Comment 7 for bug 532047

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SeanBoran (sean-boran) wrote : Re: [Bug 532047] Re: Xorg crashed at first login attempt

Lovely, by that I mean I can confirm that with the '2', I experimented
with valid and invalid passwords, the problem is only happening with
the number 2 in the 6th poition of my password.

My crash happens as I type the 2, don't need to hit enter.
If the password is not valid one, then it does not crash either.

So it's a really weird one indeed!

Sean

On Saturday, March 6, 2010, TJ <email address hidden> wrote:
> Further support for the supposition that another process is waiting for
> input events from the keyboard: using the accessible on-screen keyboard
> it is possible to log-in first time.
>
> Putting together the keys that cause the reset with those that are
> ignored, it appears that whatever is listening to the keyboard is
> ignoring alpha but expecting a single numeral or Enter. What is more,
> the *only* numeral I find causes this reset is "2" - it seems beyond
> coincidence, but I've tried pressing 1,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0 without xserver
> restarting, but as soon as "2" is pressed it happens.
>
> Changing my user password to "my1pennies3" and clicking the "Log In"
> button (rather than pressing the Enter key on the keyboard), the xserver
> doesn't crash!
>
> With the session started I was prompted for the password to the keyring
> (which was set to the original user password). As soon as I pressed "2"
> in the dialog the xserver restarted.
>
> Strangest bug I ever did see!
>
> --
> Xorg crashed at first login attempt
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/532047
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>
> Status in “xorg-server” package in Ubuntu: In Progress
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: xorg
>
> Ubuntu Lucid, Gnome edition 64-Bit Alpha3 + Updates installed in Virtualbox.
>
> At Ubuntu login, click on Username and enter password,
> after the first keystroke of the password, X crashes and starts again.
> The next login attempt works flawlessly.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> Architecture: amd64
> CurrentDmesg:
>  [   18.510206] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
>  [   41.740240] end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0
>  [   41.770924] end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0
>  [   42.865977] ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3
>  [   43.322226] ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A
> Date: Thu Mar  4 18:26:24 2010
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
> DkmsStatus: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha amd64 (20100224.1)
> Lsusb:
>  Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
>  Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
> MachineType: innotek GmbH VirtualBox
> Package: xorg 1:7.5+1ubuntu12
> ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-15-generic root=UUID=fefa9a42-a546-42c3-984a-c873258026d8 ro quiet splash
> ProcEnviron:
>  PATH=(custom, no user)
>  LANG=de_AT.UTF-8
>  SHELL=/bin/bash
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-15.22-generic
> SourcePackage: xorg
> Uname: Linux 2.6.32-15-generic x86_64
> dmi.bios.date: 12/01/2006
> dmi.bios.vendor: innotek GmbH
> dmi.bios.version: VirtualBox
> dmi.modalias: dmi:bvninnotekGmbH:bvrVirtualBox:bd12/01/2006:svninnotekGmbH:pnVirtualBox:pvr1.2:
> dmi.product.name: VirtualBox
> dmi.product.version: 1.2
> dmi.sys.vendor: innotek GmbH
> glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
> system:
>  distro:             Ubuntu
>  codename:           lucidarchitecture:       x86_64kernel:             2.6.32-15-generic
>
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