[DELL XPS13] Ubuntu 18.04 LTS X-server crash when memory usage peaks
The OS is Ubuntu 18.04 LTS as provided by Dell factory installation.
dmesg | grep BIOS
Hardware name: Dell Inc. XPS 13 9300/077Y9N, BIOS 1.0.11 05/08/2020
uname -a
Linux laptop-dev 5.0.0-1063-oem-osp1 #68-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jun 26 19:44:17 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
When system starts slowing down and eventually freeze with CPU venting spinning up, this is the syslog after X-server session crashes and user logged on afterwards:
cat /var/log/syslog | grep Fail
Jul 6 14:46:07 laptop-dev gsd-sharing[24145]: Failed to StopUnit service: GDBus.Error:
Jul 6 14:46:07 laptop-dev gsd-sharing[24145]: Failed to StopUnit service: GDBus.Error:
Jul 6 14:46:07 laptop-dev gsd-sharing[24145]: Failed to StopUnit service: GDBus.Error:
Jul 6 14:46:22 laptop-dev /usr/lib/
Jul 6 14:46:22 laptop-dev gsd-color[2190]: failed to connect to device: Failed to connect to missing device /org/freedeskto
Jul 6 14:46:22 laptop-dev systemd[23847]: gnome-terminal-
Jul 6 14:46:22 laptop-dev gnome-shell[28719]: Failed to create backend: Unable to open display ':0'
Jul 6 14:46:38 laptop-dev pulseaudio[28983]: [pulseaudio] backend-ofono.c: Failed to register as a handsfree audio agent with ofono: org.freedesktop
Jul 6 14:46:39 laptop-dev gsd-xsettings[
Jul 6 14:46:39 laptop-dev gsd-sharing[29087]: Failed to StopUnit service: GDBus.Error:
Jul 6 14:46:39 laptop-dev gsd-sharing[29087]: Failed to StopUnit service: GDBus.Error:
Jul 6 14:46:39 laptop-dev gsd-sharing[29087]: Failed to StopUnit service: GDBus.Error:
Jul 6 14:46:39 laptop-dev gsd-color[2190]: failed to set screen _ICC_PROFILE: Failed to open file “~/.local/
Jul 6 14:46:40 laptop-dev gsd-color[2190]: failed to set screen _ICC_PROFILE: Failed to open file “~/.local/
Jul 6 14:46:44 laptop-dev systemd[1]: user@0.service: Failed with result 'start-limit-hit'.
Jul 6 14:46:44 laptop-dev systemd[1]: Failed to start User Manager for UID 0.
Jul 6 14:47:47 laptop-dev gnome-software[
Jul 6 14:47:47 laptop-dev gnome-software[
I have also submitted the same report for Google Chrome.
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