Xorg crashed with SIGABRT in OsAbort() from AbortServer() from FatalError("xf86OpenConsole: Switching VT failed\n") from xf86OpenConsole() from InitOutput()

[Hans Deragon]

https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/0a37e4ff57dad48b3e256cd80fdf6a65548a15f3

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Related to https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm3/+bug/1773665

Whenever as root in a terminal, I start 'gvim', the whole windows system crashes and the user find himself on the gdm login screen. Windowing session has been lost.

It only occurs with gvim. I tried xterm, terminator and gthumb as root and these graphical application do not cause the crash.

Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver, all packages up to date as of 2018-05-27 11:26:45 EDT.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.19.6-1ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-22.24-generic 4.15.17
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-22-generic x86_64
.tmp.unity_support_test.0:

ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: None
CrashCounter: 1
CurrentDesktop: GNOME-Greeter:GNOME
Date: Mon May 28 21:33:44 2018
DistUpgraded: 2018-05-19 15:19:21,340 ERROR got error from PostInstallScript ./xorg_fix_proprietary.py (g-exec-error-quark: Failed to execute child process "./xorg_fix_proprietary.py" (No such file or directory) (8))
DistroCodename: bionic
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
 anbox-modules-ashmem, 9~xenial1, 4.15.0-20-generic, x86_64: installed
 anbox-modules-ashmem, 9~xenial1, 4.15.0-22-generic, x86_64: installed
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg
ExecutableTimestamp: 1523633505
GraphicsCard:
 Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller [8086:0166] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller [103c:18df]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-05-22 (736 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP EliteBook Folio 9470m
ProcCmdline: /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg vt1 -displayfd 3 -auth /run/user/103/gdm/Xauthority -background none -noreset -keeptty -verbose 7 -core
ProcCwd: /var/lib/gdm3
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.15.0-22-generic root=UUID=7ea7dcf2-f245-43a2-807a-8b662df596bb ro quiet splash vt.handoff=1
Signal: 6
SourcePackage: xorg-server
StacktraceTop:
 OsAbort ()
 ?? ()
 FatalError ()
 xf86OpenConsole ()
 InitOutput ()
Title: Xorg crashed with SIGABRT in OsAbort()
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-05-19 (9 days ago)
UserGroups:

dmi.bios.date: 07/16/2013
dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.bios.version: 68IBD Ver. F.46
dmi.board.name: 18DF
dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.board.version: KBC Version 62.17
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: CNU317CDD9
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvr68IBDVer.F.46:bd07/16/2013:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPEliteBookFolio9470m:pvrA1029C1102:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn18DF:rvrKBCVersion62.17:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvr:
dmi.product.family: 103C_5336AN G=N L=BUS B=HP S=ELI
dmi.product.name: HP EliteBook Folio 9470m
dmi.product.version: A1029C1102
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.13.1+18.04.20180302-0ubuntu1
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.91-2
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 18.0.0~rc5-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 18.0.0~rc5-1ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.19.6-1ubuntu4
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.10.5-1ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:18.0.1-1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20171229-1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.15-2
xserver.bootTime: Sat May 19 11:48:41 2018
xserver.configfile: default
xserver.errors: Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0)
xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.outputs:
 product id 12606
 vendor AUO
xserver.version: 2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.7

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

StacktraceTop:
 OsAbort () at ../../../../os/utils.c:1361
 AbortServer () at ../../../../os/log.c:877
 FatalError (f=f@entry=0x5654a6887258 "xf86OpenConsole: Switching VT failed\n") at ../../../../os/log.c:1015
 xf86OpenConsole () at ../../../../../../../hw/xfree86/os-support/linux/lnx_init.c:238
 InitOutput (pScreenInfo=pScreenInfo@entry=0x5654a6b16700 <screenInfo>, argc=argc@entry=13, argv=argv@entry=0x7ffdc5aae818) at ../../../../../../hw/xfree86/common/xf86Init.c:569

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Also tracking in:
https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/0a37e4ff57dad48b3e256cd80fdf6a65548a15f3

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Possibly related to bug 1775764.

[Hans Deragon (deragon)]

Since I reinstalled Ubuntu 18.04, I do not have this problem anymore. I believe that a bug still lay hidden somewhere but the conditions to activate it is gone.

[Paul White (paulw2u)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We are sorry that we do not always have the capacity to review all reported bugs in a timely manner.

Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) reached end-of-standard-support on May 31, 2023.

I'm setting the status of this bug to 'Incomplete' as it's not seen any activity for some time. If this is still an issue when using a currently maintained release of Ubuntu then please let us know which one(s) otherwise this bug report can be left to expire in approximately 60 days time.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for xorg-server (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]