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sometimes ubuntu freezes after login

Asked by Ilka Jahn

Hello together.

I've got ubuntu version 8.04 and my graphic card is Intel GMA X3100.

Sometimes, about every 15th time that i boot my computer, i only can type in my password an my username and after this there is the ubuntu sound. Then the screen freezes and is black.

I've already tried some things that are suggested in this forum:
I've reconfigured the X-Server. That didn't help.
CTRL+ALT+BKSPACE to restart graphics layer or CTRL+ALT+"+" (or CTRL+ALT+"-" respectively) to change video frequency doesn't help either.
I also can't get into the recovery mode: CTRL+ALT+F2 doesn't help.

It might help solving the problem to know that:
My main-screen develops differently every time I start the computer. Sometimes, there are the task-lists at first, sometimes, they appear after my background-picture. One time, I had a mouse, but nothing else but a black screen...

You'll find enclosed the last bit of the system-protocol of a failed booting.

Why does the freezing happen only sometimes and what can I do to avoid it?

I hope that you can help me.

Thanks

Nov 5 22:04:29 dell-desktop NetworkManager: <info> Error getting killswitch power: org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.KillSwitch.NotSupported - Access type not supported
Nov 5 22:04:29 dell-desktop NetworkManager: <info> Wireless now enabled by radio killswitch
Nov 5 22:04:29 dell-desktop kernel: [ 30.053293] Bluetooth: RFCOMM socket layer initialized
Nov 5 22:04:29 dell-desktop kernel: [ 30.053309] Bluetooth: RFCOMM TTY layer initialized
Nov 5 22:04:29 dell-desktop kernel: [ 30.053312] Bluetooth: RFCOMM ver 1.8
Nov 5 22:04:29 dell-desktop audio[5844]: add_service_record: got record id 0x10000
Nov 5 22:04:29 dell-desktop audio[5844]: audio.conf: Key file does not have key 'Disable'
Nov 5 22:04:29 dell-desktop audio[5844]: audio.conf: Key file does not have group 'A2DP'
Nov 5 22:04:29 dell-desktop last message repeated 3 times
Nov 5 22:04:29 dell-desktop audio[5844]: SEP 0x806d178 registered: type:0 codec:0 seid:1
Nov 5 22:04:29 dell-desktop audio[5844]: add_service_record: got record id 0x10001
Nov 5 22:04:29 dell-desktop audio[5844]: add_service_record: got record id 0x10002
Nov 5 22:04:29 dell-desktop audio[5844]: add_service_record: got record id 0x10003
Nov 5 22:04:29 dell-desktop audio[5844]: Registered manager path:/org/bluez/audio
Nov 5 22:04:29 dell-desktop kernel: [ 30.092605] wmaster0: RX protected frame, but have no key
Nov 5 22:04:29 dell-desktop kernel: [ 30.196640] wmaster0: RX protected frame, but have no key
Nov 5 22:04:30 dell-desktop kernel: [ 30.313467] wmaster0: RX protected frame, but have no key
Nov 5 22:04:31 dell-desktop kernel: [ 30.634879] wmaster0: RX protected frame, but have no key
Nov 5 22:04:31 dell-desktop kernel: [ 30.836593] wmaster0: RX protected frame, but have no key
Nov 5 22:04:31 dell-desktop anacron[5938]: Anacron 2.3 started on 2008-11-05
Nov 5 22:04:31 dell-desktop anacron[5938]: Will run job `cron.daily' in 5 min.
Nov 5 22:04:31 dell-desktop anacron[5938]: Will run job `cron.weekly' in 10 min.
Nov 5 22:04:31 dell-desktop anacron[5938]: Jobs will be executed sequentially
Nov 5 22:04:31 dell-desktop /usr/sbin/cron[5965]: (CRON) INFO (pidfile fd = 3)
Nov 5 22:04:31 dell-desktop /usr/sbin/cron[5966]: (CRON) STARTUP (fork ok)
Nov 5 22:04:31 dell-desktop /usr/sbin/cron[5966]: (CRON) INFO (Running @reboot jobs)
Nov 5 22:04:32 dell-desktop kernel: [ 31.764317] wmaster0: RX protected frame, but have no key
Nov 5 22:04:33 dell-desktop kernel: [ 32.770907] [drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810
Nov 5 22:04:33 dell-desktop kernel: [ 32.774405] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:02.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
Nov 5 22:04:33 dell-desktop kernel: [ 32.774418] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:02.0 to 64
Nov 5 22:04:33 dell-desktop kernel: [ 32.775116] [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20060119 on minor 0
Nov 5 22:04:33 dell-desktop NetworkManager: <debug> [1225919073.581128] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_2a02_drm_i915_card0').
Nov 5 22:04:34 dell-desktop kernel: [ 33.519638] wlan0: no IPv6 routers present
Nov 5 22:04:57 dell-desktop hcid[5812]: Default passkey agent (:1.19, /org/bluez/passkey) registered
Nov 5 22:04:57 dell-desktop hcid[5812]: Default authorization agent (:1.19, /org/bluez/auth) registered
Nov 5 22:05:01 dell-desktop NetworkManager: <info> Updating allowed wireless network lists.
Nov 5 22:05:02 dell-desktop kernel: [ 44.694485] CPU0 attaching NULL sched-domain.
Nov 5 22:05:02 dell-desktop kernel: [ 44.694494] CPU1 attaching NULL sched-domain.
Nov 5 22:05:02 dell-desktop kernel: [ 44.721915] CPU0 attaching sched-domain:
Nov 5 22:05:02 dell-desktop kernel: [ 44.721925] domain 0: span 03
Nov 5 22:05:02 dell-desktop kernel: [ 44.721929] groups: 01 02
Nov 5 22:05:02 dell-desktop kernel: [ 44.721936] CPU1 attaching sched-domain:
Nov 5 22:05:02 dell-desktop kernel: [ 44.721939] domain 0: span 03
Nov 5 22:05:02 dell-desktop kernel: [ 44.721942] groups: 02 01
Nov 5 22:07:14 dell-desktop syslogd 1.5.0#1ubuntu1: restart.

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Florian Diesch (diesch) said : 		#1

That sounds like a bug in the graphics driver (Xorg). See <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Reporting> for some hints about reporting such a bug. Reporting bugs helps to make Ubuntu better. :-)

It may help to open /etc/X11/xorg.conf as root in you favorite editor, search for something like

 Section "Device"
     Identifier "Configured Video Device"
 EndSection

and add a line
       Option "DRI" "off"
after the 'Identifier' line so that the whole thing looks like

 Section "Device"
     Identifier "Configured Video Device"
     Option "DRI" "off"
 EndSection

Unfortunately this will decrease graphics performance.

It's a good idea to make a copy of /etc/X11/xorg.conf so that if the change doesn't help you can easily restore it.

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Ilka Jahn (jahn-ilka) said : 		#2

Hello Florian!

Thank you very much for your help.
Unfortunately, I don't really know if it worked, because I also did an update to ubuntu 8.10. After this further problems appeared: my sound was spinning around, and what was much worse: my network-manager always tried to connect my computer to itself... ;)
After this, I was fed up and I therefore installed version 8.10. Now everything works fine (I hope so).

Best regards