Xorg freeze --Ubuntu 12.10 hangs on the first boot of the day, works only after hard shutdown.

[srinivas gowda]

Ubuntu 12.10 hangs on the first boot of the day, works only after hard shutdown.

I have a HP Pavillion g7 with ubuntu 12.10 and it hangs with a blank screen the first time when I switch the pc on and it doesn't start(but I'm able to hear the startup screen), but only works after second and subsequent restarting. This happens several times a day.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Nov 18 00:50:41 2012
DistroCodename: quantal
DistroVariant: ubuntu
GpuHangFrequency: Several times a day
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.2)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
Title: Xorg freeze
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[stefanhgm (stefanhegselmann)]

ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu6
Architecture: amd64
DistroCodename: quantal
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
DistroVariant: ubuntu
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-10-08 (56 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120823.1)
MarkForUpload: True
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu4
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-19.30-generic 3.5.7
Tags: quantal running-unity possible-manual-nvidia-install ubuntu
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-19-generic x86_64
UnreportableReason: Please work this issue through technical support channels first.
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-19 (45 days ago)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo vboxusers

[stefanhgm (stefanhegselmann)]

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[stefanhgm (stefanhegselmann)]

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[stefanhgm (stefanhegselmann)]

When I switch the PC on it takes from 10 to 120 seconds until the complete system freezes. Nothing excepts the reset button works anymore, but after that everything works fine.

If any other information or log files are needed please mention. I would be pleased if this annoying bug would be fixed!

[Alex Sorokine (sorokine)]

Same problem here: black screen freeze after boot right before the login screen. Ctrl-Alt-F1... do not work. I am on 12.10 64-bit with Nvidia proprietary drivers, all recent updates installed. The problem started to appear a few days ago.

The workaround is to login through ssh and do 'sudo killall plymouth'. Login screen appears immediately.

[SIL3NTCOD3R (silentcoder)]

Same problem here: freezes after first boot, then restarts and then works after second boot

[johannes lindgren (johannes-lindgren)]

I have a similar problem: black screen directly after first boot, but then at the second, a puple screen appears and tells me that Ubuntu could not mount my harddrive. (Ubuntu is installed on a SSD). I then proceed without having it mounted and the harddrive then appears one minute later. This happens on every boot .

Also, every time the computer enter sleep/idle mode (whatever it is called) it freezes. I have to force it to shut down, turn on it again, turn it off again (remeber: never succeed at first time), turn it on again, chooses to not mount harddrive, wait one minute and then I just have to open all projects.

Another issue is that I can't turn off my computer from Ubuntu, but that might be another bug.

I installed Ubuntu 7 days ago on a completely new computer (amd64) and I have reinstalled it 7 times already. (Yes I count).

Goodbye Ubuntu, welcome Windows. I just can't have it this way :'(

[Nikita (nikshmakov)]

Affects me too for a years (!), upgrades and reinstallations doesn't help. Recently, I have changed my hard disk and it helps me, but after a few months bug was reproduced again. Ubuntu freezes after first log in and works good after hard restart. It's really annoying :( Maybe Ubuntu just crashes our HDDs?

Current Ubuntu version: 13.04.

[penalvch (penalvch)]

srinivas gowda, this bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue? If so, could you please test for this with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ .

If it remains an issue, could you please run the following command in the development release from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal), as it will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report:

apport-collect -p xorg <replace-with-bug-number>

Thank you for your understanding.

Helpful bug reporting tips:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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