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[Greg Baumgartel <greg.baumgartel@xxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

I believe this thread deals with the same issue:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1331607

Most likely I do think it's an X / GPU issue as suggested.  This usually
happens on the affected machine within minutes of trying to do anything
with X, sometimes even prior to logging in so I don't think it's pinned
to any application.

X consumes 100% of the CPU when this happens, and there's a slight
blurring of parts of the screen.  The mouse responds to movements but
nothing else does.  Without remote SSH the machine requires a hard reset
(can't ctrl-alt-bksp out of X) however if I've set up openssh-server I
am able to log in remotely and generate the bug report and restart that
way.  I can kill -9 the X process and it comes back.

Machine in question has an Asus A8N-SLI motherboard and an nVidia card.
'lspci' reports:

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G70 [GeForce 7800
GT] (rev a1)

This happens on 9.10, but also happens when I tried installing 9.04.  I
had run 8.04 successfully on this machine for more than a year, however,
when I try and reinstall 8.04, this issue crops up right when I try and
enter the manual partitioning step of the graphical install for that
distro.  9.04 and 9.10 generally work during the graphical install.
Originally I upgraded to 8.04 via the network.  Happens both before and
after getting all needed updates after the initial install.  The bug
report generated was from 9.10

xserver-xorg-core:
  Installed: 2:1.6.4-2ubuntu4.1
  Candidate: 2:1.6.4-2ubuntu4.1
  Version table:
 *** 2:1.6.4-2ubuntu4.1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/main Packages
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     2:1.6.4-2ubuntu4 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages

I had to kill -9 the X process before ubuntu-bug would report anything,
as it was just spinning.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDmesg:
 [   28.895652] usplash:368 freeing invalid memtype ffffffffc0000000-ffffffffd0000000
 [   32.762517] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
 [   43.854049] usb 2-2: USB disconnect, address 3
 [   78.995579] Intel AES-NI instructions are not detected.
 [   79.043172] padlock: VIA PadLock not detected.
Date: Wed Mar 10 19:44:09 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/Xorg
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
Lsusb:
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
 Bus 002 Device 004: ID 046d:c316 Logitech, Inc. HID-Compliant Keyboard
 Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0557:7000 ATEN International Co., Ltd Hub
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name
Package: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.6.4-2ubuntu4.1
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-20-generic root=UUID=01050d96-14f0-4521-a430-adcb9c93acc3 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, no user)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-20.57-generic
RelatedPackageVersions:
 xserver-xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu10
 libgl1-mesa-glx 7.6.0-1ubuntu4
 libdrm2 2.4.14-1ubuntu1
 xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.9.0-1ubuntu2.1
 xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.12.99+git20090929.7968e1fb-0ubuntu1
SourcePackage: xorg-server
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-20-generic x86_64
XorgConf: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/etc/X11/xorg.conf'
Xrandr: Error: command ['xrandr', '--verbose'] failed with exit code 1: Can't open display
dmi.bios.date: 10/21/2005
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
dmi.bios.version: ASUS A8N-SLI Premium ACPI BIOS Revision 1009
dmi.board.name: A8N-SLI Premium
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: 1.02
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 123456789000
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologies,LTD:bvrASUSA8N-SLIPremiumACPIBIOSRevision1009:bd10/21/2005:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnA8N-SLIPremium:rvr1.02:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: System Product Name
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer
fglrx: Not loaded
glxinfo: Error: command ['glxinfo'] failed with exit code 255: Error: unable to open display
setxkbmap: Error: command ['setxkbmap', '-print'] failed with exit code 255: Cannot open display "default display"
system:
 distro:             Ubuntu
 architecture:       x86_64kernel:             2.6.31-20-generic
xdpyinfo: Error: command ['xdpyinfo'] failed with exit code 1: xdpyinfo:  unable to open display "".
xkbcomp:
 Error: command ['xkbcomp', ':0', '-w0', '-'] failed with exit code 1: Error:            Cannot open display ":0"
                   Exiting

** Affects: xorg-server (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug

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