Public bug reported: 1) The release of Ubuntu you are using, via 'lsb_release -rd' or System -> About Ubuntu
$ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 13.04 Release: 13.04 Kubuntu, actually. 2) The version of the package you are using, via 'apt-cache policy pkgname' or by checking in Software Center $ apt-cache policy xserver-xorg-video-r128 xserver-xorg-video-r128: Installed: 6.9.1-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 6.9.1-0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 6.9.1-0ubuntu1 0 500 http://ubuntu.osuosl.org/ubuntu/ raring/main i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 3) What you expected to happen Normal operation 4) What happened instead X/KDE crashes and restarts at the first key entered. >From kdm.log: (EE) (EE) Backtrace: (EE) 0: /usr/bin/X (xorg_backtrace+0x49) [0xb771ef49] (EE) 1: /usr/bin/X (0xb7571000+0x1b1e86) [0xb7722e86] (EE) 2: (vdso) (__kernel_rt_sigreturn+0x0) [0xb754e40c] (EE) 3: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/r128_drv.so (0xb6f69000+0x47a8) [0xb6f6d7a8] (EE) 4: /usr/bin/X (0xb7571000+0xcb3d8) [0xb763c3d8] (EE) 5: /usr/bin/X (0xb7571000+0xc9c36) [0xb763ac36] (EE) 6: /usr/bin/X (miPointerUpdateSprite+0x2aa) [0xb7708c3a] (EE) 7: /usr/bin/X (0xb7571000+0x197eca) [0xb7708eca] (EE) 8: /usr/bin/X (0xb7571000+0xd8fdb) [0xb7649fdb] (EE) 9: /usr/bin/X (0xb7571000+0x129a06) [0xb769aa06] (EE) 10: /usr/bin/X (0xb7571000+0x46efb) [0xb75b7efb] (EE) 11: /usr/bin/X (WindowHasNewCursor+0x3b) [0xb75b92eb] (EE) 12: /usr/bin/X (ChangeWindowAttributes+0xb4c) [0xb75e0bbc] (EE) 13: /usr/bin/X (0xb7571000+0x37937) [0xb75a8937] (EE) 14: /usr/bin/X (0xb7571000+0x3e035) [0xb75af035] (EE) 15: /usr/bin/X (0xb7571000+0x2b525) [0xb759c525] (EE) 16: /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (__libc_start_main+0xf5) [0xb7153935] (EE) 17: /usr/bin/X (0xb7571000+0x2b8f9) [0xb759c8f9] (EE) (EE) Segmentation fault at address 0xb6dba000 Fatal server error: Caught signal 11 (Segmentation fault). Server aborting (EE) Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support at http://wiki.x.org for help. (EE) Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information. (EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file. Also, in /var/log/kern.log at each crash (host name obfuscated for privacy): Jun 8 03:26:02 <host name> kernel: [ 830.834491] mtrr: no MTRR for e8000000,1000000 found This is reproducible at will (log onto my KDE desktop, open the K menu, put the focus in the application "Search" box and hit a key. Konsole also crashes X. The GUI is completely unusable. The odd part is that Firefox accepts key strokes in the navigation bar just fine. Possible that this is not an r128 driver bug? Please advise what else I can provide. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: xserver-xorg-video-r128 6.9.1-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-23.34-generic 3.8.11 Uname: Linux 3.8.0-23-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.1 Architecture: i386 Date: Fri Jun 7 21:38:53 2013 MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-video-r128 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-04-28 (40 days ago) ** Affects: xserver-xorg-video-r128 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 raring -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1188894 Title: Hitting any key in Kubuntu K menu search box crashes X To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-r128/+bug/1188894/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs