[Bug 566270] [NEW] strange colors and "older" desktop look-and-feel before complete crash

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Public bug reported:

A few days ago my system started crashing preceded by really strange behavior. First I see some strange colors in the upper half of the screen, than the mouse-pointer gets bigger (as if a blank line was insert after every line - one line of the pointer-shape, one blank, one of the pointer,...). After that my Desktop falls back to an "older" looking theme. Something like the first XFCE-Versions - no round edges, everything flat - pretty much what Linux looked 10 Years ago or so. Even some of the panel icons change (for example I'm using the "Action Button" icon to open the logout and shutdown dialog - usually it shows an open door, but than it shows a green man like the one on the emergency-exit signs). At that point the system reacts really slow to inputs (if at all) and a fem minutes later the screen goes black and I've to restart.
All this seems to happen completely at random. I didn't change any hardware or system configuration recently it just began.

ProblemType: KernelOops
Annotation: Your system might become unstable now and might need to be restarted.
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC1:  gedinixan   2950 F.... pulseaudio
                      gedinixan   2953 F.... xfce4-volumed
 /dev/snd/controlC0:  gedinixan   2950 F.... pulseaudio
                      gedinixan   2953 F.... xfce4-volumed
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'V8237'/'VIA 8237 with AD1980 at 0x1000, irq 22'
   Mixer name	: 'Analog Devices AD1980'
   Components	: 'AC97a:41445370'
   Controls      : 53
   Simple ctrls  : 35
Card1.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:1 'Audigy'/'SB Audigy 1 [SB0090] (rev.3, serial:0x511102) at 0xec00, irq 19'
   Mixer name	: 'TriTech TR28602'
   Components	: 'AC97a:54524123'
   Controls      : 194
   Simple ctrls  : 30
Date: Sun Apr 18 23:12:22 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
Failure: oops
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=b29e9222-3903-4866-a04a-747cbc8c443f
IwConfig:
 lo        no wireless extensions.
 
 eth0      no wireless extensions.
MachineType: To Be Filled By O.E.M. To Be Filled By O.E.M.
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: linux-image-2.6.31-21-generic 2.6.31-21.59
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-21-generic root=UUID=79c42e0b-ca13-4e62-9c84-f82a650879ad ro quiet splash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-21.59-generic
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-backports-modules-2.6.31-21-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.26
RfKill:
 
SourcePackage: linux
Tags: kernel-oops
Title: general protection fault: 0000 [#4] SMP
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-21-generic x86_64
dmi.bios.date: 11/30/2004
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 1009.004
dmi.board.name: K8V
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr1009.004:bd11/30/2004:svnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:rvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:rnK8V:rvrRev1.xx:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.product.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.sys.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.

** Affects: linux (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-kerneloops kernel-oops

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strange colors and "older" desktop look-and-feel before complete crash
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