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[Robert Hooker <sarvatt@xxxxxxxxx>]

** Description changed:

  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
+         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
+  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
+         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
+  quiet splash
+         initrd  /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-22-generic
+ 
+ ---
+ (==) RADEON(0): Silken mouse enabled
+ 
+ Backtrace:
+ 0: /usr/bin/X (xorg_backtrace+0x28) [0x4a3248]
+ 1: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x655ad) [0x4655ad]
+ 2: /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0x7f4f40fb3000+0xf8f0) [0x7f4f40fc28f0]
+ 3: /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0x7f4f40fb3000+0xffff80b0c06d3710) [0x1686710]
+ Segmentation fault at address 0x1686710
+ 
+ Caught signal 11 (Segmentation fault). Server aborting
+ ---
  
  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
+  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
+  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
+  distro:             Ubuntu
+  codename:           lucid
+  architecture:       x86_64
+  kernel:             2.6.32-22-generic

** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

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Xorg Segfault on boot of latest kernel ( ATI drivers )
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