On Sun, 2010-10-17 at 09:20 -0700, David Lowe wrote: > On 16 Oct, 2010, at 6:40 PM, David Zuccaro wrote: > > > On Fri, 2010-10-15 at 08:16 -0700, David Lowe wrote: > >> On 14 Oct, 2010, at 7:47 PM, David Zuccaro wrote: > >> > >>> What is causing my x windows server to crash. How can I fix it? > >>> > >>> This is the error in syslog: > >>> Oct 15 10:36:48 Palatinus gdm[3173]: WARNING: > >>> gdm_slave_xioerror_handler: Fatal X error - Restarting :0 > >> > >> Is this a new install, or one that has recently been updated? This > >> specific error has in the past been solved by rolling back to a > >> previous version video driver or updating the video driver. In any > >> case, it is likely that the error will randomly pop up from time to > >> time until resolved - i.e. you will probably see this same error even > >> if you never start FreeCiv. You may also want to file a bug report > >> with Debian. > > > > It started happening when I switched to a 21.5" monitor and added an > > extra 3 GB of physical memory. > > I'd bet you dollars to doughnuts that the blame for the crashes can be > laid on the video driver having difficulties using the settings for > the old monitor on the new monitor. I've not tried Debian yet [i > actually have a disc i mean to give a whirl, but haven't found time to > do so], however, there's probably enough similarity to Ubuntu to make > this work. I'll list them in order of pain involved.
Yes I have found debian to be very similar to ubuntu. There are minor differences but he underlying architecture is the same. > > 1) You probably have a GUI tool to configure the driver. For > instance, the proprietary Nvidia driver includes "NVidia X Server > Settings", which is attached to my System -> Administration menu. > Gnome also provides a tool for the open source drivers, on my system > it is in the System menu -> Preferences -> Monitors. I have no video card. I'm using on-board video which is intel based. lspci gives: 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02) I have no GUI tool to configure the monitor other than the one that sets the resolution. Just to clarify this this the current configuration of my system: gnu/linux/debian lenny xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.3.2-2+lenny8 xserver-xorg 1:7.3+20 xserver-xorg-core 2:1.4.2-10.lenny2 linux-image-2.6-686 2.6.26+17+lenny1 > 2) [from a terminal] "sudo dpkg-reconfigure <package name>", where > <package name> is something like xserver-xorg or perhaps the name of > the package that provides your video driver. The difficulty is > knowing exactly which package it is that needs to be configured, > apt/aptitude might be able to help out here. dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg This command just presented me with several screens to do with configuring my keyboard layout. So no help here. I just found a way to reliably cause this error to happen: By dragging around a window. > 3) Another method would be to totally log out of X and use a single > user shell or console. I'm not sure how this is accomplished in > Debian, but it may involve selecting an option from the > grub/lilo/yaboot menu. Once there, type the following commands: > > cd /etc/X11/ > Xorg -configure > > When that is finished test your settings by typing: > > startx I tried this. The crash still happens. I have been reading various threads on the subject. Such as: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17713 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23082 But no clear fix is presented but it has been marked as resolved. I'm a bit wary of using a nonstandard kernel under debian. Thanks dz _______________________________________________ Freeciv-dev mailing list Freeciv-dev@gna.org https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/freeciv-dev
