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[Hadmut Danisch <hadmut@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

Hi,

my unity desktop keeps continuosly crashing and hanging (because of bug
#861643 which falsely claims to have been fixed). When this happened,
there is no way out except logging in over the network from a different
computer and restarting lightdm.

Once uppon a time, there were good methods in Linux, and even in Ubuntu,
to cope with that, using Ctrl-Alt-Backspace to kill X11 or Ctrl-Alt-F1
to switch to the text console.

For some unknown reason (or for making user's life more difficult and
complicated) someone has turned these emergency keys off in Ubuntu. So
the Ubuntu is unstable and locking the machine without leaving any
escape.

This is unacceptable, especially for productive use.

If you're not getting this damned unity into a stable state, then at
least leave the emergency exits open.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: lightdm 1.0.5-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-13.21-generic 3.0.6
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-13-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Nov  1 15:44:38 2011
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100427.1)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/tcsh
SourcePackage: lightdm
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-29 (2 days ago)

** Affects: lightdm (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug oneiric

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Title:
  crashing desktop locks console/screen

Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Hi,

  my unity desktop keeps continuosly crashing and hanging (because of
  bug #861643 which falsely claims to have been fixed). When this
  happened, there is no way out except logging in over the network from
  a different computer and restarting lightdm.

  Once uppon a time, there were good methods in Linux, and even in
  Ubuntu, to cope with that, using Ctrl-Alt-Backspace to kill X11 or
  Ctrl-Alt-F1 to switch to the text console.

  For some unknown reason (or for making user's life more difficult and
  complicated) someone has turned these emergency keys off in Ubuntu. So
  the Ubuntu is unstable and locking the machine without leaving any
  escape.

  This is unacceptable, especially for productive use.

  If you're not getting this damned unity into a stable state, then at
  least leave the emergency exits open.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: lightdm 1.0.5-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-13.21-generic 3.0.6
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-13-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Tue Nov  1 15:44:38 2011
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100427.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/tcsh
  SourcePackage: lightdm
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-29 (2 days ago)

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