Comment 0 for bug 534419

Binary package hint: xorg

I have this problem on both my desktop (nvidia card with proprietary drivers, 64-bit install, both -generic and -rt kernels) and my laptop (intel 945 card, 32-bit install, -generic kernel), both running lucid installed afresh from alpha 3, and configured for automatic user login.

On boot, X will start normally. Invoking a gksudo dialogue, entering the password and pressing enter crashes X and returns me to the gdm screen. I have also seen it crash when entering a password for a wireless network - gksudo is just *a* way to trigger the bug.

On my laptop the symptoms are slightly different, because X starts but it will often require Ctrl-Shift-F1 Ctrl-Shift-F7 to switch to the correct VT. When this is the case, gksudo will crash X, as in my desktop. However when X starts and switches to the correct VT the problem does not occur. The VT switching issue might be a hardware-specific problem, but the crashing on entering passwords is not.

Let me know if I can provide more information.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Mar 8 14:25:02 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha amd64 (20100224.1)
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Compaq dc5750 Microtower
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: xorg 1:7.5+1ubuntu12
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-16-generic root=UUID=318b5b88-1168-482d-9758-22d2940f076b ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_GB.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-16.24-generic
SourcePackage: xorg
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-16-generic x86_64
dmi.bios.date: 08/07/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.bios.version: 786E3 v02.35
dmi.board.name: 0A64h
dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: CZC7011NMX
dmi.chassis.type: 6
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvr786E3v02.35:bd08/07/2008:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPCompaqdc5750Microtower:pvr:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn0A64h:rvr:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct6:cvr:
dmi.product.name: HP Compaq dc5750 Microtower
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
system:
 distro: Ubuntu
 codename: lucidarchitecture: x86_64kernel: 2.6.32-16-generic