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[Robert B <34kchyz02@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: xorg

So, my X session suddenly became stuck.  I was moving around the mouse
cursor with the touchpad when it froze.  I was using Firefox and about
to click on a tab.

I happened to have had an opportunity to log into this laptop from a
desktop (via ssh) and poke around.  I first killed the gnome-session.
No go.  Then, I tried killing "X".  It wouldn't die -- a ps revealed
"D", as in it was waiting on a device (it wasn't clear which device).  I
killed the parent gdm process, but X was still around and the screen
still frozen.  Since killing X was impossible (and therefore CTL-ALT-F1
not an option), I did a "sudo reboot" to reboot the system.

I should note that I had logged off my session and logged on a few
times.  I don't usually do this.  I was hoping to get the touchpad wheel
scrolling to work better (it's too slow) in my VNC client, but logging
off and on didn't help.

(FWIW, I'm wondering if this is related to my previously reported
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-screensaver/+bug/587668
regarding blank screen freezes.)

$ lsb_release -rd
Description:    Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Release:        10.04
$ apt-cache policy xorg
xorg:
  Installed: 1:7.5+5ubuntu1
  Candidate: 1:7.5+5ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 1:7.5+5ubuntu1 0
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: xorg 1:7.5+5ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-23.37-generic-pae 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-23-generic-pae i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Jul  3 06:11:01 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha i386 (20100213)
Lsusb:
 Bus 002 Device 003: ID 064e:a103 Suyin Corp. 
 Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0020  
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
 Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0020  
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
MachineType: Acer Aspire 5740
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-23-generic-pae root=UUID=06093e43-91dc-4fe0-a4e8-1419d4ed17d0 ro crashkernel=384M-2G:64M,2G-:128M quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=C
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
Title: Xorg freeze
dmi.bios.date: 11/26/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD
dmi.bios.version: V1.09
dmi.board.name: Aspire 5740
dmi.board.vendor: Acer
dmi.board.version: Rev
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer
dmi.chassis.version: Rev
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologiesLTD:bvrV1.09:bd11/26/2009:svnAcer:pnAspire5740:pvrRev:rvnAcer:rnAspire5740:rvrRev:cvnAcer:ct10:cvrRev:
dmi.product.name: Aspire 5740
dmi.product.version: Rev
dmi.sys.vendor: Acer
system:
 distro:             Ubuntu
 codename:           lucid
 architecture:       i686
 kernel:             2.6.32-23-generic-pae

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


** Tags: apport-bug freeze i386 lucid touchpad

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Xorg freeze
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/601366
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