I have a frequent desktop freeze on my intel graphics. The corresponding wiki says I have to ssh in from another computer, but I do not have another computer available. I use CTRL+ALT+F2 to enter in CLI mode and I start ubuntu-bug. It nicely comes with the standard questions. At the end of that sequence it asks to start the browser, but that does not work. It also says you can report the problem using another computer, but the bug-identification to be used for launchpad is at least 50 characters long and it is easy to make a mistake if you write it down. I also tries the option to keep the crashdump and to report it later, but the crashdump is not in the /tmp directory as promised. So how to report that desktop freeze?
Desktop: P-IV 3.2gHz, RAM= 1.5GB, Disk=80GB+500GB, LCD=22", Bought 2012 $90 File Server: P-III 650mHz, RAM = 384MB, Disks 240 + 300GB, Bought 2005 $60 File Server HP Vectra VL8i SFF, 2 cables connected: Ethernet and Power
Have you looked in /var/crash?
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Yes I looked there too, but nothing with the promised name and/or crash date and time.
I'm just curious as to which type of graphical hardware you are using. Oh yes .. Intel graphics but.. lspci thanks..
My complaint is not so much that a freeze occurs in the development version, but that there is no way to report it, if you have only one system with Ubuntu. OK the hardware: 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82915G/P/GV/GL/PL/910GL Memory Controller Hub (rev 04) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82915G/GV/910GL Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 04) 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation 82915G Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 04) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03) 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03) 00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 03) 00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 03) 00:1d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 03) 00:1d.3 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 03) 00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 03) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev d3) 00:1e.2 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 03) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FR (ICH6/ICH6R) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 03) 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) IDE Controller (rev 03) 00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FW (ICH6/ICH6W) SATA Controller (rev 03) 05:09.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7130 Video Broadcast Decoder (rev 01) 40:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5751 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 01) I tried the third method to report the freeze using CTRL+ALT+F2, by writing down the complete URL, that they promised I needed to complete the bug-report and I typed that URL in the browser. That URL is not known by launchpad. That failed too, so I give up. Hopefully someone else with two computers will file that freeze. It is an old problem, since it also occurs say once a week in 12.04, but in 13.04 it seems to happen a couple of times per day.
Last edited by BertN45; November 14th, 2012 at 09:50 PM.
Here is what I was able to do. So it appears that apport is now working here from the GUI/terminal. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...a/+bug/1079758
Yes, but that does not help me. Because in case of a desktop freeze, everything related to the desktop is frozen, I cannot start the terminal anymore. The only thing left is a forced power-off or CTRL+ALT+F2 and there ubuntu-bug does not work. Partly because it assumes it can start the browser also from this text mode. Today the updates included a new kernel version, so I will try it again and if it does not work, I will file a bug report on ubuntu bug.
Last edited by BertN45; November 16th, 2012 at 06:50 PM.
You can file a bug without using apport: http://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+so...ug?no-redirect I'd suggest you have a look at this page, as there are a lot of links on how to gather information to create a good bug report.
Originally Posted by BertN45 Yes, but that does not help me. Because in case of a desktop freeze, everything related to the desktop is frozen, I cannot start the terminal anymore. The only thing left is a forced power-off or CTRL+ALT+F2 and there ubuntu-bug does not work. Partly because it assumes it can start the browser also from this text mode. Today the updates included a new kernel version, so I will try it again and if it does not work, I will file a bug report on ubuntu bug. I would wonder if you could use recovery mode from GRUB and choose fail-safe graphics mode and see where that would go. It is very strange because all my Intel set units are working exceptionally well. I am wondering if there is a power drop in your power supply. Should have at least 400watts. 250 will work.. but if it is refurbrished then that could present a hardware problem.
Originally Posted by ventrical I would wonder if you could use recovery mode from GRUB and choose fail-safe graphics mode and see where that would go. It is very strange because all my Intel set units are working exceptionally well. I am wondering if there is a power drop in your power supply. Should have at least 400watts. 250 will work.. but if it is refurbrished then that could present a hardware problem. I experience exactly the same thing, intel i5 laptop with integrated graphics. It has happened to me when some large data reading is done i.e. copy 10G of files from usb disk and when starting a virtualbox.
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