Re: xorg crashing
On Sun, 6 May 2007, ljmoore@wightman.ca wrote:
> On Sun, 6 May 2007, ljmoore@wightman.ca wrote:
>
> > On Sun, May 06, 2007 at 11:50:16AM +1000, Finn Thain wrote:
> > >
> > > You could try,
> > >
> > > $ startx -- -dpms
> > >
> > This returned to bash with an error message.
> > enclosed find xorg.conf and the log
I've put up those files here (I assume attachments don't make it to the
list)...
http://www.telegraphics.com.au/~fthain/ljmoore/
-f
> Signal 11 is a segmentation fault. This is the same crash that showed up
> in your earlier mail, but in that log there was no mention of DPMS at all,
> which makes me think I'm barking up the wrong tree. I don't want to waste
> your time with more guesses, so I think you'd better ask the mailing list
> why xorg would crash and what to do about it. I can't be of much help
> until I set up etch and xorg myself, and I don't really want to attempt
> that while I still have driver bugs to fix...
>
> -f
>
> ----- End forwarded message -----
> OK, Thanks and I shall put this to the group ...
> Problem: xserver-xorg crashes
> from a user account startx yields:
> ... the usual preamble lines, the screen balnks. then there's an
> unblinking white underline cursor in the left upper corner;
> it disappears for a second, reappears as a light blue unblinking
> underline cursor. At which point, the display and keyboard
> are frozen ( procmail, exim4 and fetchmail continue to work;)
> after a variable interval either bash, display and keyboard return
> to life - or they never return (>8hrs wait) and I push the power key
> and return to macos8.
> Any ideas os what I should try?
> Thanks.
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