Phil Boutros, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better. As per http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/product- support/product/optiplex-790/drivers/advanced an update to your computer's buggy and outdated BIOS is available (A18). If you update to this following https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BIOSUpdate does it address the issue?
If it doesn't, could you please both specify what happened, and provide the output of the following terminal command: sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date For more on BIOS updates and linux, please see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#Bug_reporting_etiquette . Please note your current BIOS is already in the Bug Description, so posting this on the old BIOS would not be helpful. Also, you don't have to create a new bug report. Once the BIOS is updated, if the problem is still reproducible, and the information above is provided, then please mark this report Status Confirmed. Otherwise, please mark this as Invalid. Thank you for your understanding. ** Description changed: - See bug # 1509846 - - Someone asks to open new bug, and since this also affects me, I'm hoping - the debug info will help. + Xorg crashes when opening new windows. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10 Package: xorg 1:7.7+7ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-16.19-generic 4.2.3 Uname: Linux 4.2.0-16-generic x86_64 .tmp.unity.support.test.0: - + ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: compiz CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0' CompositorUnredirectFSW: true CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Thu Oct 29 12:48:02 2015 DistUpgraded: 2015-10-27 10:56:17,630 DEBUG enabling apt cron job DistroCodename: wily DistroVariant: ubuntu DkmsStatus: vboxhost, 5.0.8, 4.2.0-16-generic, x86_64: installed ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes GraphicsCard: - Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0102] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) - Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:04ad] + Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0102] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) + Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:04ad] MachineType: Dell Inc. OptiPlex 790 ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.2.0-16-generic root=UUID=43f2ccf7-0ceb-4a9d-8fcb-d0564749c2a6 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xorg UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to wily on 2015-10-27 (2 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 12/30/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A11 dmi.board.name: 0HY9JP dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: A00 dmi.chassis.type: 6 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA11:bd12/30/2011:svnDellInc.:pnOptiPlex790:pvr01:rvnDellInc.:rn0HY9JP:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct6:cvr: dmi.product.name: OptiPlex 790 dmi.product.version: 01 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12.2+15.10.20151015-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.64-1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 11.0.2-1ubuntu4 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 11.0.2-1ubuntu4 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.17.2-1ubuntu9 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.9.2-1ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.5.0+git20150819-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20150808-0ubuntu4 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.11-1ubuntu3 xserver.bootTime: Thu Oct 29 12:46:25 2015 xserver.configfile: default xserver.errors: - + xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.outputs: - + xserver.version: 2:1.17.2-1ubuntu9 ** Tags added: bios-outdated-a18 ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1511512 Title: Xorg crashes when opening new windows with Intel video card To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1511512/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
