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i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Mon, 16 Jun 2014 07:11:00 +0000i3 crasheshttps://faq.i3wm.org/question/2273/i3-crashes/I'm running latest stable i3 (v4.5.1) on ubuntu 12.04.2 (i3 was installed from the repository debian.sur5r.net/i3/). Every 10 to 30 days at some seemingly random point i3 terminates unexpectedly, I get back to the login prompt of lightdm and as you can probably guess I feel _really_ sad. So: 1. Do you believe that a H/W problem could be causing this behaviour? I notice that all system services remain unaffected and I have no other glitches that could indicate any problem with my HW. However I guess that some problem with the VGA could crash X and leave the rest of the system intact -- or not? 1. Any ideas on how I could troubleshoot this problem? 1. What about the ubuntu stack that's bellow i3? Could I be hitting some ubuntu bug and not some i3 bug? 1. Is anybody else experiencing the same symptoms? I just hope that the time pattern of my free hours (a couple of hours free mostly only during weekends) and the time pattern of the bug's appearance (every 1 to 4 weeks) will not mean that any definitive progress will be made after some new version of i3 becomes available :( Thu, 25 Jul 2013 20:31:31 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2273/i3-crashes/Comment by ndemou for I'm running latest stable i3 (v4.5.1) on ubuntu 12.04.2 (i3 was installed from the repository debian.sur5r.net/i3/). Every 10 to 30 days at some seemingly random point i3 terminates unexpectedly, I get back to the login prompt of lightdm and as you can probably guess I feel really sad. So: <ol> <li>Do you believe that a H/W problem could be causing this behaviour? I notice that all system services remain unaffected and I have no other glitches that could indicate any problem with my HW. However I guess that some problem with the VGA could crash X and leave the rest of the system intact -- or not?</li> <li>Any ideas on how I could troubleshoot this problem? </li> <li>What about the ubuntu stack that's bellow i3? Could I be hitting some ubuntu bug and not some i3 bug? </li> <li>Is anybody else experiencing the same symptoms?</li> </ol> I just hope that the time pattern of my free hours (a couple of hours free mostly only during weekends) and the time pattern of the bug's appearance (every 1 to 4 weeks) will not mean that any definitive progress will be made after some new version of i3 becomes available :( https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2273/i3-crashes/?comment=2300#comment-2300Thanks Michael, I've enabled debug logging and I'm waiting for the next occurrence of the problem before filling a bug report. -- PS the reason: "not a real question" gives a bad first impression. I guess that something like "question not suitable for this FAQ" and a link would be better.Mon, 29 Jul 2013 09:33:02 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2273/i3-crashes/?comment=2300#comment-2300Comment by ndemou for I'm running latest stable i3 (v4.5.1) on ubuntu 12.04.2 (i3 was installed from the repository debian.sur5r.net/i3/). Every 10 to 30 days at some seemingly random point i3 terminates unexpectedly, I get back to the login prompt of lightdm and as you can probably guess I feel really sad. So: <ol> <li>Do you believe that a H/W problem could be causing this behaviour? I notice that all system services remain unaffected and I have no other glitches that could indicate any problem with my HW. However I guess that some problem with the VGA could crash X and leave the rest of the system intact -- or not?</li> <li>Any ideas on how I could troubleshoot this problem? </li> <li>What about the ubuntu stack that's bellow i3? Could I be hitting some ubuntu bug and not some i3 bug? </li> <li>Is anybody else experiencing the same symptoms?</li> </ol> I just hope that the time pattern of my free hours (a couple of hours free mostly only during weekends) and the time pattern of the bug's appearance (every 1 to 4 weeks) will not mean that any definitive progress will be made after some new version of i3 becomes available :( https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2273/i3-crashes/?comment=3998#comment-3998It may worth noticing that it's been many months since the last time I've had a crash. A happy user of i3 :-)Mon, 16 Jun 2014 07:11:00 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2273/i3-crashes/?comment=3998#comment-3998Comment by Michael for I'm running latest stable i3 (v4.5.1) on ubuntu 12.04.2 (i3 was installed from the repository debian.sur5r.net/i3/). Every 10 to 30 days at some seemingly random point i3 terminates unexpectedly, I get back to the login prompt of lightdm and as you can probably guess I feel really sad. So: <ol> <li>Do you believe that a H/W problem could be causing this behaviour? I notice that all system services remain unaffected and I have no other glitches that could indicate any problem with my HW. However I guess that some problem with the VGA could crash X and leave the rest of the system intact -- or not?</li> <li>Any ideas on how I could troubleshoot this problem? </li> <li>What about the ubuntu stack that's bellow i3? Could I be hitting some ubuntu bug and not some i3 bug? </li> <li>Is anybody else experiencing the same symptoms?</li> </ol> I just hope that the time pattern of my free hours (a couple of hours free mostly only during weekends) and the time pattern of the bug's appearance (every 1 to 4 weeks) will not mean that any definitive progress will be made after some new version of i3 becomes available :( https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2273/i3-crashes/?comment=2280#comment-2280This is not a proper question for the FAQ. Please report a bug at http://bugs.i3wm.org and make sure to enable debug logging, see http://i3wm.org/docs/debugging.htmlSat, 27 Jul 2013 15:31:19 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2273/i3-crashes/?comment=2280#comment-2280