Public bug reported: Xubuntu 12.10 64 bit edition reported an error.
It did not tell me what had crashed. When I clicked the button that allows me to report the error, i got this error message a moment later: An error occurred while attempting to process this problem report: unpack requires a bytes object of length 4 I have found several other bugs listed here with similar events, but none of which are exactly the same. Xubuntu did not tell me anything crashed, while the others I list below mention a specific problem: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+bug/1079034 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xemacs21/+bug/1069209 Here is my report via lshw: denny-presario-cq57-notebook-pc description: Notebook product: Presario CQ57 Notebook PC (LW437UA#ABA) vendor: Hewlett-Packard version: 058C100003204910002620100 serial: 4CZ1151TTC width: 64 bits capabilities: smbios-2.7 dmi-2.7 vsyscall32 configuration: boot=normal chassis=notebook family=103C_5335KV G=N L=CON B=CO S=PRE sku=LW437UA#ABA uuid=88F3E344-86A0-D02C-593D-154412818998 *-core description: Motherboard product: 3577 vendor: Hewlett-Packard physical id: 0 version: 24.12 serial: PCEMFA37V0K5SG slot: Base Board Chassis Location *-firmware description: BIOS vendor: Hewlett-Packard physical id: 0 version: F.02 date: 03/14/2011 size: 1MiB capacity: 1984KiB capabilities: pci upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect socketedrom edd int13floppynec int13floppytoshiba int13floppy360 int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int9keyboard int10video acpi usb *-memory description: System Memory physical id: 1e slot: System board or motherboard size: 2GiB capacity: 2GiB *-bank:0 description: SODIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1066 MHz (0.9 ns) product: 4JSF12864HZ-1G4D1 vendor: Micron Technology physical id: 0 serial: 32319648 slot: DIMM0 size: 1GiB width: 16 bits clock: 1066MHz (0.9ns) *-bank:1 description: SODIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1066 MHz (0.9 ns) product: 4JSF12864HZ-1G4D1 vendor: Micron Technology physical id: 1 serial: 32319643 slot: DIMM1 size: 1GiB width: 16 bits clock: 1066MHz (0.9ns) *-cpu description: CPU product: AMD C-50 Processor vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] physical id: 27 bus info: cpu@0 version: AMD C-50 Processor serial: NotSupport slot: Socket FT1 size: 800MHz capacity: 1GHz width: 64 bits clock: 100MHz capabilities: x86-64 fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp constant_tsc rep_good nopl nonstop_tsc extd_apicid aperfmperf pni monitor ssse3 cx16 popcnt lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch ibs skinit wdt arat hw_pstate npt lbrv svm_lock nrip_save pausefilter cpufreq configuration: cores=2 enabledcores=2 threads=2 *-cache:0 description: L1 cache physical id: 28 slot: L1 Cache size: 128KiB capacity: 128KiB clock: 1GHz (1.0ns) capabilities: pipeline-burst internal write-back unified *-cache:1 description: L2 cache physical id: 29 slot: L2 Cache size: 1MiB capacity: 1MiB clock: 1GHz (1.0ns) capabilities: pipeline-burst internal write-back unified *-pci:0 description: Host bridge product: Family 14h Processor Root Complex vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] physical id: 100 bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz configuration: latency=32 *-display description: VGA compatible controller product: Wrestler [Radeon HD 6250] vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI physical id: 1 bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm pciexpress msi vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom configuration: driver=fglrx_pci latency=0 resources: irq:44 memory:80000000-8fffffff ioport:5000(size=256) memory:90400000-9043ffff *-storage description: SATA controller product: SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 SATA Controller [AHCI mode] vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI physical id: 11 bus info: pci@0000:00:11.0 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: storage ahci_1.0 bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=ahci latency=64 resources: irq:19 ioport:5118(size=8) ioport:5124(size=4) ioport:5110(size=8) ioport:5120(size=4) ioport:5100(size=16) memory:90449000-904493ff *-usb:0 description: USB controller product: SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI physical id: 12 bus info: pci@0000:00:12.0 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: ohci bus_master configuration: driver=ohci_hcd latency=32 resources: irq:18 memory:90448000-90448fff *-usb:1 description: USB controller product: SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI physical id: 12.2 bus info: pci@0000:00:12.2 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=32 resources: irq:17 memory:90447000-904470ff *-serial description: SMBus product: SBx00 SMBus Controller vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI physical id: 14 bus info: pci@0000:00:14.0 version: 42 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz configuration: driver=piix4_smbus latency=0 resources: irq:0 *-multimedia description: Audio device product: SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI physical id: 14.2 bus info: pci@0000:00:14.2 version: 40 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=32 resources: irq:16 memory:90440000-90443fff *-isa description: ISA bridge product: SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 LPC host controller vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI physical id: 14.3 bus info: pci@0000:00:14.3 version: 40 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: isa bus_master configuration: latency=0 *-pci:0 description: PCI bridge product: SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI physical id: 14.4 bus info: pci@0000:00:14.4 version: 40 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: pci subtractive_decode bus_master *-usb:2 description: USB controller product: SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI2 Controller vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI physical id: 14.5 bus info: pci@0000:00:14.5 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: ohci bus_master configuration: driver=ohci_hcd latency=32 resources: irq:18 memory:90446000-90446fff *-pci:1 description: PCI bridge product: SB700/SB800/SB900 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 0) vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI physical id: 15 bus info: pci@0000:00:15.0 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pci pm pciexpress msi ht normal_decode bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=pcieport resources: irq:40 ioport:4000(size=4096) memory:90300000-903fffff ioport:90000000(size=1048576) *-generic:0 description: Unassigned class product: RTS5209 PCI Express Card Reader vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0 logical name: scsi2 version: 01 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list emulated scsi-host configuration: driver=rts_pstor latency=0 resources: irq:16 memory:90301000-90301fff *-disk description: SCSI Disk product: xD/SD/M.S. vendor: Generic- physical id: 0.0.0 bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0 logical name: /dev/sdb version: 1.00 serial: 3 capabilities: removable configuration: sectorsize=512 *-medium physical id: 0 logical name: /dev/sdb *-generic:1 description: SD Host controller product: RTS5209 PCI Express Card Reader vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. physical id: 0.1 bus info: pci@0000:02:00.1 version: 01 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=sdhci-pci latency=0 resources: irq:17 memory:90300000-903000ff *-pci:2 description: PCI bridge product: SB700/SB800/SB900 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 1) vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI physical id: 15.1 bus info: pci@0000:00:15.1 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pci pm pciexpress msi ht normal_decode bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=pcieport resources: irq:41 ioport:3000(size=4096) ioport:90100000(size=1048576) *-network description: Ethernet interface product: RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:06:00.0 logical name: eth0 version: 05 serial: 2c:27:d7:09:17:b9 size: 10Mbit/s capacity: 100Mbit/s width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=half firmware=rtl_nic/rtl8105e-1.fw latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=MII speed=10Mbit/s resources: irq:43 ioport:3000(size=256) memory:90104000-90104fff memory:90100000-90103fff *-pci:3 description: PCI bridge product: SB900 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 3) vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI physical id: 15.3 bus info: pci@0000:00:15.3 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pci pm pciexpress msi ht normal_decode bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=pcieport resources: irq:42 ioport:2000(size=4096) memory:90200000-902fffff *-network description: Wireless interface product: RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:07:00.0 logical name: wlan0 version: 01 serial: 68:a3:c4:75:0c:53 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rtl8192ce driverversion=3.5.0-22-generic firmware=N/A ip=192.168.0.9 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn resources: irq:19 ioport:2000(size=256) memory:90200000-90203fff *-usb:3 description: USB controller product: SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI physical id: 16 bus info: pci@0000:00:16.0 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: ohci bus_master configuration: driver=ohci_hcd latency=32 resources: irq:18 memory:90445000-90445fff *-usb:4 description: USB controller product: SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI physical id: 16.2 bus info: pci@0000:00:16.2 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=32 resources: irq:17 memory:90444000-904440ff *-pci:1 description: Host bridge product: Family 12h/14h Processor Function 0 vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] physical id: 101 bus info: pci@0000:00:18.0 version: 43 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz *-pci:2 description: Host bridge product: Family 12h/14h Processor Function 1 vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] physical id: 102 bus info: pci@0000:00:18.1 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz *-pci:3 description: Host bridge product: Family 12h/14h Processor Function 2 vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] physical id: 103 bus info: pci@0000:00:18.2 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz *-pci:4 description: Host bridge product: Family 12h/14h Processor Function 3 vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] physical id: 104 bus info: pci@0000:00:18.3 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz configuration: driver=k10temp resources: irq:0 *-pci:5 description: Host bridge product: Family 12h/14h Processor Function 4 vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] physical id: 105 bus info: pci@0000:00:18.4 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz *-pci:6 description: Host bridge product: Family 12h/14h Processor Function 6 vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] physical id: 106 bus info: pci@0000:00:18.5 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz *-pci:7 description: Host bridge product: Family 12h/14h Processor Function 5 vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] physical id: 107 bus info: pci@0000:00:18.6 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz *-pci:8 description: Host bridge product: Family 12h/14h Processor Function 7 vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] physical id: 108 bus info: pci@0000:00:18.7 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz *-scsi:0 physical id: 1 logical name: scsi0 capabilities: emulated *-disk description: ATA Disk product: ST9250315AS vendor: Seagate physical id: 0.0.0 bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0 logical name: /dev/sda version: 0005 serial: 6VCR7YRK size: 232GiB (250GB) capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos configuration: ansiversion=5 sectorsize=512 signature=000a2817 *-volume:0 description: EXT4 volume vendor: Linux physical id: 1 bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,1 logical name: /dev/sda1 logical name: / version: 1.0 serial: 5bdf217f-79fd-4cdd-af53-9a2ea31d06ac size: 231GiB capacity: 231GiB capabilities: primary bootable journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink recover extents ext4 ext2 initialized configuration: created=2013-01-19 13:50:34 filesystem=ext4 lastmountpoint=/ modified=2013-01-23 07:45:17 mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered mounted=2013-01-23 07:45:17 state=mounted *-volume:1 description: Extended partition physical id: 2 bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,2 logical name: /dev/sda2 size: 1641MiB capacity: 1641MiB capabilities: primary extended partitioned partitioned:extended *-logicalvolume description: Linux swap / Solaris partition physical id: 5 logical name: /dev/sda5 capacity: 1641MiB capabilities: nofs *-scsi:1 physical id: 2 logical name: scsi1 capabilities: emulated *-cdrom description: DVD-RAM writer product: CDDVDW TS-L633R vendor: hp physical id: 0.0.0 bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0 logical name: /dev/cdrom logical name: /dev/cdrw logical name: /dev/dvd logical name: /dev/dvdrw logical name: /dev/sr0 version: 0300 capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc *-battery description: Lithium Ion Battery product: MU06047 vendor: 13DP-SDI44 physical id: 1 slot: Primary capacity: 47000mWh configuration: voltage=10.8V ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-22.34-generic 3.5.7.2 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-22-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu9 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Jan 23 09:03:56 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-01-19 (3 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.1) MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: xorg Symptom: display UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: xorg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug quantal -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1103497 Title: Strange error while attempting to report an error To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1103497/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
