Re: xserver crashes on switching to vitual console [Solved]

2003-09-22 Thread Alphonse Ogulla
Upgrading xserver to version 4.2.1 did the trick.
Thanx.

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Re: xserver crashes on switching to vitual console

2003-09-17 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Mon, Sep 15, 2003 at 11:58:58AM +0300, Alphonse Ogulla ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Hi all,
> First problem; X runs on my machine pretty well but crashes moments later (as 
> a result of a "fatal server lockup") on switching to a virtual console with 
> the Ctrl+Alt+Fn keystroke. My system specs are as follows:-

This sort of behavior sounds like a server/driver selection or
configuration error.  I'd try a different driver, or a different
configuration.  I'm not specifically familiar with the i810 video card,
but understand that developing support has been an ongoing issue,
particularly from conversations with the LNX-BBC developers.

From your log, looks like a possible buffer overflow.

> Machine: Dell Optiplex GX10
> Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 3.0r1 "woody" Kernel 2.4.21
> X -version: XFree86 version 4.1.0.1 (protocol version 11, revision 0)
> Video card: Onboard intel 810E
> 
> The full server log is appended to the end of this message for your perusal.
> 
> A similar installation on an equivalent machine but with an ATI Mach64 GB 
> graphics card does not suffer from this problem. A little bit of tweaking 
> XF86Config-4 like negating the UseFBDev option did not help much. Any 
> solutions?
> 
> Second problem, issuing the command startx, fires up KDE 3.1.3 by default. How 
> do I set some other light weight window manager like fvwm to run by default 
> without using a desktop manager like gdm? Actually, I love KDE but arts has 
> issues with my sound card - Aureal Vortex au8220 and therefore want to kick 
> start some other wm. 

$ edit ~/.xinitrc

$ update-alternatives x-window-manager

> 
> X server output-



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xserver crashes on switching to vitual console

2003-09-17 Thread Alphonse Ogulla
Hi all,
First problem; X runs on my machine pretty well but crashes moments later (as 
a result of a "fatal server lockup") on switching to a virtual console with 
the Ctrl+Alt+Fn keystroke. My system specs are as follows:-

Machine: Dell Optiplex GX10
Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 3.0r1 "woody" Kernel 2.4.21
X -version: XFree86 version 4.1.0.1 (protocol version 11, revision 0)
Video card: Onboard intel 810E

The full server log is appended to the end of this message for your perusal.

A similar installation on an equivalent machine but with an ATI Mach64 GB 
graphics card does not suffer from this problem. A little bit of tweaking 
XF86Config-4 like negating the UseFBDev option did not help much. Any 
solutions?

Second problem, issuing the command startx, fires up KDE 3.1.3 by default. How 
do I set some other light weight window manager like fvwm to run by default 
without using a desktop manager like gdm? Actually, I love KDE but arts has 
issues with my sound card - Aureal Vortex au8220 and therefore want to kick 
start some other wm. 

Thanks and regards

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Nairobi, Kenya

X server output-

hostname 2.08

warning: process set to nice value 0 instead of -10 as requested

This is a pre-release version of XFree86, and is not supported in any
way.  Bugs may be reported to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and patches submitted
to [EMAIL PROTECTED]  Before reporting bugs in pre-release versions,
please check the latest version in the XFree86 CVS repository
(http://www.XFree86.Org/cvs)

XFree86 Version 4.1.0.1 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6510)
Release Date: 21 December 2001
If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is
newer than the above date, look for a newer version before
reporting problems.  (See http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ)
Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.17 i686 [ELF] 
Module Loader present
(==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Sat Sep  6 16:32:15 2003
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4"
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
 (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
 (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) ServerLayout "Default Layout"
(**) |-->Screen "Default Screen" (0)
(**) |   |-->Monitor "Dell M570"
(**) |   |-->Device "Intel 810 Graphics Adaptor"
(**) |-->Input Device "Generic Keyboard"
(**) XKB: rules: "xfree86"
(**) XKB: model: "pc104"
(**) XKB: layout: "uk"
(**) |-->Input Device "Configured Mouse"
(**) |-->Input Device "Generic Mouse"
(WW) The directory "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(**) FontPath set to 
"unix/:7100,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
(==) RgbPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
(--) using VT number 7

(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a
(II) Module bitmap: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libpcidata.a
(II) Module pcidata: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 0.1.0
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libscanpci.a
(II) Module scanpci: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 0.1.0
(II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libscanpci.a
(--) PCI:*(0:1:0) Intel i810e rev 3, Mem @ 0xf800/26, 0xff00/19
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libGLcore.a
(II) Module GLcore: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdbe.a
(II) Module dbe: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libddc.a
(II) Module ddc: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdri.a
(II) Module dri: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libdrm.a
(II) Module drm: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libextmod.a
(II) Module extmod: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libfreetype.a
(II) Module freetype: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.1.9
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.a
(II) Module glx: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libint10.a
(II) Module int10: vendor=