In gmane.linux.gentoo.user, you wrote:
> On Wednesday 11 November 2009 19:02:26 [email protected] wrote:
>> In gmane.linux.gentoo.user, you wrote:
>> > On Wednesday 11 November 2009 16:17:45 [email protected] wrote:
>> >> In gmane.linux.gentoo.user, you wrote:
>> >> > On Tuesday 10 November 2009 17:54:48 Doki Pen wrote:
>> >> >> I've recently switched from gdm to xdm in an effort to reduce my
>> >> >> distro size. The only problem I've run into is that when I kill my X
>> >> >> session, xdm doesn't restart automatically. I have to switch to a
>> >> >> vtty and type exec sudo /etc/init.d/xdm restart. I've read the man
>> >> >> pages and googled but can't come up with a solution. Does anyone
>> >> >> know if there is a way to fix this issue?
>> >> >
>> >> > When X exists, is xdm still running or has it died too?
>> >> >
>> >> > You can tell when restarting xdm if it gives errors about xdm not
>> >> > running when the "stop" phase of "restart"" is run
>> >>
>> >> xdm is not running after I kill my xsession. It is running after I log
>> >> in. I tested using ps -Af | grep -i xdm.
>> >
>> > Ok, so I reckon the init script dies because xdm dies when X exists.
>> >
>> > is there anything relevant in your messages log file, Xorg.0.log,
>> > ~/.xsession- errors and similar logs?
>>
>> From /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old:
>>
>> Backtrace:
>> 0: /usr/bin/X(xorg_backtrace+0x38) [0x812a180]
>>
>> Fatal server error:
>> Caught signal 11. Server aborting
>
> That's a segfault so there's a serious bug. It's likely in X itself.
>
> Did you recently upgrade X and at the same time rebuild all it's app and all
> drivers - without exception?
>
This has happened since I have switched to xdm. I've run revdep-rebuild
and lafilefixer since my last X upgrade. Is there any other way to
check for broken libs?
