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FailsafeX in Intrepid Should Have an Option to Open a Terminal

Bug #275866 reported by Ross Peoples
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
xorg (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Wishlist
Bryce Harrington

Bug Description

I recently had some trouble getting the VirtualBox video driver to work with Intrepid Alpha 6, which gave me a chance to play with the new dialog that appears when Ubuntu starts in low graphics mode. One of my favorite options is the "Edit configuration", which opens the /etc/X11/xorg.conf in Gedit. However, I needed to drop to a terminal window to re-install the guest additions, which was problematic because pressing Ctrl+Alt+F1 only gives you a few seconds to work before Gnome tries to restart and sends you back to the FailsafeX dialog. The only way to get to a terminal (that I knew of) was to clear out the xorg.conf file and Ctrl+Alt+Backspace, which loads the desktop (very slowly) and allows me to open a Terminal window.

If the FailsafeX dialog gave me the option the open a Terminal, that would be a huge help.

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lp:ubuntu/lucid/xorg
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Bryce Harrington (bryce) wrote :

Hi deejross,

Please attach the output of `lspci -vvnn`, and attach your /var/log/Xorg.0.log file from after reproducing this issue. If you've made any customizations to your /etc/X11/xorg.conf please attach that as well.

Changed in xorg:
status: New → Incomplete
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Ross Peoples (deejross) wrote :

Well, I figured out what the problem was, but I still think there should be a way to open a terminal.

The problem was the amount of video memory I was giving the VirtualBox virtual machine. I have a 30" monitor and if I want to use fullscreen or seamless mode, I need to allocate at least 17 MB of video memory. I usually set it to 20 MB just to be safe. Hardy didn't have this problem, but Intrepid does. It simply cannot handle a video memory setting that is not 8, 16, or a multiple of 16. So by setting my video memory to 32 MB (overkill), it works!

Bryce Harrington (bryce)
Changed in xorg:
assignee: nobody → bryceharrington
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
status: Incomplete → Triaged
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package xorg - 1:7.4~5ubuntu5

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xorg (1:7.4~5ubuntu5) jaunty; urgency=low

  * debian/local/Failsafe/failsafeXinit:
    - Provide option to launch a terminal window (LP: #275866)
    - Add some additional useful files/data to the failsafe tarball
    - Make wait dialog show progress bar (LP: #290250)

 -- Bryce Harrington <email address hidden> Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:59:23 -0800

Changed in xorg:
status: Triaged → Fix Released
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