Seems like you're having a problem with acceleration. Can you test ppa:canonical-x/x-staging ? And because you have problems with steam, can you make sure all the 32-bits libs are installed? libgl1-mesa- dri:i386 and libgl1-mesa-glx:i386 might be missing or corrupt.
** Changed in: xorg-server (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg-server in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1335072 Title: Xorg crashed with SIGABRT Status in “xorg-server” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Crash on startup followed by restart of session to login screen. In addition, starting Steam I see an error about a lack of direct rendering which seems related as it also causes are session restart. Crash started after updating to Mesa 10.2.1-2ubuntu2 Ubuntu Gnome 14.10 daily build Linux Kernel 3.15.0-6-generic #11-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jun 12 00:40:00 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10 Package: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu6 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.15.0-6.11-generic 3.15.0 Uname: Linux 3.15.0-6-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.14.3-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: None CrashCounter: 1 Date: Fri Jun 27 18:55:14 2014 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: utopic DistroVariant: ubuntu ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/Xorg ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes GraphicsCard: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Bonaire XTX [Radeon R7 260X] [1002:6658] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: XFX Pine Group Inc. Device [1682:7260] InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-06-13 (13 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Alpha amd64 (20140612) MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. P35C-DS3R ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/X :0 -background none -verbose -auth /var/run/gdm/auth-for-gdm-koCzUj/database -seat seat0 -nolisten tcp vt7 ProcEnviron: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8 TERM=linux LANGUAGE=en_AU:en PATH=(custom, no user) ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.15.0-6-generic root=UUID=e91c8c60-2ce8-4621-96aa-78a0543ed908 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 Signal: 6 SourcePackage: xorg-server StacktraceTop: ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/radeonsi_dri.so ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/radeonsi_dri.so ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/radeonsi_dri.so ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/radeonsi_dri.so ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/radeonsi_dri.so Title: Xorg crashed with SIGABRT UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: dmi.bios.date: 11/17/2008 dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc. dmi.bios.version: F12E dmi.board.name: P35C-DS3R dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrF12E:bd11/17/2008:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnP35C-DS3R:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnP35C-DS3R:rvr:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvr: dmi.product.name: P35C-DS3R dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. version.compiz: compiz N/A version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.54-1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.2.1-2ubuntu2 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.2.1-2ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu6 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.8.2-1ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.3.0-1ubuntu4 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.10-1ubuntu2 xserver.bootTime: Fri Jun 27 18:57:20 2014 xserver.configfile: default xserver.devices: input Power Button KEYBOARD, id 6 input Power Button KEYBOARD, id 7 input Logitech USB Optical Mouse MOUSE, id 8 input Logitech USB Keyboard KEYBOARD, id 9 input Logitech USB Keyboard KEYBOARD, id 10 xserver.errors: xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.version: 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu6 xserver.video_driver: radeon To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/+bug/1335072/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp