I have notice this today. I am using ubuntu 14.04 (32bits) 3.13.0-92-generic #139-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jun 28 20:42:32 UTC 2016 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux
The webbrowser-app is the main affected with this problem. Console (DISPLAY=:0) freezes and using a ssh to my desktop from a different system I can logging and notice that: 1) console user is gone! 2) sudo update-alternatives --config x-www-browser show: Selection Path Priority Status ------------------------------------------------------------ * 0 /usr/bin/epiphany-browser 85 auto mode 1 /usr/bin/epiphany-browser 85 manual mode 2 /usr/bin/firefox 40 manual mode dpkg -l webbrowser-app lightdm Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Architecture Description +++-==============-============-============-================================== ii webbrowser-app 0.23+14.04.2 i386 Ubuntu web browser ii lightdm 1.10.6-0ubun i386 Display Manager 3) lightdm does not restart 4) any app that depends on webbrowser-app will crash the system 5) I can only recover the system console by ssh from other device and using a sudo reboot This problem might suggest very important vulnerability of ubuntu Could be related to new updates. Please help! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to webbrowser-app in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1577168 Title: Browser hangs Ubuntu 16.04 Status in webbrowser-app package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: When I activate Browser or click on Amazon button (which activates Browser), Ubuntu 16.04 hangs. This occurrence should not happen. An exception to this problem is that the mouse pointer is movable initially. In the extreme case, the mouse pointer hangs also. This problem does not occur when activating Firefox or Chromium. Occurs in a freshly installed Ubuntu 16.04 system. Description: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Release: 16.04 N: Unable to locate package pkgname To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/webbrowser-app/+bug/1577168/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
