Re: [gentoo-user] Re: xdm doesn't restart on killed X

[Alan McKinnon]

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

Checking for broken libs is not going to fix a segfault.....

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