On 11/16/2011 07:50 PM, Ken Moffat wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 06:29:47PM -0500, scrat wrote:
>> I have compiled and installed X and I get this in the log file
>>
>> Can somebody help me read this ?
>>
>>
>> Backtrace:
>> [   914.629] 0: /usr/bin/X (xorg_backtrace+0x3b) [0x80e75eb]
>> [   914.629] 1: /usr/bin/X (0x8048000+0x5d8b5) [0x80a58b5]
>> [   914.629] 2: (vdso) (__kernel_rt_sigreturn+0x0) [0xb772a40c]
>> [   914.629] 3: /usr/lib/X11/modules/extensions/libglx.so
>> (0xb720c000+0x40860) [0xb724c860]
>> [   914.629] 4: /usr/lib/X11/modules/extensions/libglx.so
>> (0xb720c000+0x376f8) [0xb72436f8]
>> [   914.629] 5: /usr/bin/X (InitExtensions+0x9d) [0x80cbedd]
>> [   914.629] 6: /usr/bin/X (0x8048000+0x1a152) [0x8062152]
>> [   914.629] 7: /lib/libc.so.6 (__libc_start_main+0xe6) [0xb7363de6]
>> [   914.629] 8: /usr/bin/X (0x8048000+0x19ed1) [0x8061ed1]
>> [   914.629] Segmentation fault at address (nil)
>> [   914.629]
>> Fatal server error:
>> [   914.629] Caught signal 11 (Segmentation fault). Server aborting
>> [   914.629]
>> [   914.629]
>>
>> I beleve that xorg-server is the one seg faulting, should I rebuild xorg
>> server or is this much deeper rooted?
>   Hard to say :-(  Since libglx is shipped as part of the server, I
> agree with your belief that the server package is segfaulting.  What
> worries me is 'at address (nil)'.  That implies a null pointer is
> being followed.

Yes that's bad, almost as bad as a divide by zero huh :)

>   Was X working ok before this happened, or are you still at the
> "test the build and the configuration" stage ?

I had just finished compiling and installing it.

Xorg -configure - no error, makes xorg.conf.new

X -retro -config ~/xorg.conf.new - causes this issue

I don't know how to trace this when this happens, so I need to learn.


>   What video card are you using, and which version of the server and
> the video driver ?

ATI radeon X200 in a Dell lapdog using the ati driver from the xorg 
driver section in the book


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