More info: when freezes happen, I can move the mouse, but no window responds; also, switching to a text console works once (it takes about 15-20s to do it).
I was able to run dmesg this time, and it ends with the attached backtrace; Xorg.0.log says nothing, X thinks everything's fine; it even logs I'm switching to a text console: [183594.768] (II) AIGLX: Suspending AIGLX clients for VT switch Attempting to get back to X (Alt-F7) or to restart lightdm results in an unusable computer (this time ctrl-alt-Fx no longer works, I have to alt- sysrq-{s,u,b}); Xorg.0.log.old (the log after "restart lightdm" leaves me with an unusable machine) ends with this: [183854.910] (II) GLX: Initialized DRI2 GL provider for screen 0 [183854.912] (II) intel(0): switch to mode 1920x1080@60.0 on eDP1 using pipe 0, position (0, 0), rotation normal, reflection none ** Attachment added: "backtrace from dmesg" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1402401/+attachment/4331283/+files/backtrace.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1402401 Title: Xorg freeze when switching to text console and back To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1402401/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs