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xserver-xorg-video-ati package

  1. Bug #159594
  2. Comment #31

Comment 31 for bug 159594

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David Portwood (dzportwood) wrote : RE: [Bug 159594] Re: Crash to white screen of death (possibly Firefox?)

-----Original Message-----
From: <email address hidden> [mailto:<email address hidden>] On Behalf Of Michael Nagel
Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 9:40 AM
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: [Bug 159594] Re: Crash to white screen of death (possibly Firefox?)

>if i interpret correctly this results in disabling compiz, which can be
>achieved by disabling visual effects in the appearance properties as
>well.

-Yep, but what if one can't login due to GUI issues.

>additionally it has been suggested:

>"Run a full complex pass of memtest and also a stress testing
>application for the CPU / CACHE and GPU.

I would definitely do this as well.

>If the hardware proves itself to be reliable under stress tests, I would
>suggest he considers a clean, fresh install of the latest Hardy point
>release and see if the problem still replicates itself. If it does,
>steps to replicate the problem need to be narrowed down."

Before that, Id obtain stack/back traces from X.
http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingProgramCrash

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Crash to white screen of death (possibly Firefox?)
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