Xorg freeze -- random, no identifiable trigger (yet)

[Greylander]

Binary package hint: xorg

The computer freezes randomly, roughly once per day at no particular time with no particular trigger. The problem existed in 9.04 and 9.10 with identical hardware, and now in 10.04, although I cannot say for sure if it is the same bug. The lockup is total. I have not tried rlogging in over the net, nor have I yet checked whether Alt-SysRq-K will work (something only just learned about).

I have no idea if the information collected by apport is going to show you anything. If there is a better way or better time to run apport-bug (or ubuntu-bug or whatever), I'm all ears. All the information gathered by apport here was some time after rebooting from the last lockup.

I usually have Firefox running, but I do not believe it is necessary for this bug to occur. It definitely did not matter what I had running back in 9.10. I do not remember if I had a freeze occur with no apps running yet in 10.04.

I am technically literate, but I do not know my way around Linux packages, log files, debugging tools. I should be able to follow instruction easily enough, or start to debug myself once pointed to the right information (depending on available time).

I also do not know myself whether "xorg" is the correct package to file this under -- it is what apport-bug chose based on its interactive wizard.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: xorg 1:7.5+5ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-24.39-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-24-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Aug 27 21:40:36 2010
DkmsStatus:
 nvidia-current, 195.36.24, 2.6.31-11-rt, x86_64: installed
 nvidia-current, 195.36.24, 2.6.32-24-generic, x86_64: installed
 nvidia-current, 195.36.24, 2.6.32-21-generic, x86_64: installed
 virtualbox-ose, 3.1.6, 2.6.32-24-generic, x86_64: installed
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. GA-MA78GM-US2H
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-24-generic root=UUID=6c91158d-09be-42eb-a982-f282c6951ddb ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
Title: Xorg freeze
dmi.bios.date: 10/08/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
dmi.bios.version: F8
dmi.board.name: GA-MA78GM-US2H
dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.board.version: x.x
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrF8:bd10/08/2009:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnGA-MA78GM-US2H:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnGA-MA78GM-US2H:rvrx.x:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvr:
dmi.product.name: GA-MA78GM-US2H
dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
system:
 distro: Ubuntu
 codename: lucid
 architecture: x86_64
 kernel: 2.6.32-24-generic

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[dino99 (9d9)]

That version is no more supported; please open a new bug report if the actual archive found version also has the same issue.