X continuously freezing with /usr/share/apport/apport-gpu-error-intel.py error afterward
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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xorg (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS rendered completely unusable on my Lenovo T520. After only 5-10 minutes of use, X freezes. To reproduce it, all I need to do is browse the web or open random programs and files. About 75% of the time after a reboot, I will be asked for file a bug report for the "/usr/share/
The problem appears to have started a few days ago during one of the latest kernel updates. I have searched around the Internet and found numerous people reporting the same problem, which appeared around the same time, e.g.,
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^--- this is only one of many posts about the same problem, around the same time frame. There are others on Ubuntu Answers and there are also some recent, similar bug reports.
I am running a Lenovo T520 with an "Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)" video chipset
When I look in /var/crash at the crash reports themselves, I see information like the following:
Date: Mon Mar 25 16:44:33 2013
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
DuplicateSignature: [sandybridge-
ExecutablePath: /usr/share/
ExecutableTimes
apport-
description: | updated |
affects: | xserver-xorg-driver-vesa → xserver-xorg-video-intel |
no longer affects: | docky (Ubuntu) |
no longer affects: | xserver-xorg-video-intel |
Changed in xorg (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Invalid |
I've attached the files requested from this page
https:/ /wiki.ubuntu. com/X/Troublesh ooting/ Freeze
Based on the symptoms, this is definitely an X freeze and not a crash.