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From: Michael George <george@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] 2.6.23 and xorg delayed startup
Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2007 18:55:54
Message-Id: 20071228184753.GA6768@brego.pewamo.office
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] 2.6.23 and xorg delayed startup by Eric Martin
1 On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 10:18:55AM -0500, Eric Martin wrote:
2 > Michael George wrote:
3 > > I just upgraded my kernel from 2.6.19 to 2.6.23 and it takes almost a
4 > > minute for X to start now.
5 > >
6 > > I have changed window managers (normally ctwm, tested with twm) with the
7 > > same results. I rebooted the 2.6.19 kernel and X fires right up as
8 > > expected. Booting back to 2.6.23 and it's excruciatingly long.
9 > >
10 > > I saw some prior posts which indicated a network problem, but in that
11 > > case the OP said that the loopback interface wasn't up. I checked my
12 > > system (ifconfig) and both lo and eth0 are up and running.
13
14 > I see that you checked if it was up, but have you pinged 127.0.0.1?
15 > Also, could you possibly have firewall rules setup blocking things on
16 > lo? It's a shot in the dark but sometimes the oddest of problems have
17 > the simplest of solutions.
18
19 Yes, it's up. However, I think this error is a wild goose...
20
21 I rebooted to the 2.6.19 kernel and started X. It came right up, and
22 this was the output of "startx > startx.2.6.19 2>&1":
23
24 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
25 xauth: creating new authority file /home/george/.serverauth.6547
26
27
28 X Window System Version 1.3.0
29 Release Date: 19 April 2007
30 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 1.3
31 Build Operating System: UNKNOWN
32 Current Operating System: Linux brego 2.6.19-gentoo-r5 #5 SMP PREEMPT Thu Mar 8 19:16:48 EST 2007 x86_64
33 Build Date: 22 December 2007
34 Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
35 to make sure that you have the latest version.
36 Module Loader present
37 Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
38 (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
39 (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
40 (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Thu Dec 27 20:30:12 2007
41 (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
42 (II) Module already built-in
43 (II) Module already built-in
44 (II) Module already built-in
45 (II) Module already built-in
46 (II) Module already built-in
47 (EE) MGA(0): Static buffer allocation failed, not initializing the DRI
48 (EE) MGA(0): Need at least 15360 kB video memory at this resolution, bit depth
49 (EE) MGA(1): Not initializing the DRI on the second head
50 (EE) AIGLX: Screen 0 is not DRI capable
51 (EE) AIGLX: Screen 1 is not DRI capable
52 Couldn't establish a connection to :9202: IO::Socket::INET: Bad hostname ':9202'
53 access control disabled, clients can connect from any host
54 SetClientVersion: 0 9
55 ctwm: unable to find bitmap ""
56 ctwm: unable to find bitmap ""
57 ctwm: unable to find bitmap ""
58 X Error: BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)
59 Major Opcode: 4
60 fetchmail: background fetchmail at 6646 killed.
61 xscreensaver: 20:30:27: SIGHUP received: restarting...
62 xscreensaver: 20:30:27: running as george/george (500/500)
63
64
65
66 waiting for X server to shut down XIO: fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0"
67
68 after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.
69
70 Console: fatal IO error 32 (Broken pipe) or KillClient on X server ":0.0"
71
72 xterm: fatal IO error 32 (Broken pipe) or KillClient on X server ":0.0"
73
74 xterm: fatal IO error 32 (Broken pipe) or KillClient on X server ":0.0"
75
76 SchedTerm: fatal IO error 32 (Broken pipe) or KillClient on X server ":0.0"
77
78 SchedTerm: fatal IO error 32 (Broken pipe) or KillClient on X server ":0.0"
79
80 FreeFontPath: FPE "/usr/share/fonts/misc" refcount is 2, should be 1; fixing.
81
82
83
84 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
85
86 Notice the "9202" error line. I then rebooted back into 2.6.23 and
87 started X with "startx > startx.2.6.23 2>&1". It took 1-2min to for me to get
88 my window environment, and here is the output of that run:
89 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
90 xauth: creating new authority file /home/george/.serverauth.6950
91
92
93 X Window System Version 1.3.0
94 Release Date: 19 April 2007
95 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 1.3
96 Build Operating System: UNKNOWN
97 Current Operating System: Linux brego 2.6.23-gentoo-r3 #3 SMP PREEMPT Sun Dec 23 21:35:17 EST 2007 x86_64
98 Build Date: 22 December 2007
99 Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
100 to make sure that you have the latest version.
101 Module Loader present
102 Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
103 (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
104 (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
105 (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Thu Dec 27 20:32:51 2007
106 (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
107 (II) Module already built-in
108 (II) Module already built-in
109 (II) Module already built-in
110 (II) Module already built-in
111 (II) Module already built-in
112 (EE) MGA(0): Static buffer allocation failed, not initializing the DRI
113 (EE) MGA(0): Need at least 15360 kB video memory at this resolution, bit depth
114 (EE) MGA(1): Not initializing the DRI on the second head
115 (EE) AIGLX: Screen 0 is not DRI capable
116 (EE) AIGLX: Screen 1 is not DRI capable
117 Couldn't establish a connection to :9202: IO::Socket::INET: Bad hostname ':9202'
118 access control disabled, clients can connect from any host
119 SetClientVersion: 0 9
120 ctwm: unable to find bitmap ""
121 ctwm: unable to find bitmap ""
122 ctwm: unable to find bitmap ""
123 X Error: BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)
124 Major Opcode: 4
125 fetchmail: background fetchmail at 7049 killed.
126 xscreensaver: 20:34:42: SIGHUP received: restarting...
127 xscreensaver: 20:34:42: running as george/george (500/500)
128
129
130
131 waiting for X server to shut down xterm: fatal IO error 32 (Broken pipe) or KillClient on X server ":0.0"
132
133 Console: fatal IO error 32 (Broken pipe) or KillClient on X server ":0.0"
134
135 xterm: fatal IO error 32 (Broken pipe) or KillClient on X server ":0.0"
136
137 SchedTerm: fatal IO error 32 (Broken pipe) or KillClient on X server ":0.0"
138
139 SchedTerm: fatal IO error 32 (Broken pipe) or KillClient on X server ":0.0"
140
141 FreeFontPath: FPE "/usr/share/fonts/misc" refcount is 2, should be 1; fixing.
142 XIO: fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0"
143
144 after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.
145
146
147
148
149 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
150
151 Notice there is little difference between them. I think I need to trim
152 out my .xinitrc file and see if there is something I'm starting from
153 there that is causing the delay with a different kernel...
154
155 --
156 -M
157
158 There are 10 kinds of people in this world:
159 Those who can count in binary and those who cannot.
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Re: [gentoo-user] 2.6.23 and xorg delayed startup Michael George <george@××××××××××.com>