Xorg crashed after 'service gdm restart'

[Eloy Vallina]

I noticed my keyboard was not working properly as typing for example shift + , would give me the character _ instead of the expected quotation mark ?

I opened a terminal and typed 'sudo service gdm restart'

After that I was in the lobby but my user wasn't available for quick login so I had to go through the 'not listed?' option typing my username and password. After that bug splat informed that this crashed had happened.

I am running Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS

            ~$ apt-cache policy xorg
xorg:
  Installed: 1:7.7+1ubuntu8.1
  Candidate: 1:7.7+1ubuntu8.1
  Version table:
 *** 1:7.7+1ubuntu8.1 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1:7.7+1ubuntu8 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-52.86-generic 3.13.11-ckt18
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-52-generic x86_64
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.10
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: None
Date: Thu May 21 19:36:15 2015
DistUpgraded: 2014-08-24 19:29:45,281 DEBUG enabling apt cron job
DistroCodename: trusty
DistroVariant: ubuntu
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/Xorg
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical
GraphicsCard:
 Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0046] (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Device [144d:c06a]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-25 (572 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20130820.1)
MachineType: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. R530/R730/R540
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/X :1 -background none -verbose -auth /var/run/gdm/auth-for-gdm-sqGn5O/database -seat seat0 -nolisten tcp vt7
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 TERM=linux
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-52-generic root=UUID=d63b3b56-49e7-42d0-88b7-fedf4767a791 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
Signal: 6
SourcePackage: xorg-server
StacktraceTop:
 OsAbort ()
 FatalError ()
 ?? ()
 xf86CloseConsole ()
 ddxGiveUp ()
Title: Xorg crashed with SIGABRT in OsAbort()
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-08-24 (270 days ago)
UserGroups:

dmi.bios.date: 06/21/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies Ltd.
dmi.bios.version: 08JV.M029.20100621.hkk
dmi.board.asset.tag: Tag 12345
dmi.board.name: R530/R730/R540
dmi.board.vendor: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
dmi.board.version: Not Applicable
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 9
dmi.chassis.vendor: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologiesLtd.:bvr08JV.M029.20100621.hkk:bd06/21/2010:svnSAMSUNGELECTRONICSCO.,LTD.:pnR530/R730/R540:pvrNotApplicable:rvnSAMSUNGELECTRONICSCO.,LTD.:rnR530/R730/R540:rvrNotApplicable:cvnSAMSUNGELECTRONICSCO.,LTD.:ct9:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: R530/R730/R540
dmi.product.version: Not Applicable
dmi.sys.vendor: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.11.3+14.04.20150313-0ubuntu1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.60-2~ubuntu14.04.1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.1.3-0ubuntu0.4
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.1.3-0ubuntu0.4
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.7
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.8.2-1ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.3.0-1ubuntu3.1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1.6
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.10-1ubuntu2
xserver.bootTime: Thu May 21 21:23:32 2015
xserver.configfile: default
xserver.errors: Server terminated successfully (0). Closing log file.
xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.outputs:
 product id 5522
 vendor CMO
xserver.version: 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.7

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Thank you for taking the time to report this crash and helping to make this software better. This particular crash has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #1237904, so is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.