Thanks for sending that information. Your bug description is very clear and describes an issue we know very well, but no one else has reported this with Ubuntu 11.04 and I don't know of any remaining reason why it should occur. The most likely explanation is that you have some software installed which is altering the VT settings out from underneath the X server.
Do you have any local upstart jobs installed that use the 'console owner' option? Do you have any local init scripts that might be changing the console settings? For instance, a previous version of the apache package during a development cycle had a bug where it tried to take over the console for passphrase prompting, resulting in crashes like this. ** Changed in: plymouth (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/787821 Title: Random X server crashes on keypress using natty -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs