reassign 220964 xserver-xfree86: multimon program crashes X server tag 220964 + moreinfo upstream thanks On Sun, Nov 16, 2003 at 01:43:37AM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote: > Package: xdm > Version: 4.2.1-12.1 > Severity: important > > I found a simple reproducible way to crash one's X session. Okay. You do realize that has nothing to do with xdm, right? If the X server crashes, then the X server should be the target of your bug report. > # apt-get install multimon #a vastly undocumented program > $ multimon > then click the button to close the window created. > [As what else does one do when there is no way to find out > how to use the program.] > Poof, even icewm is gone; one is back at the login prompt. > $ tail /var/log/xdm.log.1 > Sun Nov 16 01:27:42 2003 xdm error (pid 1011): can't execute "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xreset" (err 2) > Sun Nov 16 01:27:44 2003 xdm info (pid 548): starting X server on :0 This information is not useful in diagnosing what multimon did to crash the X server. Also, the error message you see is not fatal; see: <URL: http://bugs.debian.org/219311 >. For me to be able to do anything at all about this bug, I need the information described in the XF86Config(7) manual page. $ man 7 XF86Config -- G. Branden Robinson | No executive devotes much effort to Debian GNU/Linux | proving himself wrong. branden@debian.org | -- Laurence J. Peter http://people.debian.org/~branden/ |
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