I'm having a similar problem for several months, hitting ctrl+c sometimes shuts down X and sends me back to gdm logon screen, without any warning...
However, I dug a little bit the problem on my own, and I could notice the following : -X always shuts down because I hit Crtl+c - for instance when I want to interrupt a script on a console, or when I want to copy-paste data. -The "crtl+c" bug sometimes works as soon as I enter my login / pass on GDM ! Just after logging in, and just before seeing gnome desktop appearing, if I hit ctrl+c, I instantly get back to gdm. And I can see gdm reloading, by the way. -When the "ctrl+c bug" does not work just after logging in, it happends randomly after around more or less 20 minutes, when hitting ctrl-c. -I found a crazy way to get around the crtl+c bug that always work : Just after logging in (ie : entering my username and password), and before gnome appearing, I press ctrl+c. If it crashes gdm (or whatever program), I log in again. If it does nothing, as soon as gnome has finished loading, I log out normally and log in again. Then I can work safely, without fearing the deathly ctrl-c keystroke. Also noticed the following : If I log in gnome, as long as nothing crashes, if I use the host key and left or right arrows, I just switch from one linux vt to another, i.e. I get to the pure text console saying "ubuntu myhost ttyX login:". As if it was the console that had the keyboard focus... If I log out and log in again, it is compiz that gets the focus - on my config, host key + left/right arrows are used to go from one desktop to another. Crazy, heh ? With this kind of bugs, it seems like ubuntu is walking on MS Windows path.... :) Black magic and voodoo power is now necessary on Unix world, what a pity.... BTW, I'm using Ubuntu 9.10 on a Dell XPS M1330 with nvidia video card. Br, Léo. -- GDM logs out randomly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/585870 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
