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On Thursday 12 November 2009 18:29:31 doki_pen@××××××××.org wrote: |
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> In gmane.linux.gentoo.user, you wrote: |
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> > On Thursday 12 November 2009 16:05:38 doki_pen@××××××××.org wrote: |
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> >> In gmane.linux.gentoo.user, you wrote: |
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> >> > On Wednesday 11 November 2009 19:02:26 doki_pen@××××××××.org wrote: |
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> >> >> In gmane.linux.gentoo.user, you wrote: |
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> >> >> > On Wednesday 11 November 2009 16:17:45 doki_pen@××××××××.org wrote: |
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> >> >> >> In gmane.linux.gentoo.user, you wrote: |
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> >> >> >> > On Tuesday 10 November 2009 17:54:48 Doki Pen wrote: |
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> >> >> >> >> I've recently switched from gdm to xdm in an effort to reduce |
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> >> >> >> >> my distro size. The only problem I've run into is that when I |
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> >> >> >> >> kill my X session, xdm doesn't restart automatically. I have |
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> >> >> >> >> to switch to a vtty and type exec sudo /etc/init.d/xdm restart. |
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> >> >> >> >> I've read the man pages and googled but can't come up with a |
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> >> >> >> >> solution. Does anyone know if there is a way to fix this |
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> >> >> >> >> issue? |
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> >> >> >> > When X exists, is xdm still running or has it died too? |
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> >> >> >> > |
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> >> >> >> > You can tell when restarting xdm if it gives errors about xdm |
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> >> >> >> > not running when the "stop" phase of "restart"" is run |
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> >> >> >> xdm is not running after I kill my xsession. It is running after |
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> >> >> >> I log in. I tested using ps -Af | grep -i xdm. |
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> >> >> > Ok, so I reckon the init script dies because xdm dies when X |
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> >> >> > exists. |
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> >> >> > is there anything relevant in your messages log file, Xorg.0.log, |
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> >> >> > ~/.xsession- errors and similar logs? |
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> >> >> From /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old: |
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> >> >> Backtrace: |
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> >> >> 0: /usr/bin/X(xorg_backtrace+0x38) [0x812a180] |
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> >> >> |
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> >> >> Fatal server error: |
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> >> >> Caught signal 11. Server aborting |
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> >> > That's a segfault so there's a serious bug. It's likely in X itself. |
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> >> > Did you recently upgrade X and at the same time rebuild all it's app |
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> >> > and all drivers - without exception? |
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> >> This has happened since I have switched to xdm. I've run revdep-rebuild |
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> >> and lafilefixer since my last X upgrade. Is there any other way to |
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> >> check for broken libs? |
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> > Checking for broken libs is not going to fix a segfault..... |
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> So what should I do? upgrade X? upgrade xdm? |
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Downgrade xdm methinks |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |