Richmond composed on 2021-05-05 12:49 (UTC+0100): > I installed debian on an old PC i686. I chose the mate desktop. When I > tried to log in throught display manager I could not, so:
> I closed X down with telinit 3 > I logged in on the console as root > I ran xinit -- :0 > I switched to a non root user in the xterm window on the display > I typed export DISPLAY=:0 > I ran mate-session > X crashed with a segmentation fault > The backtrace is on the console so I cannot cut and paste it. It says it > is in Xorg at _start+0x31 > What can I do? Perhaps use a different xserver. The display driver is > nouveau. I use nouveau kernel driver, modesetting X driver: # inxi -CGISxxy System: Host: gx27c Kernel: 4.19.0-16-686 i686 bits: 32 compiler: gcc v: 8.3.0 Desktop: Trinity R14.0.10 tk: Qt 3.5.0 wm: Twin dm: TDM Distro: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) CPU: Info: Single Core model: Intel Pentium 4 bits: 32 type: MCP arch: Netburst Northwood rev: 9 cache: L1: 8 KiB L2: 512 KiB flags: pae sse sse2 bogomips: 4788 Speed: 2394 MHz min/max: N/A Core speed (MHz): 1: 2394 Graphics: Device-1: NVIDIA NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX 400] vendor: Palit Microsystems driver: nouveau v: kernel bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:0110 Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.4 driver: loaded: modesetting resolution: 1680x1050~60Hz s-dpi: 96 OpenGL: renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 7.0 128 bits) v: 3.3 Mesa 18.3.6 compat-v: 3.1 direct render: Yes Info: Processes:...Shell: Bash v: 5.0.3 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.04 -- Evolution as taught in public schools is, like religion, based on faith, not based on science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/