Comment 0 for bug 456814

When I tried to login my Gnome session the screen froze (no progress) after I entered my password (correctly).

After that the login screen came back and I logged in as normally (though my resolution was incorrect).

lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu karmic (development branch)
Release: 9.10

apt-cache policy xserver-xorg-core
xserver-xorg-core:
  Installed: 2:1.6.4-2ubuntu3
  Candidate: 2:1.6.4-2ubuntu3
  Version table:
 *** 2:1.6.4-2ubuntu3 0
        500 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Oct 20 19:34:58 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/Xorg
Lsusb: Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
MachineType: Compaq Deskpro
Package: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.6.4-2ubuntu3
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic-pae root=/dev/mapper/VG0-ROOT ro quiet splash
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/X :0 -br -verbose -auth /var/run/gdm/auth-for-gdm-fZjOz6/database -nolisten tcp
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, no user)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic-pae
RelatedPackageVersions:
 xserver-xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu5
 libgl1-mesa-glx 7.6.0-1ubuntu4
 libdrm2 2.4.14-1ubuntu1
 xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.9.0-1ubuntu2
 xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.12.99+git20090929.7968e1fb-0ubuntu1
SegvAnalysis:
 Segfault happened at: 0x8122afc: movzwl 0x12(%edx),%esi
 PC (0x08122afc) ok
 source "0x12(%edx)" (0x00000029) not located in a known VMA region (needed readable region)!
 destination "%esi" ok
SegvReason: reading NULL VMA
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: xorg-server
StacktraceTop:
 ?? ()
 ?? ()
 ?? ()
 ?? () from /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//intel_drv.so
 ?? ()
Title: Xorg crashed with SIGSEGV
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic-pae i686
UserGroups:

XorgConf: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/etc/X11/xorg.conf'
dmi.bios.date: 09/13/2002
dmi.bios.vendor: Compaq
dmi.bios.version: 686P2 v3.14
dmi.board.name: 0688h
dmi.board.vendor: Compaq
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 6049FHGZN126
dmi.chassis.type: 15
dmi.chassis.vendor: Compaq
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnCompaq:bvr686P2v3.14:bd09/13/2002:svnCompaq:pnDeskpro:pvr:rvnCompaq:rn0688h:rvr:cvnCompaq:ct15:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Deskpro
dmi.sys.vendor: Compaq
fglrx: Not loaded
system:
 distro: Ubuntu
 architecture: i686kernel: 2.6.31-14-generic-pae