Re: how to force libxcb version below 1.4 when re-installing X (was: [gentoo-user] my xorg-server 1.6 seems a bit unstable - what am I doing wrong?)
On 14 Oct, Denis wrote: . proprietary software I am currently running. I would much rather upgrade Mathematica, but that is not an option for me at this time. Thankfully, I was able to remove X and reinstall it based on the previous versions of the libraries I don't yet know whether this resolved my Mathematica issue - I will test tomorrow. But I will investigate the install script for Mathematica and see what it does. Ask the vendor of Mathematica for support. If they're not willing/able to help you, consider switching to Maple. It runs just fine on a bleeding edge Gentoo system. Helmut. -- Helmut Jarausch Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik RWTH - Aachen University D 52056 Aachen, Germany
Re: [gentoo-user] my xorg-server 1.6 seems a bit unstable - what am I doing wrong?
I've been having some issues myself (mythtv manages to mess up my screen
royally, I need to switch to a text virtual console and back to X to
make the screen legible after viewing a TV-recording in myth). I just
noticed that the version of the headers for xcb do not match the version
on libxcb itself. Could this be the cause of my (and Daves) problems? I
have libxcb 1.4, but headers version 1.5, no 1.4 available for the
headers. (running a new sync of my portage tree now, just in case I've
missed something)
Viz:
1:medisin ~ # eix xcb
[I] x11-libs/libxcb
Available versions: 1.0 1.1 ~1.1.90.1 1.4-r1 {debug doc selinux}
Installed versions: 1.4-r1(22:28:37 10/11/09)(-debug -doc -selinux)
Homepage:http://xcb.freedesktop.org/
Description: X C-language Bindings library
[I] x11-libs/xcb-util
Available versions: 0.3.3 ~0.3.4 ~0.3.5 0.3.6 {debug test}
Installed versions: 0.3.6(18:11:17 10/08/09)(-debug -test)
Homepage:http://xcb.freedesktop.org/
Description: X C-language Bindings sample implementations
* x11-misc/xcb
Available versions: 2.4 {motif}
Homepage:http://www.goof.com/pcg/marc/xcb.html
Description: Marc Lehmann's improved X Cut Buffers
[I] x11-proto/xcb-proto
Available versions: 1.0 1.1 ~1.2 1.5
Installed versions: 1.5(05:16:09 10/06/09)
Homepage:http://xcb.freedesktop.org/
Description: X C-language Bindings protocol headers
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how to force libxcb version below 1.4 when re-installing X (was: [gentoo-user] my xorg-server 1.6 seems a bit unstable - what am I doing wrong?)
I cleared everything X related from my box, and it is still alive and well :-) Now, as I was explaining in my previous thread, I would like to re-install X and all related apps, but forcing the older libxcb version. After I upgraded to libxcb 1.4 a few days ago, my X was unstable and kept crashing while scrolling in Mathematica, so I wanted to clear everything X out, start from scratch, and revert to my original X configuration. Here is the new problem. In my package.mask, I specify: =x11-libs/libxcb-1.4 =x11-base/xorg-server-1.6 =x11-base/xorg-x11-7.4 My USE is now: alsa ao bash-completion bzip2 cdda cddb cdparanoia cdr cpudetection ieee1394 lame ldap libwww mad mmx mmxext mp3 openal oss ppds rtc smp spell sse sse2 tta usb wavpack winbind xml -dri -isdnlog -pppd So, I put in the X USE flag and attempt emerge -NDavu xorg-x11 and get !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy =x11-libs/libxcb-1.2 have been masked. !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request: - x11-libs/libxcb-1.4-r1 (masked by: package.mask) (dependency required by x11-libs/libX11-1.2.2 [ebuild]) (dependency required by x11-libs/libXext-1.0.5 [ebuild]) (dependency required by x11-libs/libXv-1.0.4 [ebuild]) (dependency required by x11-base/xorg-x11-7.2 [ebuild]) (dependency required by xorg-x11 [argument]) What gives? Am I doing something stupid (well, aside from trying to downgrade...), or is there a way for me to fix this by some keywording trickery or something to that effect? Help, please :-)
Re: how to force libxcb version below 1.4 when re-installing X (was: [gentoo-user] my xorg-server 1.6 seems a bit unstable - what am I doing wrong?)
Sorry, I don't tinker around with gentoo much, mostly just user :-) I got around this block so far: also masked =x11-libs/libXext-1.0.5, =x11-libs/libX11-1.2, in addition to libxcb 1.4. Reading ebuilds really helps! ha.
Re: how to force libxcb version below 1.4 when re-installing X (was: [gentoo-user] my xorg-server 1.6 seems a bit unstable - what am I doing wrong?)
I got around this block so far: also masked =x11-libs/libXext-1.0.5, =x11-libs/libX11-1.2, in addition to libxcb 1.4. Now I run into a bit of a problem: libX11-1.1.5 fails when compiled :-( I attached a build.log for this package... Can anyone tell me if this is fixable? Maybe some other package needs to be downgraded? The only reason why I am using 1.1.5 version is because libX11-1.2.* requires libxcb-1.2 and greater and I only have 1.1.90 as the highest before 1.4 (can I tweak the ebuild for libX11-1.2 and put xcb 1.1.90 instead of 1.2 limitation?)... I would try libX11-1.1.4, but xorg-server-1.5.3 requires 1.1.5 and above... maybe I could tweak this ebuild to accept 1.1.4 and see if that compiles? Any constructive thoughts appreciated! :-)
Re: how to force libxcb version below 1.4 when re-installing X (was: [gentoo-user] my xorg-server 1.6 seems a bit unstable - what am I doing wrong?)
On Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:36:18 -0400 Denis denis@gmail.com wrote: Of course, I forget to attach the file to embarrass myself to the end... Great. :-P Oh, it's not over yet! Here it is! make[1]: *** [ks_tables.h] Error 136 Any constructive thoughts appreciated! :-) Heh. Let me google that *exact error string* for you, by way of illustration... OK, so someone using Gentoo sez: Ultimately, you need to check the version of xproto that you have installed. By masking 7.0.15 and re-emerging 7.0.14, I was able to resume the emerge without any remaining libX11 errors. From: http://blog.olebox.com/tag/linux/ Cheers (and good luck), -- Michael Higgins
Re: how to force libxcb version below 1.4 when re-installing X (was: [gentoo-user] my xorg-server 1.6 seems a bit unstable - what am I doing wrong?)
=== On Tue, 10/13, Denis wrote: === Any constructive thoughts appreciated! :-) === It sounds to me like you are worming your way into a deeper hole. Just FYI, I went through the libxcb upgrade procedure, am running the libxcb 1.4 and latest X server, etc. and everything is working just fine. On three different machines. The close-source binaries like Mathematica are usually the problem. They almost always lag behind the current open-source offering and only support older, stable versions of libraries. So if you really want to run that I would recommend that you stick with stable arch and re-compile and/or re-install your base system. You have /home on a separate partition, right? Another possibility is that these packages usually ship with a set of libraries that the pre-load using a launcher shell script. Does it install any copies of system libraries? An alternative, albeit a heavyweight one, is to look at Mathematica's supported OS/distro list and run a virtual machine with one of those in it. You can use gentoo as your host OS. -- Keith Dart -- -- Keith Dart ke...@dartworks.biz ===
Re: how to force libxcb version below 1.4 when re-installing X (was: [gentoo-user] my xorg-server 1.6 seems a bit unstable - what am I doing wrong?)
Michael Higgins li...@evolone.org wrote: Heh. Let me google that *exact error string* for you, by way of illustration... Thanks, Michael - I generally turn to google first. It's been a tough day, and I appreciate you pointing this out to me. I ran into another snag, this time with x11-libs/libXext-1.0.4 - it would not compile with x11-proto/xextproto-7.0.5. But downgrading to x11-proto/xextproto-7.0.4 fixed that! When I saw that one fail, I thought to myself this is gonna be a long night... ha. But happily, everything compiled in the end, and xorg-x11 is now installed. I will see the state of things tomorrow when I get into the office. Keith Dart ke...@dartworks.biz wrote: The close-source binaries like Mathematica are usually the problem. They almost always lag behind the current open-source offering and only support older, stable versions of libraries. So if you really want to run that I would recommend that you stick with stable arch and re-compile and/or re-install your base system. You have /home on a separate partition, right? Keith - thanks for the thoughts. As I reiterated before, I am not arguing that Mathematica isn't the source of the problem. Other than Mathematica crashing X, I had no other problems with X since the upgrade to libxcb-1.4 and xorg-server-1.6. So my action to downgrade and revert to the previous configuration shouldn't be taken to mean that the upgrade was crappy - it just doesn't seem to agree with the proprietary software I am currently running. I would much rather upgrade Mathematica, but that is not an option for me at this time. Thankfully, I was able to remove X and reinstall it based on the previous versions of the libraries I don't yet know whether this resolved my Mathematica issue - I will test tomorrow. But I will investigate the install script for Mathematica and see what it does. Denis
Re: [gentoo-user] my xorg-server 1.6 seems a bit unstable - what am I doing wrong?
Denis wrote: He may also want to ask the question Do I *really* need acroread? and get the full complete answer. In my experience very few people actually need all the features in acroread, and okular|evince are quite adequate I am flexible on acroread, but acroread doesn't crash X - just gets a little backed up. I am OK with that. But X crashing from my use of Mathematica is absolutely unacceptable - this is what I need for my work. Before I upgraded to xorg-1.6 and libxcb-1.4, this *never* happened, not once, *in several years*, under extensive use, and I have been using the same Mathematica version all this time, 5.2. So if downgrading X and libxcb is what I have to do to restore reliable operation of my machine with Mathematica, then this is what I am doing next. Let me ask this next: is the downgrade of libxcb and xorg-server possible? I have downgraded xorg-server before and it is not to bad. Just mask the current version and do a emerge -uvDNa world. You may have to mask a couple more packages but the error will tell you which ones they are. I was able to just mask the one tho. If you are using hal, you may have to reemerge the mouse and keyboard drivers. I find them using this: equery list xf86-input That should list the drivers that need to be reemerged. I have three. Dale :-) :-)
Re: [gentoo-user] my xorg-server 1.6 seems a bit unstable - what am I doing wrong?
On Fri, 9 Oct 2009 17:08:41 -0400, Denis denis@gmail.com wrote: nvidia drivers load into the kernel. Driver-kernel interaction can cause a lot of problems. Alright, I am now running 2.6.30-gentoo-r6 kernel, but I still have the same issue. I think it's a scroll-bar that triggers it. If I drag a scrollbar down with my mouse and then run it back up, there is a delayed response (especially in Acrobat Reader), and when I do that in Mathematica 5.2, that simply crashes X. Now I am kind of regretting that I upgraded to xorg-server-1.6... I was very happy with 1.5 and before. Sigh. May this be a library issue? Gtk? I received some kind of an error from Gtk, if I recall, while using acroread, but acroread did not crash... Acroread has always been particularly unstable. I know nothing about the Linux version of Mathematica. You can always try revdep-rebuild. -- Jesús Guerrero
Re: [gentoo-user] my xorg-server 1.6 seems a bit unstable - what am I doing wrong?
On Sunday 11 October 2009 19:36:24 Jesús Guerrero wrote: On Fri, 9 Oct 2009 17:08:41 -0400, Denis denis@gmail.com wrote: nvidia drivers load into the kernel. Driver-kernel interaction can cause a lot of problems. Alright, I am now running 2.6.30-gentoo-r6 kernel, but I still have the same issue. I think it's a scroll-bar that triggers it. If I drag a scrollbar down with my mouse and then run it back up, there is a delayed response (especially in Acrobat Reader), and when I do that in Mathematica 5.2, that simply crashes X. Now I am kind of regretting that I upgraded to xorg-server-1.6... I was very happy with 1.5 and before. Sigh. May this be a library issue? Gtk? I received some kind of an error from Gtk, if I recall, while using acroread, but acroread did not crash... Acroread has always been particularly unstable. I know nothing about the Linux version of Mathematica. You can always try revdep-rebuild. He may also want to ask the question Do I *really* need acroread? and get the full complete answer. In my experience very few people actually need all the features in acroread, and okular|evince are quite adequate -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
Re: [gentoo-user] my xorg-server 1.6 seems a bit unstable - what am I doing wrong?
He may also want to ask the question Do I *really* need acroread? and get the full complete answer. In my experience very few people actually need all the features in acroread, and okular|evince are quite adequate I am flexible on acroread, but acroread doesn't crash X - just gets a little backed up. I am OK with that. But X crashing from my use of Mathematica is absolutely unacceptable - this is what I need for my work. Before I upgraded to xorg-1.6 and libxcb-1.4, this *never* happened, not once, *in several years*, under extensive use, and I have been using the same Mathematica version all this time, 5.2. So if downgrading X and libxcb is what I have to do to restore reliable operation of my machine with Mathematica, then this is what I am doing next. Let me ask this next: is the downgrade of libxcb and xorg-server possible?
[gentoo-user] my xorg-server 1.6 seems a bit unstable - what am I doing wrong?
I am running the xorg-server-1.6, to which I just upgraded, and kernel 2.6.27-gentoo-r8, and I am having an issue with the server crashing whenever I try to drag the scroll bar within Mathematica - which never happened to me before with previous xorg-servers, and I use Mathematica extensively. So I just wanted to ask some questions to see if any of the warnings and errors I am seeing in the log may actually cause X to be unstable... 1. In the log (see below), Xorg shows an error trying to load dri... Since I have nvidia and glx and don't have dri, I don't have the dri drivers, so how can I stop Xorg from trying to load dri/dri2? 2. I get a warning: (--) PCI:*(0:1:0:0) 10de:01d1:: nVidia Corporation G72 [GeForce 7300 LE] rev 161, Mem @ 0x9100/16777216, 0x8000/268435456, 0x9000/16777216 (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory) (II) No APM support in BIOS or kernel Will this make X unstable in any way? 3. Are the freetype and type1 modules now incorporated into X or phased out? Here is my xorg.conf: = Section ServerLayout Identifier X.org Configured Screen 0 Screen0 0 0 InputDeviceMouse0 CorePointer InputDeviceKeyboard0 CoreKeyboard EndSection Section Files ModulePath /usr/lib/xorg/modules FontPath /usr/share/fonts/misc/:unscaled FontPath /usr/share/fonts/Type1/ FontPath /usr/share/fonts/ttf-bitstream-vera/ FontPath /usr/share/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled FontPath /usr/share/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled FontPath /usr/share/fonts/default/ghostscript/ FontPath /usr/share/fonts/corefonts/ FontPath /usr/share/fonts/cyrillic/ FontPath /usr/share/fonts/dejavu/ FontPath /usr/share/fonts/freefonts/ FontPath /usr/share/fonts/intlfonts/ FontPath /usr/share/fonts/terminus/ FontPath /usr/share/fonts/unifont/ FontPath /usr/share/fonts/Mathematica/AFM/ FontPath /usr/share/fonts/Mathematica/BDF/ FontPath /usr/share/fonts/Mathematica/Type1/ EndSection Section Module Load record Load extmod Load dbe Load glx #Load type1 #Load freetype EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Keyboard0 Driver kbd EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Mouse0 Driver mouse Option Protocol auto Option Device /dev/input/mice Option ZAxisMapping 4 5 6 7 EndSection Section Monitor Identifier Monitor0 VendorName Sony ModelNameG520 DisplaySize 405 305 EndSection Section Device Identifier Card0 Driver nvidia VendorName nVidia Corporation BoardName GeForce 7300 LE BusID PCI:1:0:0 Option UseEdidDpi FALSE # Option DPI 100 x 100 EndSection Section Screen Identifier Screen0 Device Card0 MonitorMonitor0 DefaultDepth 24 SubSection Display Viewport 0 0 Depth 16 EndSubSection SubSection Display Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 Modes 1600x1200 EndSubSection EndSection And here is the Xorg.0.log file: X.Org X Server 1.6.3.901 (1.6.4 RC 1) Release Date: 2009-8-25 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.27-gentoo-r8 i686 Current Operating System: Linux langevin 2.6.27-gentoo-r8 #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Feb 28 18:50:18 EST 2009 i686 Build Date: 08 October 2009 11:20:23AM Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org to make sure that you have the latest version. Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: /var/log/Xorg.0.log, Time: Fri Oct 9 10:33:25 2009 (==) Using config file: /etc/X11/xorg.conf (==) ServerLayout X.org Configured (**) |--Screen Screen0 (0) (**) | |--Monitor Monitor0 (**) | |--Device Card0 (**) |--Input Device Mouse0 (**) |--Input Device Keyboard0 (==) Not automatically adding devices (==) Not automatically enabling devices (**) FontPath set to: /usr/share/fonts/misc/:unscaled, /usr/share/fonts/Type1/, /usr/share/fonts/ttf-bitstream-vera/, /usr/share/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled, /usr/share/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled, /usr/share/fonts/default/ghostscript/, /usr/share/fonts/corefonts/, /usr/share/fonts/cyrillic/, /usr/share/fonts/dejavu/, /usr/share/fonts/freefonts/, /usr/share/fonts/intlfonts/, /usr/share/fonts/terminus/,
Re: [gentoo-user] my xorg-server 1.6 seems a bit unstable - what am I doing wrong?
On Freitag 09 Oktober 2009, Denis wrote: I am running the xorg-server-1.6, to which I just upgraded, and kernel 2.6.27-gentoo-r8, and I am having an issue with the server crashing whenever I try to drag the scroll bar within Mathematica - which never happened to me before with previous xorg-servers, and I use Mathematica extensively. So I just wanted to ask some questions to see if any of the warnings and errors I am seeing in the log may actually cause X to be unstable... 1. In the log (see below), Xorg shows an error trying to load dri... Since I have nvidia and glx and don't have dri, I don't have the dri drivers, so how can I stop Xorg from trying to load dri/dri2? 2. I get a warning: (--) PCI:*(0:1:0:0) 10de:01d1:: nVidia Corporation G72 [GeForce 7300 LE] rev 161, Mem @ 0x9100/16777216, 0x8000/268435456, 0x9000/16777216 (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory) (II) No APM support in BIOS or kernel Will this make X unstable in any way? no. That messages have no influence at all. 3. Are the freetype and type1 modules now incorporated into X or phased out? Here is my xorg.conf: now let us remove all the stuff you don't need. = Section ServerLayout Identifier X.org Configured Screen 0 Screen0 0 0 InputDeviceMouse0 CorePointer InputDeviceKeyboard0 CoreKeyboard EndSection Section Files EndSection Section Module EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Keyboard0 Driver kbd EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Mouse0 Driver mouse Option Protocol auto Option Device /dev/input/mice Option ZAxisMapping 4 5 6 7 EndSection Section Monitor Identifier Monitor0 VendorName Sony ModelNameG520 EndSection Section Device Identifier Card0 Driver nvidia VendorName nVidia Corporation BoardName GeForce 7300 LE BusID PCI:1:0:0 Option UseEdidDpi FALSE why? # Option DPI 100 x 100 EndSection Section Screen Identifier Screen0 Device Card0 MonitorMonitor0 DefaultDepth 24 SubSection Display Viewport 0 0 Depth 16 EndSubSection SubSection Display Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 Modes 1600x1200 EndSubSection EndSection And here is the Xorg.0.log file: X.Org X Server 1.6.3.901 (1.6.4 RC 1) Release Date: 2009-8-25 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.27-gentoo-r8 i686 Current Operating System: Linux langevin 2.6.27-gentoo-r8 #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Feb 28 18:50:18 EST 2009 i686 Build Date: 08 October 2009 11:20:23AM Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org to make sure that you have the latest version. Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: /var/log/Xorg.0.log, Time: Fri Oct 9 10:33:25 2009 (==) Using config file: /etc/X11/xorg.conf (==) ServerLayout X.org Configured (**) |--Screen Screen0 (0) (**) | |--Monitor Monitor0 (**) | |--Device Card0 (**) |--Input Device Mouse0 (**) |--Input Device Keyboard0 (==) Not automatically adding devices (==) Not automatically enabling devices (**) FontPath set to: /usr/share/fonts/misc/:unscaled, /usr/share/fonts/Type1/, /usr/share/fonts/ttf-bitstream-vera/, /usr/share/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled, /usr/share/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled, /usr/share/fonts/default/ghostscript/, /usr/share/fonts/corefonts/, /usr/share/fonts/cyrillic/, /usr/share/fonts/dejavu/, /usr/share/fonts/freefonts/, /usr/share/fonts/intlfonts/, /usr/share/fonts/terminus/, /usr/share/fonts/unifont/, /usr/share/fonts/Mathematica/AFM/, /usr/share/fonts/Mathematica/BDF/, /usr/share/fonts/Mathematica/Type1/, /usr/share/fonts/misc/, /usr/share/fonts/TTF/, /usr/share/fonts/OTF, /usr/share/fonts/Type1/, /usr/share/fonts/100dpi/, /usr/share/fonts/75dpi/ (**) ModulePath set to /usr/lib/xorg/modules (II) Loader magic: 0x1ea0 (II) Module ABI versions: X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4 X.Org Video Driver: 5.0 X.Org XInput driver : 4.0 X.Org Server Extension : 2.0 (II) Loader running on linux (++) using VT number 9 (--) PCI:*(0:1:0:0) 10de:01d1:: nVidia Corporation G72 [GeForce 7300 LE] rev 161, Mem @ 0x9100/16777216, 0x8000/268435456, 0x9000/16777216 (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file
Re: [gentoo-user] my xorg-server 1.6 seems a bit unstable - what am I doing wrong?
Section Device Identifier Card0 Driver nvidia VendorName nVidia Corporation BoardName GeForce 7300 LE BusID PCI:1:0:0 Option UseEdidDpi FALSE why? = # Option DPI 100 x 100 EndSection Sorry - what was that why? referring to? I think I put those options in when I was working on anti-aliasing the fonts to make them look smooth. That still works. 1.6.3.901 is - lets just say you should either use 1.6.3 or 1.6.4 and what about your driver version? and why 2.6.27? that kernel is acient! Well, I used 1.6.3.901-r2 because that's what the portage pulled in when I did emerge -NDavu world. Portage tree seems to have options to use 1.6.4, but it was not pulled in by emerge, so maybe it is masked or keyworded? The kernel... Well, I am guilty of not keeping up on kernel updates because restarting the machine for each upgrade isn't always an option with my work. Do you think this version of the kernel may contribute to X instability?
Re: [gentoo-user] my xorg-server 1.6 seems a bit unstable - what am I doing wrong?
On Freitag 09 Oktober 2009, Denis wrote: Section Device Identifier Card0 Driver nvidia VendorName nVidia Corporation BoardName GeForce 7300 LE BusID PCI:1:0:0 Option UseEdidDpi FALSE why? = # Option DPI 100 x 100 EndSection Sorry - what was that why? referring to? I think I put those options in when I was working on anti-aliasing the fonts to make them look smooth. That still works. 1.6.3.901 is - lets just say you should either use 1.6.3 or 1.6.4 and what about your driver version? and why 2.6.27? that kernel is acient! Well, I used 1.6.3.901-r2 because that's what the portage pulled in when I did emerge -NDavu world. Portage tree seems to have options to use 1.6.4, but it was not pulled in by emerge, so maybe it is masked or keyworded? The kernel... Well, I am guilty of not keeping up on kernel updates because restarting the machine for each upgrade isn't always an option with my work. Do you think this version of the kernel may contribute to X instability? i am saying that you should try the latest kernel with the latest driver for your card
Re: [gentoo-user] my xorg-server 1.6 seems a bit unstable - what am I doing wrong?
I see. Well, I am running nvidia-drivers-180.60, and versions 185 and 190 are masked by ~x86. Same for the xorg-server-1.6.4. So the only thing I could do really is to update the kernel... But xorg-server-1.5 was perfectly stable for me, so I don't see how kernel upgrade would be helpful here, given that nvidia-drivers aren't in the kernel.
Re: [gentoo-user] my xorg-server 1.6 seems a bit unstable - what am I doing wrong?
On Freitag 09 Oktober 2009, Denis wrote: I see. Well, I am running nvidia-drivers-180.60, and versions 185 and 190 are masked by ~x86. Same for the xorg-server-1.6.4. So the only thing I could do really is to update the kernel... But xorg-server-1.5 was perfectly stable for me, so I don't see how kernel upgrade would be helpful here, given that nvidia-drivers aren't in the kernel. nvidia drivers load into the kernel. Driver-kernel interaction can cause a lot of problems.
Re: [gentoo-user] my xorg-server 1.6 seems a bit unstable - what am I doing wrong?
nvidia drivers load into the kernel. Driver-kernel interaction can cause a lot of problems. Alright, I am now running 2.6.30-gentoo-r6 kernel, but I still have the same issue. I think it's a scroll-bar that triggers it. If I drag a scrollbar down with my mouse and then run it back up, there is a delayed response (especially in Acrobat Reader), and when I do that in Mathematica 5.2, that simply crashes X. Now I am kind of regretting that I upgraded to xorg-server-1.6... I was very happy with 1.5 and before. Sigh. May this be a library issue? Gtk? I received some kind of an error from Gtk, if I recall, while using acroread, but acroread did not crash...
Re: [gentoo-user] my xorg-server 1.6 seems a bit unstable - what am I doing wrong?
On Freitag 09 Oktober 2009, Denis wrote: nvidia drivers load into the kernel. Driver-kernel interaction can cause a lot of problems. Alright, I am now running 2.6.30-gentoo-r6 kernel, but I still have the same issue. I think it's a scroll-bar that triggers it. If I drag a scrollbar down with my mouse and then run it back up, there is a delayed response (especially in Acrobat Reader), and when I do that in Mathematica 5.2, that simply crashes X. Now I am kind of regretting that I upgraded to xorg-server-1.6... I was very happy with 1.5 and before. Sigh. May this be a library issue? Gtk? I received some kind of an error from Gtk, if I recall, while using acroread, but acroread did not crash... you could rebuilt gtk, I never had crashes or problems with acrobat and I don't have mathematica :)
