxkbmap.txt https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/625239/+attachment/1522694/+files/setxkbmap.txt
2010-08-27 10:48:39 Bilal Akhtar attachment added xdpyinfo.txt https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/625239/+attachment/1522695/+files/xdpyinfo.txt
2010-08-27 10:48:39 Bilal Akhtar attachment added xkbcomp.txt https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/625239/+attachment/1522696/+files/xkbcomp.txt
2010-08-27 11:07:19 Bryce Harrington affects xorg (Ubuntu) xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu)
2010-08-27 12:05:24 Bryce Harrington xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu): status New Confirmed
2010-08-27 16:10:59 Bilal Akhtar summary Pressing enter kills X Pressing enter key kills X
2010-08-27 16:11:10 Bilal Akhtar xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu): importance Undecided Medium
2010-08-27 19:47:05 Bilal Akhtar bug added subscriber Chris Halse Rogers
2010-08-28 08:20:08 Bilal Akhtar bug task added plymouth (Ubuntu)
2010-08-28 08:20:57 Bilal Akhtar bug added subscriber Scott James Remnant
2010-08-28 08:24:28 Bilal Akhtar summary Pressing enter key kills X Pressing Enter crashes both X and plymouth in graphical mode
2010-08-28 08:26:27 Bilal Akhtar description Binary package hint: xorg After the system boots and the plymouth screen disappears and X starts up, if I press the enter key (occurs only with the enter key) X shuts down and starts again in around 2 seconds. In the session of X that comes up after this, the problem doesn't occur. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10 Package: xorg 1:7.5+6ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-19.26-generic 2.6.35.3 Uname: Linux 2.6.35-19-generic i686 Architecture: i386 CheckboxSubmission: 5e476a0872a6160d4830741693075266 CheckboxSystem: 1e11ce1f0b739629ea3e4cbfa4fff3ab DRM.card0.LVDS.1: status: connected enabled: enabled dpms: On modes: 1280x800 1280x720 1152x768 1024x768 800x600 848x480 720x480 640x480 edid-base64: AP///////wBMozM2AAAAAAAPAQOAIRV4Cof1lFdPjCcnUFQAAAABAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEB7hoAgFAgEDAQMBMAS88QAAAZAAAADwAAAAAAAAAAACOHAmQCAAAA/gBTQU1TVU5HCiAgICAgAAAA/gBMVE4xNTRYMy1MMDYKAHA= DRM.card0.VGA.1: status: disconnected enabled: disabled dpms: On modes: edid-base64: Date: Fri Aug 27 13:39:05 2010 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429) MachineType: TOSHIBA TECRA A7 PccardctlIdent: Socket 0: no product info available PccardctlStatus: Socket 0: no card ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-19-generic root=UUID=ba586c06-64e7-4734-a35f-5320ea8063a4 ro quiet splash ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: xorg dmi.bios.date: 08/30/2006 dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD dmi.bios.version: 2.00 dmi.board.name: MPAD-MSAE Customer Reference Boards dmi.board.vendor: Intel Corporation dmi.board.version: Not Applicable dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 1 dmi.chassis.vendor: No Enclosure dmi.chassis.version: N/A dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologiesLTD:bvr2.00:bd08/30/2006:svnTOSHIBA:pnTECRAA7:pvrPTA71E-09401CAR:rvnIntelCorporation:rnMPAD-MSAECustomerReferenceBoards:rvrNotApplicable:cvnNoEnclosure:ct1:cvrN/A: dmi.product.name: TECRA A7 dmi.product.version: PTA71E-09401CAR dmi.sys.vendor: TOSHIBA glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory system: distro: Ubuntu codename: maverick architecture: i686 kernel: 2.6.35-19-generic Binary package hint: xorg After the system boots and the plymouth screen disappears and X starts up, if I press the enter key (occurs only with the enter key) X shuts down and starts again in around 2 seconds. In the session of X that comes up after this, the problem doesn't occur. UPDATE: Problem seems to be affecting plymouth and is a lot similar to bug #532047, however in this case GRAPHICAL plugin is affected. The workaround on that bug works, and pressing enter crashes both X and Plymouth, forcing X to start on tty8 . ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10 Package: xorg 1:7.5+6ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-19.26-generic 2.6.35.3 Uname: Linux 2.6.35-19-generic i686 Architecture: i386 CheckboxSubmission: 5e476a0872a6160d4830741693075266 CheckboxSystem: 1e11ce1f0b739629ea3e4cbfa4fff3ab DRM.card0.LVDS.1:  status: connected  enabled: enabled  dpms: On  modes: 1280x800 1280x720 1152x768 1024x768 800x600 848x480 720x480 640x480  edid-base64: AP///////wBMozM2AAAAAAAPAQOAIRV4Cof1lFdPjCcnUFQAAAABAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEB7hoAgFAgEDAQMBMAS88QAAAZAAAADwAAAAAAAAAAACOHAmQCAAAA/gBTQU1TVU5HCiAgICAgAAAA/gBMVE4xNTRYMy1MMDYKAHA= DRM.card0.VGA.1:  status: disconnected  enabled: disabled  dpms: On  modes:  edid-base64: Date: Fri Aug 27 13:39:05 2010 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429) MachineType: TOSHIBA TECRA A7 PccardctlIdent:  Socket 0:    no product info available PccardctlStatus:  Socket 0:    no card ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-19-generic root=UUID=ba586c06-64e7-4734-a35f-5320ea8063a4 ro quiet splash ProcEnviron:  PATH=(custom, user)  LANG=en_US.utf8  SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: xorg dmi.bios.date: 08/30/2006 dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD dmi.bios.version: 2.00 dmi.board.name: MPAD-MSAE Customer Reference Boards dmi.board.vendor: Intel Corporation dmi.board.version: Not Applicable dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 1 dmi.chassis.vendor: No Enclosure dmi.chassis.version: N/A dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologiesLTD:bvr2.00:bd08/30/2006:svnTOSHIBA:pnTECRAA7:pvrPTA71E-09401CAR:rvnIntelCorporation:rnMPAD-MSAECustomerReferenceBoards:rvrNotApplicable:cvnNoEnclosure:ct1:cvrN/A: dmi.product.name: TECRA A7 dmi.product.version: PTA71E-09401CAR dmi.sys.vendor: TOSHIBA glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory system:  distro: Ubuntu  codename: maverick  architecture: i686  kernel: 2.6.35-19-generic
2010-08-28 14:11:09 Claudio Moretti bug added subscriber Claudio Moretti
2010-08-29 14:10:59 Bryce Harrington tags apport-bug i386 maverick apport-bug crash i386 maverick
2010-08-29 14:26:50 Andres xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu): status Confirmed Invalid
2010-08-29 15:49:01 Robert Hall plymouth (Ubuntu): status New Confirmed
2010-08-29 18:23:02 Robert Hall bug added subscriber Robert Hall
2010-08-29 18:58:38 Bilal Akhtar plymouth (Ubuntu): importance Undecided Medium
2010-08-29 20:13:59 Robert Hall removed subscriber Robert Hall
2010-08-29 21:12:13 tankdriver bug added subscriber tankdriver
2010-08-30 16:04:05 Andres attachment added plymouth-debug.log https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/625239/+attachment/1529674/+files/plymouth-debug.log
2010-09-01 13:53:07 Brian Rogers bug added subscriber Brian Rogers
2010-09-01 16:50:27 Daniel Hahler plymouth (Ubuntu): status Confirmed Triaged
2010-09-01 19:11:16 Steve Langasek plymouth (Ubuntu): status Triaged Confirmed
2010-09-03 17:44:03 Jamie Krug bug added subscriber Jamie Krug
2010-09-05 07:07:26 dino99 attachment added auth.log https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plymouth/+bug/625239/+attachment/1545195/+files/auth.log
2010-09-05 15:36:08 John S. Gruber bug added subscriber John S. Gruber
2010-09-06 03:44:31 Sidnei da Silva bug added subscriber Sidnei da Silva
2010-09-06 04:41:53 Chris Halse Rogers summary Pressing Enter crashes both X and plymouth in graphical mode X starts on wrong tty: pressing enter after 5 minutes crashes X
2010-09-06 08:12:01 Bilal Akhtar plymouth (Ubuntu): importance Medium High
2010-09-07 05:20:10 dino99 attachment added :0-slave.log https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plymouth/+bug/625239/+attachment/1552620/+files/%3A0-slave.log
2010-09-07 05:22:52 dino99 attachment added :0-greeter.log https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plymouth/+bug/625239/+attachment/1552621/+files/%3A0-greeter.log
2010-09-07 05:30:58 dino99 attachment added plymouth-debug2.log https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plymouth/+bug/625239/+attachment/1552650/+files/plymouth-debug2.log
2010-09-08 09:53:48 Sebastien Bacher nominated for series Ubuntu Maverick
2010-09-08 09:53:48 Sebastien Bacher bug task added plymouth (Ubuntu Maverick)
2010-09-08 09:53:48 Sebastien Bacher bug task added xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu Maverick)
2010-09-08 15:13:11 Jamie Krug attachment added plymouth-debug.log https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/625239/+attachment/1557171/+files/plymouth-debug.log
2010-09-08 15:16:19 Jamie Krug attachment added Xorg.2.log.old https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/625239/+attachment/1557192/+files/Xorg.2.log.old
2010-09-08 15:17:04 Jamie Krug attachment added :2.log.1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/625239/+attachment/1557211/+files/%3A2.log.1
2010-09-08 15:17:21 Jamie Krug attachment added :2-slave.log.1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/625239/+attachment/1557212/+files/%3A2-slave.log.1
2010-09-08 15:32:15 Jamie Krug attachment added gdm.tar.gz https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/625239/+attachment/1557249/+files/gdm.tar.gz
2010-09-08 17:51:55 dino99 attachment added Xorg.0.log.old https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/maverick/+source/plymouth/+bug/625239/+attachment/1557756/+files/Xorg.0.log.old
2010-09-08 20:18:00 Jamie Krug attachment added plymouth-debug_20100908-1347.log https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/625239/+attachment/1558112/+files/plymouth-debug_20100908-1347.log
2010-09-08 21:34:52 Chris Coulson bug added subscriber Chris Coulson
2010-09-09 01:41:14 Jamie Krug attachment added log-crash-from-vt8-after-2nd-login.tar.gz https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/625239/+attachment/1558860/+files/log-crash-from-vt8-after-2nd-login.tar.gz
2010-09-09 01:57:06 Jamie Krug attachment added syslog-20100908-1000.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/625239/+attachment/1558863/+files/syslog-20100908-1000.txt
2010-09-09 01:57:28 Jamie Krug nominated for series Ubuntu Lucid
2010-09-09 13:12:37 Jamie Krug attachment added ps.out https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/625239/+attachment/1560408/+files/ps.out
2010-09-09 17:54:01 dino99 attachment added ps.out https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plymouth/+bug/625239/+attachment/1561697/+files/ps.out
2010-09-09 23:07:55 Seth attachment added Xorg logs from the described session https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/625239/+attachment/1563400/+files/Xorg_logs.tgz
2010-09-09 23:24:12 Seth attachment added xorg.conf https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/625239/+attachment/1563489/+files/xorg.conf
2010-09-10 00:46:25 Jamie Krug attachment added Xorg-logs-no-screens-found.tgz https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/625239/+attachment/1563650/+files/Xorg-logs-no-screens-found.tgz
2010-09-10 01:54:48 Jamie Krug attachment added udev https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/625239/+attachment/1563869/+files/udev
2010-09-10 01:55:27 Jamie Krug attachment added dmesg https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/625239/+attachment/1563870/+files/dmesg
2010-09-10 14:50:42 Seth bug added subscriber Seth
2010-09-10 16:30:32 Jamie Krug attachment added crash-from-X-on-tty7.tgz https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/625239/+attachment/1566660/+files/crash-from-X-on-tty7.tgz
2010-09-10 17:00:33 Jamie Krug attachment added plymouth-debug.log https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/625239/+attachment/1566836/+files/plymouth-debug.log
2010-09-10 18:57:18 Seth attachment added proposed test patch https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/625239/+attachment/1567308/+files/40_initial_server_on_vt7-improve-timing.patch
2010-09-10 22:22:35 Seth attachment added "synthetic" retest of gdm X respawn on nvidia not ready https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/625239/+attachment/1568079/+files/retest_logs.tgz
2010-09-11 16:36:58 Brian Murray bug added subscriber Ubuntu Review Team
2010-09-11 16:37:08 Brian Murray tags apport-bug crash i386 maverick apport-bug crash i386 maverick patch
2010-09-11 22:16:53 John S. Gruber description Binary package hint: xorg After the system boots and the plymouth screen disappears and X starts up, if I press the enter key (occurs only with the enter key) X shuts down and starts again in around 2 seconds. In the session of X that comes up after this, the problem doesn't occur. UPDATE: Problem seems to be affecting plymouth and is a lot similar to bug #532047, however in this case GRAPHICAL plugin is affected. The workaround on that bug works, and pressing enter crashes both X and Plymouth, forcing X to start on tty8 . ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10 Package: xorg 1:7.5+6ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-19.26-generic 2.6.35.3 Uname: Linux 2.6.35-19-generic i686 Architecture: i386 CheckboxSubmission: 5e476a0872a6160d4830741693075266 CheckboxSystem: 1e11ce1f0b739629ea3e4cbfa4fff3ab DRM.card0.LVDS.1:  status: connected  enabled: enabled  dpms: On  modes: 1280x800 1280x720 1152x768 1024x768 800x600 848x480 720x480 640x480  edid-base64: AP///////wBMozM2AAAAAAAPAQOAIRV4Cof1lFdPjCcnUFQAAAABAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEB7hoAgFAgEDAQMBMAS88QAAAZAAAADwAAAAAAAAAAACOHAmQCAAAA/gBTQU1TVU5HCiAgICAgAAAA/gBMVE4xNTRYMy1MMDYKAHA= DRM.card0.VGA.1:  status: disconnected  enabled: disabled  dpms: On  modes:  edid-base64: Date: Fri Aug 27 13:39:05 2010 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429) MachineType: TOSHIBA TECRA A7 PccardctlIdent:  Socket 0:    no product info available PccardctlStatus:  Socket 0:    no card ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-19-generic root=UUID=ba586c06-64e7-4734-a35f-5320ea8063a4 ro quiet splash ProcEnviron:  PATH=(custom, user)  LANG=en_US.utf8  SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: xorg dmi.bios.date: 08/30/2006 dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD dmi.bios.version: 2.00 dmi.board.name: MPAD-MSAE Customer Reference Boards dmi.board.vendor: Intel Corporation dmi.board.version: Not Applicable dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 1 dmi.chassis.vendor: No Enclosure dmi.chassis.version: N/A dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologiesLTD:bvr2.00:bd08/30/2006:svnTOSHIBA:pnTECRAA7:pvrPTA71E-09401CAR:rvnIntelCorporation:rnMPAD-MSAECustomerReferenceBoards:rvrNotApplicable:cvnNoEnclosure:ct1:cvrN/A: dmi.product.name: TECRA A7 dmi.product.version: PTA71E-09401CAR dmi.sys.vendor: TOSHIBA glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory system:  distro: Ubuntu  codename: maverick  architecture: i686  kernel: 2.6.35-19-generic After the system boots and the plymouth screen disappears and X starts up on tty1 or tty2, if I press the enter key in a few minutes X shuts down and starts again. In the session of X that comes up after this, the problem doesn't occur. The problem happens when gdm starts X and X crashes silently. gdm restarts X but X starts on tty1(2) as getty hasn't yet started and it isn't the first X start. When getty does start on tty1 it eventually interferes with X by setting ISIG on the tty. In the cases discussed here, the computer systems are very fast and gdm is starting X before the nvidia kernel module is ready to run. NOTE WELL--the original reporter had the problem that his system was starting on tty7 and others were discussing tty1 starts here as well. At comment 30 the problem was split with regard to tty1/tty7 starts and tty7 discussion moved to #626723. See original description below for his original report.
2010-09-11 22:17:31 John S. Gruber summary X starts on wrong tty: pressing enter after 5 minutes crashes X X starts on wrong tty: pressing enter after 5 minutes crashes X; gdm restart of X involved
2010-09-14 05:45:21 Steve Langasek summary X starts on wrong tty: pressing enter after 5 minutes crashes X; gdm restart of X involved X starts on wrong tty because gdm starts before nvidia driver is ready
2010-09-14 05:55:43 Steve Langasek description After the system boots and the plymouth screen disappears and X starts up on tty1 or tty2, if I press the enter key in a few minutes X shuts down and starts again. In the session of X that comes up after this, the problem doesn't occur. The problem happens when gdm starts X and X crashes silently. gdm restarts X but X starts on tty1(2) as getty hasn't yet started and it isn't the first X start. When getty does start on tty1 it eventually interferes with X by setting ISIG on the tty. In the cases discussed here, the computer systems are very fast and gdm is starting X before the nvidia kernel module is ready to run. NOTE WELL--the original reporter had the problem that his system was starting on tty7 and others were discussing tty1 starts here as well. At comment 30 the problem was split with regard to tty1/tty7 starts and tty7 discussion moved to #626723. See original description below for his original report. This bug has been repurposed based on the comments beginning at #15. The original submitter's bug was a duplicate of bug #626723. When booting certain systems with fast disks, gdm will start up and attempt to launch X before the nvidia kernel driver has fully initialized. This results in gdm restarting X again, without the 'vt7' argument, which may cause X's first-available-VT autoselection to pick a VT between 1 and 6 because the getty jobs have not all yet started. Ultimately this leads to X crashing when pressing certain keys (such as Enter or '2') because the tty has been set into a mode by getty that X is not prepared to handle.
2010-09-14 05:55:59 Steve Langasek affects plymouth (Ubuntu Maverick) gdm (Ubuntu Maverick)
2010-09-14 05:56:24 Steve Langasek affects xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu Maverick) nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu Maverick)
2010-09-14 05:56:48 Steve Langasek nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu Maverick): status Invalid Confirmed
2010-09-14 05:56:56 Steve Langasek bug task added gdm (Ubuntu Lucid)
2010-09-14 05:56:56 Steve Langasek bug task added nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu Lucid)
2010-09-14 05:57:14 Steve Langasek description This bug has been repurposed based on the comments beginning at #15. The original submitter's bug was a duplicate of bug #626723. When booting certain systems with fast disks, gdm will start up and attempt to launch X before the nvidia kernel driver has fully initialized. This results in gdm restarting X again, without the 'vt7' argument, which may cause X's first-available-VT autoselection to pick a VT between 1 and 6 because the getty jobs have not all yet started. Ultimately this leads to X crashing when pressing certain keys (such as Enter or '2') because the tty has been set into a mode by getty that X is not prepared to handle. This bug has been repurposed based on the comments beginning at #15. The original submitter's bug was a duplicate of bug #626723. When booting certain systems with fast disks, gdm will start up and attempt to launch X before the nvidia kernel driver has fully initialized. This results in gdm restarting X again, without the 'vt7' argument, which may cause X's first-available-VT autoselection to pick a VT between 1 and 6 because the getty jobs have not all yet started. Ultimately this leads to X crashing when pressing certain keys (such as Enter or '2') because the tty has been set into a mode by getty that X is not prepared to handle. This bug is currently only reported against lucid.
2010-09-14 05:57:18 Steve Langasek tags apport-bug crash i386 maverick patch apport-bug crash i386 lucid patch
2010-09-14 05:57:47 Steve Langasek nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu Lucid): status New Confirmed
2010-09-14 05:57:50 Steve Langasek gdm (Ubuntu Maverick): status Confirmed New
2010-09-14 05:57:53 Steve Langasek nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu Maverick): status Confirmed Incomplete
2010-09-14 05:57:55 Steve Langasek gdm (Ubuntu Maverick): status New Incomplete
2010-09-14 05:57:59 Steve Langasek gdm (Ubuntu Lucid): status New Confirmed
2010-09-14 05:58:10 Steve Langasek nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu Maverick): importance Medium High
2010-09-14 05:58:35 Steve Langasek bug added subscriber Steve Langasek
2010-09-14 14:23:31 Jamie Krug attachment added vga-799-plymouth-debug-no-grub_gfxmode.tar.gz https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers/+bug/625239/+attachment/1583158/+files/vga-799-plymouth-debug-no-grub_gfxmode.tar.gz
2010-09-14 14:24:22 Jamie Krug attachment added kern.log-grep-fb.out https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers/+bug/625239/+attachment/1583163/+files/kern.log-grep-fb.out
2010-09-14 15:02:01 Seth attachment added kern_snap.log https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers/+bug/625239/+attachment/1583357/+files/kern_snap.log
2010-09-14 19:39:25 Seth attachment added force.sh https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/625239/+attachment/1584846/+files/force.sh
2010-09-14 20:39:28 Seth attachment added bootcharts.zip https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/625239/+attachment/1585132/+files/bootcharts.zip
2010-09-15 00:18:25 Jamie Krug attachment added bootcharts.tar.gz https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers/+bug/625239/+attachment/1585924/+files/bootcharts.tar.gz
2010-09-15 00:25:13 Seth attachment added maverick.log https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers/+bug/625239/+attachment/1585932/+files/maverick.log
2010-09-15 06:55:53 Martin Pitt bug added subscriber Martin Pitt
2010-09-15 15:06:29 Seth attachment added gdm_debug.sh https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/625239/+attachment/1588793/+files/gdm_debug.sh
2010-09-15 15:16:22 Jamie Krug attachment added bug-625239-logs.tar.gz https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers/+bug/625239/+attachment/1588876/+files/bug-625239-logs.tar.gz
2010-09-16 22:13:13 Martin Pitt marked as duplicate 615549
2010-09-18 12:02:30 Eric Hartmann bug added subscriber Eric Hartmann
2011-06-20 20:03:13 Marius Kruger bug added subscriber Marius Kruger