Public bug reported: I was installing an applicaiton from previous purchases in software centre. After about 5 minutes or so, i am unsure what was happening when it froze but eventallly the screen stops responding and if left the computer will crash.
ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia .proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0' .proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: "" .proc.driver.nvidia.version: NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 304.51 Tue Sep 18 17:16:56 PDT 2012 GCC version: gcc version 4.7.2 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.7.2-2ubuntu1) .tmp.unity.support.test.0: ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu6 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: compiz CurrentDmesg: Error: command ['sh', '-c', 'dmesg | comm -13 --nocheck-order /var/log/dmesg -'] failed with exit code 1: comm: /var/log/dmesg: Permission denied dmesg: write failed: Broken pipe Date: Sun Oct 28 19:30:43 2012 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: quantal DistroVariant: ubuntu DkmsStatus: nvidia-current-updates, 304.51, 3.5.0-17-generic, x86_64: installed ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical GraphicsCard: NVIDIA Corporation G96 [GeForce 9500 GT] [10de:0640] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems Device [1019:10c0] InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-10-25 (2 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5) MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. GA-MA74GMT-S2 MarkForUpload: True ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-17-generic root=UUID=42aa7895-19f0-4476-b127-9e472749c30d ro quiet splash SourcePackage: xorg UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 08/31/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc. dmi.bios.version: F10 dmi.board.name: GA-MA74GMT-S2 dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrF10:bd08/31/2010:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnGA-MA74GMT-S2:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnGA-MA74GMT-S2:rvr:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvr: dmi.product.name: GA-MA74GMT-S2 dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.8.4-0ubuntu3 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.39-0ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 9.0-0ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 9.0-0ubuntu1 version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.13.0-0ubuntu6 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.3-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.99.99~git20120913.8637f772-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.20.9-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.2-0ubuntu3 ** Affects: xorg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug compiz-0.9 quantal running-unity ubuntu -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1072301 Title: Xorg crashes after installing an applicaiton from software centre To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1072301/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs