Tom Wijsman <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, 20 Jun 2014 04:58:24 -0400
> [email protected] wrote:
>
> > Hi. I am using the nvidia GeForce GT 430 for years and suddenly
> > within the last few days, if I start gdm, it gives me an error, no
> > screens found and dumpss core and if I let it go it will keep dumping
> > core and filling up my root partition. It works with my frame
> > buffer, but no longer with gdm or even startx. So is this some kind
> > of strange hardware glitch? I did downgrade the nvidia driver, but
> > no joy.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
> >
>
> See
>
> https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Quality_Assurance/Backtraces
>
> on how to obtain a backtrace from it; this backtrace provides you more
> information about what went wrong, such that it can be further debugged.
>
> It boils down to recompiling the package and its library dependencies
> with debug flags, after which you can run a new core file through gdb.
Well, I did a backtrace with what I had (I always have debug flags on)
and it seems that the error no screens found causes an intentional core
dump -- it was signal 6. I will check the link and see if I should do
anything further.
Thanks very much for your quick response.
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