Ubuntu freezes on every boot (with video artifacts) and also bug#982889

Asked by Eddie B

After installing ubuntu-12.10-desktop-amd64.iso and it reboots to GUI for first time, and I see some random dots and sometimes other video artifacts on my screen. Then I waited until Software Updater icon showed in the bar and as soon as I run the first program (Nautilus in this case), everything freezes and there are a lot of dots on screen that almost form vertical lines every inch or two apart. It almost looks there is a chicken wire mesh (but mostly all vertical) in front of my screen. BTW, from past re-installs I know this also happens if I run Nautilus first and then it freezes at the exact time the Software Updater icon shows up. I can (and did) clear this up by hitting Ctrl-Alt-Del and then clicking Cancel (to not log off), but I have to do this within 5 or maybe 10 seconds or else it won't work. From the past dozen re-installs I know that this will happen once after every boot, except that future boots will not wait until I run a program before it happens.

I also suffer from bug#982889, but I'm not sure if this is related or if this is a second problem. I think they are separate problems because I only get bug#982889 after I let Software Updater install all updates and then reboot. From the last couple of days of re-installing Ubuntu, doing the Ctrl-Alt-F2 and "sudo killall Xorg" does let me into the GUI and adding the sleep in lightdm.conf does bypass bug#982889 and gets to GUI without doing Ctrl-Alt-F2, but does not stop the GUI from freezing with the video artifacts.

Since the Package Manager Troubleshooting procedure installs all updates, I will come back and run the procedure again after rebooting and report if anything has changed. Hmm, terminal is not letting me go all the way to the beginning, is there any way around that? Here is my terminal output:

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eddie@eddie-To-be-filled-by-O-E-M:~$ find /etc/apt -name '*.list' -exec bash -c 'echo -e "\n$1\n"; cat -n "$1"' _ '{}' \;

/etc/apt/sources.list

     1 # deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 12.10 _Quantal Quetzal_ - Release amd64 (20121017.5)]/ quantal main restricted
     2
     3 # See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
     4 # newer versions of the distribution.
     5 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal main restricted
     6 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal main restricted
     7
     8 ## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
     9 ## distribution.
    10 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-updates main restricted
    11 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-updates main restricted
    12
    13 ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
    14 ## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
    15 ## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
    16 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal universe
    17 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal universe
    18 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-updates universe
    19 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-updates universe
    20
    21 ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
    22 ## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
    23 ## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
    24 ## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
    25 ## security team.
    26 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal multiverse
    27 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal multiverse
    28 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-updates multiverse
    29 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-updates multiverse
    30
    31 ## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
    32 ## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
    33 ## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
    34 ## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
    35 ## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
    36 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-backports main restricted universe multiverse
    37 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-backports main restricted universe multiverse
    38
    39 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-security main restricted
    40 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-security main restricted
    41 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-security universe
    42 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-security universe
    43 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-security multiverse
    44 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-security multiverse
    45
    46 ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
    47 ## 'partner' repository.
    48 ## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
    49 ## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
    50 # deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu quantal partner
    51 # deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu quantal partner
    52
    53 ## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by third-party
    54 ## developers who want to ship their latest software.
    55 # deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal main
    56 # deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal main
eddie@eddie-To-be-filled-by-O-E-M:~$

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Eddie B (fasteddieb216) said :
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Oh sorry, I just realized I posted this to the wrong section. Can it be moved to correct section? I'm not sure what section is appropriate, but bug#982889 is under libdrm. I got here because the only troubleshooting procedure I found was at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PackageManagerTroubleshootingProcedure . I will look again to see if I can find a more appropriate troubleshooting procedure. I guess it shows that I'm new to linux.

If anyone is interested, I can't get Ubuntu back to the GUI desktop. If I do Ctrl-Alt-F1 and sudo killall Xorg, it crashes with a debug dump after entering login info. I will re-install for the umteenth time.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#2

What video chip do you use?
Have you tested your RAM using Memtest86+ from Grub?
Is the system too warm?

Thanks

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Eddie B (fasteddieb216) said :
#3

Yes, I tested RAM using Memtest86+ and I tested the Video card memory using another utility on Hiren's CD. This system runs very cool in its full tower case with several fans.

I did have interesting results last night. I swapped out the new Radeon HD 6450 card with the old Geforce 7900 GS card in my WinXP machine and I didn't have any of the above problems when I re-installed Ubuntu. And the Radeon works fine under WinXP, so its not a defective card. I'd much rather have the new Radeon card in the new PC I'm installing Ubuntu in.

How do you tell in Ubuntu if the video drivers are taking full advantage of hardware acceleration? Both these cards show "Driver Unknown + Experience Standard" under System - Details - Graphics. I've only been playing with Ubuntu for about a week now and most of that time has been re-installing Ubuntu with different BIOS settings to try to get a reliable boot.

Thanks for you help,
Ed

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Eddie B (fasteddieb216) said :
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I forgot to mention that I'm using a Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 motherboard with 16 Gigs DDR3/1600 RAM.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) said :
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