Hi Christopher:

I won't be able to do this for another week.  I hope that that timing works for you.

Henry Baker

At 12:53 PM 2/27/2016, Christopher M. Penalver wrote:
>foobar, in order to allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue, at your earliest convenience, could you please test the latest upstream kernel available from http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/?C=N;O=D ? Please keep in mind the following:
>1) The one to test is at the very top line at the top of the page (not the daily folder).
>2) The release names are irrelevant.
>3) The folder time stamps aren't indicative of when the kernel actually was released upstream.
>4) Install instructions are available at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/MainlineBuilds .
>
>If testing on your main install would be inconvenient, one may:
>1) Install Ubuntu to a different partition and then test this there.
>2) Backup, or clone the primary install.
>
>If the latest kernel did not allow you to test to the issue (ex. you couldn't boot into the OS) please make a comment in your report about this, and continue to test the next most recent kernel version until you can test to the issue. Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please comment on which kernel version specifically you tested. If this issue is fixed in the mainline kernel, please add the following tags by clicking on the yellow circle with a black pencil icon, next to the word Tags, located at the bottom of the report description:
>kernel-fixed-upstream
>kernel-fixed-upstream-X.Y-rcZ
>
>Where X, and Y are the first two numbers of the kernel version, and Z is
>the release candidate number if it exists.
>
>If the mainline kernel does not fix the issue, please add the following tags:
>kernel-bug-exists-upstream
>kernel-bug-exists-upstream-X.Y-rcZ
>
>Please note, an error to install the kernel does not fit the criteria of
>kernel-bug-exists-upstream.
>
>Once testing of the latest upstream kernel is complete, please mark this
>report's Status as Confirmed. Please let us know your results.
>
>Thank you for your understanding.
>
>** Tags added: latest-bios-f.29
>
>** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu)
>   Importance: Low => Medium
>
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>
>Title:
>  Xorg crash
>
>Status in xorg package in Ubuntu:
>  Incomplete
>
>Bug description:
>  4.2.0-25 (this linux) works.
>
>  I upgraded to 4.2.0-30 today, and X11 won't start; get simple login:
>  prompt, but no X11.
>
>  I have to downgrade to 4.2.0-25 to get any work done.
>
>  ProblemType: Bug
>  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
>  Package: xorg 1:7.7+7ubuntu4
>  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-27.32-generic 4.2.8-ckt1
>  Uname: Linux 4.2.0-27-generic x86_64
>  .tmp.unity.support.test.0:
>   
>  ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu5
>  Architecture: amd64
>  CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
>  CompositorRunning: compiz
>  CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0'
>  CompositorUnredirectFSW: true
>  CurrentDesktop: Unity
>  Date: Tue Feb 23 08:35:42 2016
>  DistUpgraded: 2015-10-22 15:54:58,273 DEBUG enabling apt cron job
>  DistroCodename: wily
>  DistroVariant: ubuntu
>  ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical
>  GraphicsCard:
>   Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RS880M [Mobility Radeon HD 4225/4250] [1002:9712] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
>     Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1641]
>   Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Robson CE [Radeon HD 6370M/7370M] [1002:68e4] (rev ff) (prog-if ff)
>  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-07-25 (213 days ago)
>  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422)
>  MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC
>  ProcEnviron:
>   LANGUAGE=en_US
>   PATH=(custom, no user)
>   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
>   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
>   SHELL=/bin/bash
>  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.2.0-27-generic root=UUID=08f5c22a-157d-4ff4-886f-b5e3e42acd66 ro
>  SourcePackage: xorg
>  Symptom: display
>  Title: Xorg crash
>  UdevLog: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/log/udev'
>  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to wily on 2015-10-22 (123 days ago)
>  XorgConf: # Fake xorg.conf -- set it to non-writeable.
>  dmi.bios.date: 02/25/2013
>  dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
>  dmi.bios.version: F.29
>  dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
>  dmi.board.name: 1641
>  dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
>  dmi.board.version: 67.33
>  dmi.chassis.type: 10
>  dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
>  dmi.chassis.version: N/A
>  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvrF.29:bd02/25/2013:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPPaviliondv7NotebookPC:pvr0583120000242B20000620100:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn1641:rvr67.33:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvrN/A:
>  dmi.product.name: HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC
>  dmi.product.version: 0583120000242B20000620100
>  dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
>  version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12.2+15.10.20151202-0ubuntu1
>  version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
>  version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.64-1
>  version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 11.0.2-1ubuntu4
>  version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
>  version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 11.0.2-1ubuntu4
>  version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.17.2-1ubuntu9.1
>  version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.9.2-1ubuntu1
>  version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.5.0+git20150819-0ubuntu1
>  version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20150808-0ubuntu4
>  version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.11-1ubuntu3
>  xserver.bootTime: Tue Feb 23 00:25:00 2016
>  xserver.configfile: /etc/X11/xorg.conf
>  xserver.errors: Failed to load module "radeon" (module does not exist, 0)
>  xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
>  xserver.version: 2:1.17.2-1ubuntu9.1
>  xserver.video_driver: modeset
>
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