[vboxvideo] Xorg freeze, rapid flickering, unresponsive

[Karl Lindheimer]

This problem occurs when accessing the systems "setting" menu only after you try to select "devices" such as printers. The display goes haywire and refuses to respond to users selections. The only way to recover is to right-click the gnome menu icon on the left side of screen and selecting "force quit"

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.10
Package: xorg 1:7.7+19ubuntu12
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.3.0-19.20-generic 5.3.1
Uname: Linux 5.3.0-19-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
BootLog: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/boot.log'
CompositorRunning: None
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Fri Oct 25 14:08:37 2019
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: eoan
DistroVariant: ubuntu
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes
GpuHangFrequency: Several times a day
GpuHangReproducibility: Yes, I can easily reproduce it
GpuHangStarted: Immediately after installing this version of Ubuntu
GraphicsCard: InnoTek Systemberatung GmbH VirtualBox Graphics Adapter [80ee:beef] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-10-18 (7 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" - Release amd64 (20191017)
Lsusb:
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
 Bus 002 Device 008: ID 80ee:0021 VirtualBox USB Tablet
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
MachineType: innotek GmbH VirtualBox
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.3.0-19-generic root=UUID=cca44654-6594-409b-a6ac-6e15ad57bf83 ro quiet splash
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
Title: Xorg freeze
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 12/01/2006
dmi.bios.vendor: innotek GmbH
dmi.bios.version: VirtualBox
dmi.board.name: VirtualBox
dmi.board.vendor: Oracle Corporation
dmi.board.version: 1.2
dmi.chassis.type: 1
dmi.chassis.vendor: Oracle Corporation
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvninnotekGmbH:bvrVirtualBox:bd12/01/2006:svninnotekGmbH:pnVirtualBox:pvr1.2:rvnOracleCorporation:rnVirtualBox:rvr1.2:cvnOracleCorporation:ct1:cvr:
dmi.product.family: Virtual Machine
dmi.product.name: VirtualBox
dmi.product.version: 1.2
dmi.sys.vendor: innotek GmbH
version.compiz: compiz N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.99-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 19.2.1-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx N/A
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.20.5+git20191008-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:19.0.1-1ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20190815-1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.16-1

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Maybe related?...

[ 70.523] (II) modeset(0): EDID vendor "VBX", prod id 0
[ 70.523] (II) modeset(0): DDCModeFromDetailedTiming: 1672x874 Warning: We only handle separate sync.
[ 70.523] (II) modeset(0): Using EDID range info for horizontal sync
[ 70.523] (II) modeset(0): Using EDID range info for vertical refresh
[ 70.530] (II) modeset(0): EDID vendor "VBX", prod id 0
[ 70.530] (II) modeset(0): DDCModeFromDetailedTiming: 1672x874 Warning: We only handle separate sync.
[ 70.530] (II) modeset(0): Using hsync ranges from config file
[ 70.530] (II) modeset(0): Using vrefresh ranges from config file
[ 72.070] (II) modeset(0): EDID vendor "VBX", prod id 0
[ 72.070] (II) modeset(0): DDCModeFromDetailedTiming: 1672x874 Warning: We only handle separate sync.
[ 72.070] (II) modeset(0): Using hsync ranges from config file
[ 72.070] (II) modeset(0): Using vrefresh ranges from config file

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