No, "gdm restart" will kill the old process and spawn a new one. You can also try this, from https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DebuggingSystemCrash echo t | sudo tee /proc/sysrq-trigger It will spew out a lot of messages about all running processes. The output will also end up in /var/log/kern.
See also the new section "Post-mortem backtrace" in https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingXorg for tips on how to get a core dump. -- ATI Radeon 9200 / 9250 PCI black screen and console freeze with DRI https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/114520 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs