Public bug reported: This is hard to reproduce, but it happened 2 or 3 times.
I locked my screen before leaving from work. When I returned to my desk the next day, the screen was dark, with just the mouse cursor visible. By the way the cursor shape changes when I move it around, I can tell that gnome-screensaver-lock is still running. I do not have any The desktop can be recovered by logging into a text console, killing -9 compiz and then restarting it with "unity --replace". In one occasion, I had unity already running from the text console, so I could capture the following output on stderr: WARN 2012-06-01 20:47:24 unity <unknown>:0 Unable to fetch children: No such interface `org.ayatana.bamf.view' on object at path /org/ayatana/bamf/application1562360038 [1565:1579:775134508833:ERROR:platform_thread_posix.cc(251)] Not implemented reached in static void base::PlatformThread::SetThreadPriority(base::PlatformThreadHandle, base::ThreadPriority) [1136:1583:775200471562:ERROR:platform_thread_posix.cc(251)] Not implemented reached in static void base::PlatformThread::SetThreadPriority(base::PlatformThreadHandle, base::ThreadPriority) [1136:1587:775203999881:ERROR:platform_thread_posix.cc(251)] Not implemented reached in static void base::PlatformThread::SetThreadPriority(base::PlatformThreadHandle, base::ThreadPriority) [24705:24705:775210245400:ERROR:tab_strip_gtk.cc(1265)] Not implemented reached in virtual void TabStripGtk::StopAllHighlighting() After compiz restarts, it produces a few more errors: Initializing core options...done compiz (core) - Warn: failed to receive ConfigureNotify event on 0x2000004 compiz (core) - Warn: failed to receive ConfigureNotify event on 0x1c000ea compiz (core) - Warn: failed to receive ConfigureNotify event on 0x4000003 compiz (core) - Warn: failed to receive ConfigureNotify event on 0x4400024 compiz (core) - Warn: failed to receive ConfigureNotify event on 0x4800016 compiz (core) - Warn: failed to receive ConfigureNotify event on 0xe00004 Initializing composite options...done Initializing opengl options...done Initializing decor options...done Initializing move options...done Initializing resize options...done Initializing mousepoll options...done Initializing gnomecompat options...done Initializing unitymtgrabhandles options...done Initializing neg options...done Initializing wall options...done Initializing vpswitch options...done Initializing grid options...done Initializing place options...done Initializing snap options...done Initializing animation options...done Initializing workarounds options...done Initializing session options...done compiz (expo) - Warn: failed to bind image to texture Initializing expo options...done Initializing fade options...done Initializing scale options...done Initializing ezoom options...done (compiz:24130): GConf-CRITICAL **: gconf_client_add_dir: assertion `gconf_valid_key (dirname, NULL)' failed ERROR 2012-08-26 21:47:38 unity.launcher.trashlaunchericon TrashLauncherIcon.cpp:62 Could not create file monitor for trash uri: Operation not supported Initializing unityshell options...done compiz (core) - Warn: unhandled ConfigureNotify on 0x2200095! compiz (core) - Warn: this should never happen. you should probably file a bug about this. compiz (core) - Warn: unhandled ConfigureNotify on 0x2200098! compiz (core) - Warn: this should never happen. you should probably file a bug about this. compiz (core) - Warn: unhandled ConfigureNotify on 0x220009b! compiz (core) - Warn: this should never happen. you should probably file a bug about this. compiz (core) - Warn: unhandled ConfigureNotify on 0x220009e! compiz (core) - Warn: this should never happen. you should probably file a bug about this. compiz (core) - Warn: unhandled ConfigureNotify on 0x22000a1! compiz (core) - Warn: this should never happen. you should probably file a bug about this. compiz (core) - Warn: unhandled ConfigureNotify on 0x22000a4! compiz (core) - Warn: this should never happen. you should probably file a bug about this. WARN 2012-08-26 21:47:39 unity.libindicator <unknown>:0 Desktop file '/usr/share/applications/terminator.desktop' is using a deprecated format for its actions that will be dropped soon. WARN 2012-08-26 21:47:39 unity.libindicator <unknown>:0 Desktop file '/usr/share/applications/chromium-browser.desktop' is using a deprecated format for its actions that will be dropped soon. WARN 2012-08-26 21:47:39 unity.libindicator <unknown>:0 Desktop file '/usr/share/applications/evolution.desktop' is using a deprecated format for its actions that will be dropped soon. Installed packages: ii compiz 1:0.9.7.8-0ubuntu1.4 OpenGL window and compositing manager ii compiz-core 1:0.9.7.8-0ubuntu1.4 OpenGL window and compositing manager ii compiz-gnome 1:0.9.7.8-0ubuntu1.4 OpenGL window and compositing manager - GNOME window decorator ii compiz-plugins 1:0.9.7.8-0ubuntu1.4 OpenGL window and compositing manager - plugins ii compiz-plugins-default 1:0.9.7.8-0ubuntu1.4 OpenGL window and compositing manager - default plugins ii compiz-plugins-main 1:0.9.7.0~bzr19-0ubuntu10 Compiz plugins - main collection ii compiz-plugins-main-default 1:0.9.7.0~bzr19-0ubuntu10 Compiz plugins - main default collection ii compizconfig-backend-gconf 0.9.5.92-0ubuntu5 Compiz Fusion configuration system - gconf backend ii compizconfig-settings-manager 0.9.5.92-0ubuntu3 Compiz configuration settings manager ii libcompizconfig0 0.9.7.0~bzr428-0ubuntu6 Settings library for plugins - OpenCompositing Project ii unity-asset-pool 0.8.23-0ubuntu1 Unity Assets Pool ii unity-common 5.14.0-0ubuntu1 Common files for the Unity interface. ii unity-greeter 0.2.8-0ubuntu1.2 Unity Greeter ii unity-lens-applications 5.12.0-0ubuntu1 Application lens for unity ii unity-lens-files 5.10.0-0ubuntu1 File lens for unity ii unity-lens-music 5.12.0-0ubuntu2 Music lens for unity ii unity-lens-video 0.3.5-0ubuntu1.3 Unity Video lens ii unity-scope-video-remote 0.3.5-0ubuntu2.1 Remote videos engine ii unity-services 5.14.0-0ubuntu1 Services for the Unity interface ** Affects: compiz (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1042989 Title: X server hung with black screen after long inactivity To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+bug/1042989/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs