Xorg freeze

[tbds]

Binary package hint: xorg

Yesterday I installed Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Desktop x86 on my Netbook.
(Medion Akoya E1312)
Everything works pretty fine, except when I pull out the power-cable and then start the netbook, the graphical interface of GNOME just loads in parts or never. So I just see the pink background image. From
time to time (from restart to restart) I also see one of the
two panels, but I am not able to use them or click to provoke any
action.
When I then connect the power-cable again and restart - everything is working fine
again...
This is really annoying and it seems to be a bug related to any power
management or xorg thing.
Also I experienced, that I was not able to install Ubuntu, unless I
connected the power-cable to the netbook while installation.
Without the power-cable the installation broke and the gui freezed.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: xorg 1:7.5+6ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.34-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic i686
Architecture: i386
DRM.card0.HDMI_Type_A.1:
 status: disconnected
 enabled: disabled
 dpms: On
 modes:
 edid-base64:
DRM.card0.LVDS.1:
 status: connected
 enabled: enabled
 dpms: On
 modes: 1366x768 1280x720 1152x768 1024x768 800x600 848x480 720x480 640x480
 edid-base64: AP///////wBMo1IwAAAAAAATAQOAGxB4Cof1lFdPjCcnUFQAAAABAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBsB1WoFAAPjAwICUAAJAQAAAZAAAADwAAAAAAAAAAAB60AnQAAAAA/gBTQU1TVU5HCiAgICAgAAAA/gAxMTZBVDAxLTIwMQogAMs=
DRM.card0.VGA.1:
 status: disconnected
 enabled: disabled
 dpms: On
 modes:
 edid-base64:
Date: Sun Oct 17 00:22:09 2010
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
MachineType: MEDION E131x series
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-generic root=UUID=4c19d5c3-14fd-415c-ae36-62a4b0751446 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=de_DE.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
Title: Xorg freeze
dmi.bios.date: 06/18/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 080015
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: E131x series
dmi.board.vendor: MEDION
dmi.board.version: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr080015:bd06/18/2009:svnMEDION:pnE131xseries:pvrVer1.000:rvnMEDION:rnE131xseries:rvrTobefilledbyO.E.M.:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
dmi.product.name: E131x series
dmi.product.version: Ver 1.000
dmi.sys.vendor: MEDION
glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
system:
 distro: Ubuntu
 codename: maverick
 architecture: i686
 kernel: 2.6.35-22-generic

[tbds (tbds-deactivatedaccount)]

This problem seems to be related to the GNOME desktop and the power management, because under XFCE this bug does not appear.

[Victor (vbendig)]

Hi I am having a similar problem but with Ubuntu 10.10

uname -a
Linux 2.6.35-22-generic #35-Ubuntu SMP Sat Oct 16 20:45:36 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux

I got it fixed by changing all power management options under section "On Battery" to never and unchecked the "sping down hard disks when possible" option.

My laptop is a dell 1558, I saw a similar report under redhat https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=624212

This issue only occurred when I was on battery. When the cable was plugged in I could work without problems.

This is also similar to https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/574093

Hope this helps,

Regards,

Victor Bendig

[bugbot (bugbot)]

Hey ncfiedler,

Hi, have you had a chance to test if this bug is still present in natty?

If it does (and if you're the original reporter), please boot into natty
and run the command:

  apport-collect <bug-number>

which will update the bug with fresh logs and tag the bug as affecting
natty. (It is best to run this right after reproducing the problem.)

[dino99 (9d9)]

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