I don't know if this is a 'full backtrace' but that's what I was able to get out so far. I also included trace. kurppa@el-bond:~$ less /etc/X11/xorg.conf Section "Device" Identifier "Configured Video Device" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Configured Monitor" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Default Screen" Monitor "Configured Monitor" Device "Configured Video Device" EndSection Section "ServerFlags" Option "NoTrapSignals" "true" EndSection kurppa@el-bond:~$ sudo gdb /usr/bin/Xorg [sudo] password for kurppa: GNU gdb 6.8-debian Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Type "show copying" and "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "i486-linux-gnu"... (gdb) run Starting program: /usr/bin/Xorg [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] X.Org X Server 1.5.2 Release Date: 10 October 2008 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.24-19-server i686 Ubuntu Current Operating System: Linux el-bond 2.6.27-7-generic #1 SMP Tue Nov 4 19:33:20 UTC 2008 i686 Build Date: 24 October 2008 08:00:16AM xorg-server 2:1.5.2-2ubuntu3 (