[Tfug] thesaurus.com restarts xorg/gdm!

[Phil Simpson]

It looks like this might be related to KMS (Kernel Mode Setting) being
on by default.  Try adding nomodeset to the kernel line and see if X
still crashes.  Also try running with Metacity instead of Compiz (set
"Visual Effects to "None" in "Appearance Preferences").

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/571552

Regards,

Phil Simpson
Systems Administrator
623.252.2547
http://www.google.com/profiles/pgsimpso



On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 3:37 PM, Jeremy D Rogers
<jdrogers at northwestern.edu> wrote:
> On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 5:17 PM, Phil Simpson <pgsimpso at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Which version of Flash are you using?
>>
>> Is the OS 64 bit?  If yes, are you using nspluginwrapper with 32 bit
>> Flash or are you using the 64 bit beta version?
>
> If I'm not mistaken, both debian and ubuntu have moved away from
> nspluginwrapper.. which is in some ways a pitty, since I could always
> restart that without restarting the browser on my x64 laptop.
>
> But in any case, the point is moot since the laptop in question is
> 32bit. With 10.04, the 'package' to install flashplugin is actually
> just a script called flashplugin-installer which downloads and
> installs the latest from adobe.
> http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/flashplugin-installer
>
> I'll check when I get home which version of flashplugin is installed
> if it matters that much, but Ive come to expect bugs and crashes in
> flash and even the browser. What I am really concerned about here is
> that it took down X. That should never happen. To me, it almost as bad
> as having an unprivileged user on a server who runs a bit of fortran
> that manages to crash/reboot the system.
>
> Thanks,
> JDR
>
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