On Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:44:12 PST, John <opensolaris at marino.st> wrote: > Version snv_126 has a couple of serious issues for me. The first was > apparently widely reported, nautilus crashes when you open the "computer" > place. > > I haven't seen any reports on the second. Without warning or pattern, the > x server crashes (I think). The screen goes black, and then this message > comes up: > > "the specified display number was busy, so the server was started on > display: 1". > > When I hit the "ok" button, I get a graphic login screen (slightly > different from the normal one), and after entering my username / password > again, I get a blank desktop. Apparently some of the programs that were > running before the crash are still running. All the windows are missing > their borders and standard dialog controls (close, minimize, maximize, > etc). > > Anyone else seen this? Is there already a bug report on it? Any idea how > to work around it (other than dropping back down to snv_114?)
Sounds like GDM is spawning a new X session while the previous one was still active, under the mistaken impression that it did crash. A quick look doesn't show any bugs filed for this. -Albert
