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[Jeremy Loffredo <607817@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-ati

Came to work today to be greeted by the classic gray screen with the "X"
cursor.

I did a hard reboot, as none of the typical key combos were working.

On reboot, I was given the message "plymouth main process (###) killed
by SEGV signal 1

This booted me into a root terminal.

Exploring the logs I found a number of messages in multiple logs
related to an Xorg segfault ( kern.log, messages, Xorg.failsafe.log,
syslog)

After reading a related bug item, I tried removing quiet splash from
the boot config, but this did not work either. It looked like
everything booted fine, but I only saw a black screen. The mouse was
not present and the system did not seem to respond to key presses.
Also was not given a login screen.

My next step was to boot to a previous kernel, which worked.

Original booted kernel (Problem)
====================================================================
'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-23-generic' --class ubuntu --class
gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
        recordfail
        insmod lvm
        insmod ext2
        set root='(Primary-Filesystem)'
        search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 77f318ad-9a17-49fa-967d-b23dd1a2ec20
        linux   /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-23-generic
root=/dev/mapper/Primary-Filesystem ro nomodeset acpi_backlight=vendor
 quiet splash
        initrd  /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-23-generic

Old Kernel that works
=====================================================================
'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-22-generic' --class ubuntu --class
gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
        recordfail
        insmod lvm
        insmod ext2
        set root='(Primary-Filesystem)'
        search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 77f318ad-9a17-49fa-967d-b23dd1a2ec20
        linux   /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-22-generic
root=/dev/mapper/Primary-Filesystem ro nomodeset acpi_backlight=vendor
 quiet splash
        initrd  /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-22-generic

xserver-xorg-video-ati: 1:6.13.0-1ubuntu5

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.13.0-1ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.36-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Jul 20 09:46:48 2010
DkmsStatus:
 virtualbox-ose, 3.1.6, 2.6.31-21-generic, x86_64: installed 
 virtualbox-ose, 3.1.6, 2.6.32-22-generic, x86_64: installed 
 virtualbox-ose, 3.1.6, 2.6.32-21-generic, x86_64: installed 
 virtualbox-ose, 3.1.6, 2.6.32-23-generic, x86_64: installed
MachineType: Dell Inc. Vostro 420 Series
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-22-generic root=/dev/mapper/Primary-Filesystem ro nomodeset acpi_backlight=vendor quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-video-ati
dmi.bios.date: 02/10/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 1.0.4
dmi.board.name: 0N185P
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: A00
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvr1.0.4:bd02/10/2009:svnDellInc.:pnVostro420Series:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0N185P:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct3:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Vostro 420 Series
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
system:
 distro:             Ubuntu
 codename:           lucid
 architecture:       x86_64
 kernel:             2.6.32-22-generic

** Affects: xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug lucid

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Xorg Segfault on boot of latest kernel ( ATI drivers )
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/607817
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