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On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 3:04 PM, Willie <matthews.willie@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 11:46 AM, Paul Hartman |
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> <paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 11:20 AM, Willie <matthews.willie@×××××.com> |
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>> wrote: |
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>> > Hi All, |
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>> > |
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>> > I have been running a gentoo box for quite some time without a desktop |
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>> > manager. Did a lot of upgrading in between time also. The problem I am |
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>> > having is when I login I can't open any Windows. The only one that has |
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>> > open |
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>> > without crashing the entire computer that I know of is VLC. |
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>> > |
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>> > Any help is greatly appreciated. |
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>> Be sure to "emerge --oneshot @x11-module-rebuild" after upgrading xorg |
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>> stuff. Drivers might be out of sync and maybe that's causing your |
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>> pain. |
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>> |
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>> Try to delete/rename your /etc/X11/xorg.conf and see if that makes a |
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>> difference. Modern Xorg can start a basic environment without it. |
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>> |
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>> Try to run "startx" as a user instead of using xdm and see if you get |
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>> any better errors/logs. |
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>> If you have another computer/device SSH into your problematic computer |
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>> before starting X so you can see if it's still alive, just |
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>> unresponsive at the local terminal. Maybe then you can see logs and |
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>> stuff. |
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>> |
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>> revdep-rebuild just to ensure everything is consistent on your system. |
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> I rebuild all of my x11-drivers it rebuild the nvidia driver along with a |
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> couple of others. |
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> I used startx and got the errors below. I have a feeling it has something to |
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> do with my nVidia card (Geforce 8400GS) |
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> SSH is not active anymore. It is also the computer that shares the internet |
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> and no one can access the internet either. |
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> Okay now I think we are getting somewhere. Didn't think to leave XDM out but |
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> I did do it. It still froze but I got some useful information soon as it did |
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> freeze. This is from /var/log/messages |
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> Jun 22 11:52:52 beast kernel: NVRM: Xid (0000:02:00): 6, PE0001 |
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> Jun 22 11:52:54 beast kernel: NVRM: os_schedule: Attempted to yield the CPU |
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> while in atomic or interrupt context |
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> Jun 22 11:52:54 beast kernel: NVRM: Xid (0000:02:00): 3, C 00000002 SC |
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> 00000003 M 00000100 Data 00000000 |
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> Jun 22 11:53:03 beast kernel: NVRM: os_schedule: Attempted to yield the CPU |
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> while in atomic or interrupt context |
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> Jun 22 11:53:05 beast kernel: NVRM: os_schedule: Attempted to yield the CPU |
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> while in atomic or interrupt context |
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> Jun 22 11:53:08 beast kernel: NVRM: os_schedule: Attempted to yield the CPU |
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> while in atomic or interrupt context |
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> That was printed as soon as XFCE froze. |
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What do you have for VIDEO_CARDS in /etc/make.conf? |
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