AHA!!! So I'm *not* the only one to see this... only on laptop, not on
desktops.
Tom Cada wrote:
>
> I have installed MDK 7.2 from downloaded CD images. Everything
> installed correctly and runs well. I have done the normal software
> updates with no problems. The X system is the one that comes with that
> distribution (4.0 I believe).
>
> The issue is that when running an X session, and I attempt to start a
> second session using CTRL-ALT-F2 (or any function key up to 6), the X
> server shuts down. The new session starts with the nornal logon screen,
> and then it dumps me back to the session running X with the message
>
> Fatal server error
> Caught signal 11
> Server aborting.
Ditto... see strace in my previous post below...
> Is there some setting in the X system that I have missed, or do I need
> to do an update to the server.
>
> In addition, although probably unrelated, sometimes when I go to logout
> of the KDE session, it appears that the session starts to close down and
> than re-displays the desktop. A second logout request then works. Very
> strange, like it didn't believe me the first time.
I've seen something like this; but my memory of it is on one desktop... can't
confirm at this time.
> I am using the standard KDE that came with the distribution.
>
> I am installing on my laptop that has a C&T 65550 chipset with 2 MEG
> video ram.
SAME chipset & memory!! I bet you have an older Toshiba... mine is T500CDT.
> As an aside, I will be giving a talk on computer usage to folks in a
> travel club I am associated with. I know that the question of other OS's
> will come up and have tried TurboLinux, SuSE 6.3, Red Hat 6.2, and
> Debian potato with varying degrees of success (like not much). Mandrake
> 7.2 is the only one that I could recommend to a knowledgeable user to
> purchase and install. It detected everything properly except the sound
> (but that's another issue) and provided the best install of any of them.
> I hope they keep up the excellant work.
>
> Thanks in advance for any assistance... Tom.
Here's my post which got no response... No fix that I'm aware of; I've simply
conditioned myself not to try to access the VCs on this system...
All I can offer is "you're not alone..."
Pierre
> Subject: X:sig11 when trying to access virtual consoles... ideas?
> Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 02:07:45 -0500
>
> Hi,
>
> I just did a fresh re-install of LM7.2 on my laptop and chose X4.0.1 instead of
> 3.3.6 this time.
>
> Now, when I try to access a virtual console, X crashes and restarts into kdm.
> The actual sequence is:
> - press C+A+F1 or C+A+F[2-6]
> - if f[2-6]: vc[2-6] appears momentarily
> - switches to vc1
> - X restarts to kdm, losing all applications
>
> Before figuring out that it was X itself that was crashing, I installed KDE2.1
> which gives the same results.
>
> Anyone have a clue as to what may be the source of this crash on a freshly
> installed system...?
>
> Thanks,
> Pierre
>
> This is an strace of xinit and C+A+F1...
>
> ioctl(5, VT_ACTIVATE, 0x1) = 0
> --- SIGUSR1 (User defined signal 1) ---
> rt_sigaction(SIGUSR1, {0x80943f8, [], SA_RESTART|0x4000000}, {0x80943f8, [],
> SA_RESTART|0x4000000}, 8) = 0
> --- SIGALRM (Alarm clock) ---
> setitimer(ITIMER_REAL, {it_interval={0, 0}, it_value={0, 0}}, NULL) = 0
> sigreturn() = ? (mask now [USR1])
> sigreturn() = ? (mask now [])
> nanosleep({0, 10000000}, NULL) = 0
> nanosleep({0, 20000000}, NULL) = 0
> ioctl(5, KDSKBMODE, 0x1) = 0
> ioctl(5, SNDCTL_TMR_START, {B38400 opost isig icanon echo ...}) = 0
> ioctl(5, TCGETS, {B38400 opost isig icanon echo ...}) = 0
> fcntl(7, F_GETFL) = 0x2802 (flags
> O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK|O_ASYNC)
> fcntl(7, F_SETFL, O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK) = 0
> rt_sigaction(SIGIO, {SIG_DFL}, {0x80973f0, [IO], 0x4000000}, 8) = 0
> close(7) = 0
> nanosleep({0, 300000000}, NULL) = 0
> ioctl(5, VT_RELDISP, 0x1) = 0
> close(6) = 0
> iopl(0) = 0
> ioperm(0, 0x400, 0) = 0
> setitimer(ITIMER_REAL, {it_interval={0, 20000}, it_value={0, 20000}}, NULL) = 0
> gettimeofday({978069665, 207525}, NULL) = 0
> --- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) ---
> rt_sigaction(SIGSEGV, {SIG_IGN}, {0x807feac, [], SA_RESTART|0x4000000}, 8) = 0
> write(2, "\nFatal server error:\n", 21) = 21
> write(0, "\nFatal server error:\n", 21) = 21
> write(2, "Caught signal 11. Server aborti"..., 35) = 35
> write(0, "Caught signal 11. Server aborti"..., 35) =
> 35
