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Why does Ubuntu 12.04 randomly reboot in unity and gnome, but not in xfce?

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Currently running 12.04 LTS and I find that on a fresh install the system reboots when using Unity or Gnome, but runs stable when using Xfce.

This piqued my interest as to why this would be? How does Xfce differ from the other two? Specifically, how does it differ with regard to the graphics drivers? Logically, the drivers should be completely independent from the DE, but most sources seem to indicate that the culprit is the gfx drivers. So the question becomes two-fold:

How does one go about diagnosing a problem like random restarts?

Why would it not crash under Xfce, but under Gnome and Unity?

System Info:

Release 12.04 (precise) 32-bit

Kernel Linux 3.5.0-23-generic

GNOME3.4.2

Xfce4.8

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answered 2 Years ago feeous · Accepted Answer

Replaced the motherboard - issue resolved. I suspected it might have something to do with the interaction of the motherboard with the graphics card, but i couldn't understand why the issue would pop up under Gnome and Unity, but not Xfce. It might have something to do with the drivers or perhaps the strain on the system. Either way, replacing the motherboard completely resolved the issue.