Re: X crashes when closing one of two running X sessions

On Tue 24 Oct 2017 at 07:31:32 -0400, The Wanderer wrote: > On 2017-10-24 at 01:40, Robert Arkiletian wrote: > > > On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 2:51 PM, The Wanderer wrote: > > > >> On 2017-10-23 at 16:21, Robert Arkiletian wrote: > >> > >>> Just tried this on a different box

Re: X crashes when closing one of two running X sessions

On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 7:35 PM, Marc Shapiro wrote: > On 10/24/2017 09:14 AM, David Wright wrote: >> >> On Tue 24 Oct 2017 at 08:29:50 (-0400), The Wanderer wrote: >>> >>> On 2017-10-24 at 08:15, Greg Wooledge wrote: >>> On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 07:31:32AM -0400, The

Re: X crashes when closing one of two running X sessions

On 10/24/2017 09:14 AM, David Wright wrote: On Tue 24 Oct 2017 at 08:29:50 (-0400), The Wanderer wrote: On 2017-10-24 at 08:15, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 07:31:32AM -0400, The Wanderer wrote: clear_console clears your console if this is possible. It looks in the That

Re: X crashes when closing one of two running X sessions

On 10/23/2017 10:40 PM, Robert Arkiletian wrote: On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 2:51 PM, The Wanderer wrote: On 2017-10-23 at 16:21, Robert Arkiletian wrote: Just tried this on a different box running Fedora 25 (64) and it works perfectly, no problem. So I think this is a

Re: X crashes when closing one of two running X sessions

On Tue 24 Oct 2017 at 08:29:50 (-0400), The Wanderer wrote: > On 2017-10-24 at 08:15, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 07:31:32AM -0400, The Wanderer wrote: > > > >>> clear_console clears your console if this is possible. It looks in the > > > >> That program is shipped as

Re: X crashes when closing one of two running X sessions

On 2017-10-24 at 08:15, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 07:31:32AM -0400, The Wanderer wrote: > >>> clear_console clears your console if this is possible. It looks in the > >> That program is shipped as part of bash, so it looks as if this might >> actually be considered a bash

Re: X crashes when closing one of two running X sessions

On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 07:31:32AM -0400, The Wanderer wrote: > > clear_console clears your console if this is possible. It looks in the > That program is shipped as part of bash, so it looks as if this might > actually be considered a bash bug. I'd see about reporting it there, yes > - either

Re: X crashes when closing one of two running X sessions

On 2017-10-24 at 01:40, Robert Arkiletian wrote: > On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 2:51 PM, The Wanderer wrote: > >> On 2017-10-23 at 16:21, Robert Arkiletian wrote: >> >>> Just tried this on a different box running Fedora 25 (64) and it >>> works perfectly, no problem. So I think

Re: X crashes when closing one of two running X sessions

On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 2:51 PM, The Wanderer wrote: > On 2017-10-23 at 16:21, Robert Arkiletian wrote: > >> Just tried this on a different box running Fedora 25 (64) and it >> works perfectly, no problem. So I think this is a Debian bug. >> Although on Fedora I'm not

Re: X crashes when closing one of two running X sessions

On 2017-10-23 at 16:21, Robert Arkiletian wrote: > Just tried this on a different box running Fedora 25 (64) and it > works perfectly, no problem. So I think this is a Debian bug. > Although on Fedora I'm not starting the first X session with startx, > I can start another X session on tty2 with

Re: X crashes when closing one of two running X sessions

Just tried this on a different box running Fedora 25 (64) and it works perfectly, no problem. So I think this is a Debian bug. Although on Fedora I'm not starting the first X session with startx, I can start another X session on tty2 with startx and switch to tty3, log in and log out without

Re: X crashes when closing one of two running X sessions

On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 9:32 AM, Brian wrote: > On Sun 22 Oct 2017 at 09:45:08 -0700, Robert Arkiletian wrote: > >> More info. The crash does NOT occur if I log into and log out of the >> root account on the second virtual terminal. Also here is journalctl >> output > >

Re: X crashes when closing one of two running X sessions

On Sun 22 Oct 2017 at 09:45:08 -0700, Robert Arkiletian wrote: > More info. The crash does NOT occur if I log into and log out of the > root account on the second virtual terminal. Also here is journalctl > output #858073? -- Brian.

Re: X crashes when closing one of two running X sessions

More info. The crash does NOT occur if I log into and log out of the root account on the second virtual terminal. Also here is journalctl output Oct 22 09:33:10 up udev-acl.ck[4719]: g_slice_set_config: assertion 'sys_page_size == 0' failed Oct 22 09:33:10 up login[3250]: pam_unix(login:session):

Re: X crashes when closing one of two running X sessions

Ok got more detailed info on the crash. First some info Debian Stretch 64 with Radeon Turks graphics card Note: I'm running X without root priv. I just log into a virtual term and run startx. The crash (of the first X session) specifically happens (not when closing the second X session) but when

Re: X crashes when closing one of two running X sessions

On Thu 19 Oct 2017 at 14:56:29 (-0700), Jimmy Johnson wrote: > On 10/19/2017 01:01 PM, David Wright wrote: > >On Thu 19 Oct 2017 at 08:35:55 (-0700), Jimmy Johnson wrote: > >>On 10/18/2017 09:13 AM, Robert Arkiletian wrote: > >>>Using Debian Stretch x86_64. I don't use a greeter like lightdm. I >

Re: X crashes when closing one of two running X sessions

On 10/19/2017 01:01 PM, David Wright wrote: On Thu 19 Oct 2017 at 08:35:55 (-0700), Jimmy Johnson wrote: On 10/18/2017 09:13 AM, Robert Arkiletian wrote: Using Debian Stretch x86_64. I don't use a greeter like lightdm. I just log in at the virtual terminal, then startx (xfce desktop). I like

Re: X crashes when closing one of two running X sessions

On Thu 19 Oct 2017 at 08:35:55 (-0700), Jimmy Johnson wrote: > On 10/18/2017 09:13 AM, Robert Arkiletian wrote: > >Using Debian Stretch x86_64. I don't use a greeter like lightdm. I > >just log in at the virtual terminal, then startx (xfce desktop). I > >like to use multiple accounts (running X)

Re: X crashes when closing one of two running X sessions

On 10/18/2017 09:13 AM, Robert Arkiletian wrote: Using Debian Stretch x86_64. I don't use a greeter like lightdm. I just log in at the virtual terminal, then startx (xfce desktop). I like to use multiple accounts (running X) at the same time on different virtual terminals (eg. ctrl-alt-f1

Re: X crashes when closing one of two running X sessions

On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 10:06:05AM +0200, Floris wrote: > Maybe you can find more information in the log messages. /var/log/Xorg.x.log > gives information about the X server. Or try journalctl to read all log > messages. The X log can either be in /var/log/Xorg.*.log or in

Re: X crashes when closing one of two running X sessions

Op Wed, 18 Oct 2017 18:13:39 +0200 schreef Robert Arkiletian : Using Debian Stretch x86_64. I don't use a greeter like lightdm. I just log in at the virtual terminal, then startx (xfce desktop). I like to use multiple accounts (running X) at the same time on different

X crashes when closing one of two running X sessions

Using Debian Stretch x86_64. I don't use a greeter like lightdm. I just log in at the virtual terminal, then startx (xfce desktop). I like to use multiple accounts (running X) at the same time on different virtual terminals (eg. ctrl-alt-f1 ctrl-alt-f2) All is fine until I exit (shutdown) one X

Re: X crashes in stretch (hint: kernel)

in > jessie. > In stretch, its screen was fubar as if an img with the wrong > width was splashed to the graphic memory. Changing to lightdm looks > better. However, X crashes after logging in. > > I tried reinstalling and reconfiguring a number of packages, to no avail. >

X crashes in stretch

. In stretch, its screen was fubar as if an img with the wrong width was splashed to the graphic memory. Changing to lightdm looks better. However, X crashes after logging in. I tried reinstalling and reconfiguring a number of packages, to no avail. I logged in on the tty and issued startx twice

Re: X crashes

Ed, It seems somehow you do not have the kernel modesetting (KMS) module loading during boot. https://wiki.debian.org/KernelModesetting After you boot, check if the nouveau module has been loaded into the kernel space. If not, add it to /etc/modules. Hope this helps, Antonio On Wed, Oct 16,

X crashes

Running testing, and using the nouveau driver for a GeForce 7150M / nForce 630M GPU. X sporadically crashes to a black screen where things scroll by too fast for me to read. I’ve tried to examine kern.log and Xorg.0.log, as well as google searches. Xorg.0.log shows an error: cat

X crashes since last upgrade

Since installing the large upgrade earlier this week (which included the new OS and xserver packages) my x server crashes (and makes me log in again) after some undetermined operation occurrs. (I can cause this by starting VLC or emacs) I am running Testing, with the nvidia driver installed, and

Re: X crashes since last upgrade

Hi On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 17:40, S Scharf ss11...@gmail.com wrote: I am running Testing, with the nvidia driver installed, and two screens with xinerama ( a 30 and a 90 degree rotated 20) First try the nv driver. And check /var/logs/X.0.log or something, if it's an X error it should be there.

Re: X crashes since last upgrade

On 2011-04-13 16:40:38 GMT, S Scharf wrote: Since installing the large upgrade earlier this week (which included the new OS and xserver packages) my x server crashes ... I am running Testing ... Any one know what to look for to diagnose this issue? Unfortunately I do not, but you are not

Re: X crashes since last upgrade

On Apr 13, 1:50 pm, Nuno Magalhães nunomagalh...@eu.ipp.pt wrote: Hi On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 17:40, S Scharf ss11...@gmail.com wrote: I am running Testing, with the nvidia driver installed, and two screens with xinerama ( a 30 and a 90 degree rotated 20) First try the nv driver. And check

Re: X crashes since last upgrade

2011/4/13 Nuno Magalhães nunomagalh...@eu.ipp.pt Hi On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 17:40, S Scharf ss11...@gmail.com wrote: I am running Testing, with the nvidia driver installed, and two screens with xinerama ( a 30 and a 90 degree rotated 20) First try the nv driver. And check

Re: X crashes since last upgrade

I have similar problem here! I use testing with evdev, nvidia proprietary drivers, and multseat. My system start, gdm are started too, but I couldn't log in because my mouse and my kbd isn't work. I need to login by ssh and halt the system. I have another problem too: my system only start after

Re: X crashes since last upgrade

On Wed, 13 Apr 2011 16:28:02 -0300 Marcelo Laia marcelol...@gmail.com wrote: I have another problem too: my system only start after a lots of trying. The system crash after grub start and before udev populate the /dev Same problem here. After upgrading udev to version 167-1, every time

Re: etch nvidia xorg nvidia-glx-legacy X crashes

On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 08:43:26PM -0400, Hugh Lawson wrote: I've been trying to install the nvidia driver. I managed to get it working, but my solution is not entirely satisfactory, because it's vulnerable to an update of the nvidia-glx-legacy package. I'll trace through the problem, and

Re: etch nvidia xorg nvidia-glx-legacy X crashes

Owen Townend [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hugh wrote: The init file /etc/init.d/nvidia-glx-legacy was causing the X crashes, by fiddling with needed links and file locations in the libraries. I fixed this by the following: Owen wrote: Are you using the legacy drivers or are they simply

Re: etch nvidia xorg nvidia-glx-legacy X crashes

Andrei Popescu [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: As far as I know you are *not* supposed to have both, so you should purge the package nvidia-glx-legacy. You might want to restore that file first, otherwise dpkg will complain about a missing file. Thanks Andrei, I did dpkg --purge

Re: etch nvidia xorg nvidia-glx-legacy X crashes

Hugh Lawson wrote: Since posting, I've done some more work. nvidia-glx-legacy has been purged; now I have nvidia-glx. AFAIK you don't need nvidia-glx if you are using the script from the nvidia site. nvidia-glx is for the module in the repository. Nevertheless, /etc/init.d/nvidia-glx

Re: etch nvidia xorg nvidia-glx-legacy X crashes--Solved

Wackojacko [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hugh Lawson wrote: Since posting, I've done some more work. nvidia-glx-legacy has been purged; now I have nvidia-glx. Wacko wrote: You are mixing the two methods of installing the the nvidia module. 1. Use the script from the nvidia site and nothing

etch nvidia xorg nvidia-glx-legacy X crashes

. I did however figure out what was causing the problem. The init file /etc/init.d/nvidia-glx-legacy was causing the X crashes, by fiddling with needed links and file locations in the libraries. I fixed this by the following: # cd /etc/init.d # mv nvidia-glx-legacy XXnvidia-glx-legacy How I

Re: etch nvidia xorg nvidia-glx-legacy X crashes

boot. I couldn't find any documentation warning about this after much searching. I did however figure out what was causing the problem. The init file /etc/init.d/nvidia-glx-legacy was causing the X crashes, by fiddling with needed links and file locations in the libraries. I fixed

Re: X crashes randomly

On Mon, Jan 29, 2007 at 05:45:21PM -0500, Normand wrote: Since the last 2 weeks approximately, I'm experiencing crashes in graphical display: I can move the mouse pointer but clicking on anything Hi Normand, Did this start from a particular time period (a week ago, or since 2 updates ago)?

X crashes randomly

Since the last 2 weeks approximately, I'm experiencing crashes in graphical display: I can move the mouse pointer but clicking on anything has no effect, or has a strange effect, e.g. clicking on an icon in the toolbar will bring up a completely unrelated window. If I close X with

X crashes on video replay

Hi, I am having a problem with video replay on Linux, I am running testing with 2.4.19. The problem is that when I attempt to run a video X crashes and restarts, this occurs with GTV and xine. I attempted to delete the .xine directory, and the xine bug report does not seem helpful

Re: X crashes on video replay

--- akintayo holder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: are a few error messages, but none that would explain why xine is killing X, in fact it seems the other way around. Try using another codec. From what I can tell from that, Xine hates it. Are you using Xv, or Xshm ? = The Linux Weekend

Re: Xfs problem (actually X crashes after 1 second)

On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 12:11:08PM +1100, Rob Weir wrote: On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 12:35:12AM +0100, Miky J wrote: [snip 904 lines] Hmm, try comment out line in XF86Config-4 containing LoadModule dri. I hope that anyone else will know how to help you ... OP: you do have a window

Re: Xfs problem (actually X crashes after 1 second)

Here's the new log file i have, i only have two warnings but it doesn't work, i still don't understand why the system wants apm.Could this be because of the matrox drivers ? or because the system doesn't detect the matrox card nicely ? Thanx # lspci00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices

Re: Xfs problem (actually X crashes after 1 second)

On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 12:35:12AM +0100, Miky J wrote: Here's the new log file i have, i only have two warnings but it doesn't work, i still don't understand why the system wants apm. Could this be because of the matrox drivers ? or because the system doesn't detect the matrox card nicely

Re: X crashes if I'm idle

spare time. i.a.uemlianin If I'm in X (Gnome) and I'm idle for a while (10 i.a.uemlianin mins?) X crashes. I had a similar problem on my Satellite. It turned out that DPMS was the culpret. My X would crash every 20 minutes precisely. This turns out to be the exact value of the DPMS

Re: X crashes if I'm idle

Ivan Uemlianin wrote: Dear All I'm running Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 on an IBM Thinkpad A31p. X is in VESA mode, as the Thinkpad has unsupported Radeon video. If I'm in X (Gnome) and I'm idle for a while (10 mins?) X crashes. The error messages seem to be to do with trying to run a screensaver

X crashes if I'm idle

Dear All I'm running Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 on an IBM Thinkpad A31p. X is in VESA mode, as the Thinkpad has unsupported Radeon video. If I'm in X (Gnome) and I'm idle for a while (10 mins?) X crashes. The error messages seem to be to do with trying to run a screensaver. Now, I have

X crashes when moving mouse

I have Slink 2.1. When I start X, either via XDM or via startx, switch to konsole, switch back to X and in the same time move my mouse vigorously (or accidentaly) my X crashes. If I leave the mouse while switching to X for couple of seconds, everything is alright. I have ps/2 mouse

Re: X crashes when moving mouse

On Sat, Feb 12, 2000 at 03:48:58AM +0100, Marko Cehaja wrote: I have Slink 2.1. When I start X, either via XDM or via startx, switch to konsole, switch back to X and in the same time move my mouse vigorously (or accidentaly) my X crashes. If I leave the mouse while switching to X

Re: X crashes when moving mouse

(or accidentaly) my X crashes. If I leave the mouse while switching to X for couple of seconds, everything is alright. I have ps/2 mouse and it works fine. The crash comes when switching to X and in the same time trying to move the mouse (which doesn't move on the screen for couple of seconds

Re: X crashes on start-up

I'll try the upgrade. I had heard there was one on an ftp site (something like ftp.mokole.com), but when I logged on there was a message that nothing would be made available for download. I tried the xf86config again last night, and set the mouse port to /dev/psaux. That did the trick. But the

X crashes on start-up

I have Debian 2.1. After installation the console works fine but X does not. When I startx, I will get a teal screen at a very low resolution, with the mouse pointing to the left. Then everything freezes. If I hit a key, I get a beep. I must go to a virtual terminal to shutdown. I have run

Re: X crashes on start-up

I have Debian 2.1. After installation the console works fine but X does not. When I startx, I will get a teal screen at a very low resolution, with the mouse pointing to the left. Then everything freezes. If I hit a key, I get a beep. I must go to a virtual terminal to shutdown. All other

Re: X crashes after upgrade to slink

Marko Loparic wrote: Apparently X can't start my window manager (fvwm2) using startx. It quits after showing the X screen for a second. Using xinit another window manager is activated (I strange one, I can't tell what it is...) The X messages shows no fatal errors, but the .xsession.errors

RE: X crashes after upgrade to slink

On 05-Feb-99 Marko Loparic wrote: Hi, Apparently X can't start my window manager (fvwm2) using startx. It quits after showing the X screen for a second. Using xinit another window manager is activated (I strange one, I can't tell what it is...) The X messages shows no fatal errors, but

X crashes after upgrade to slink

Hi, Apparently X can't start my window manager (fvwm2) using startx. It quits after showing the X screen for a second. Using xinit another window manager is activated (I strange one, I can't tell what it is...) The X messages shows no fatal errors, but the .xsession.errors says something which

Re: X crashes when switched from console w/ mouse event

On Sun, 10 May 1998, Adam Keys wrote: Kiyan Azarbar wrote: Hi. I was wondering if anyone else had had this problem. It seems really major. If I'm in console mode, then switch back to X with alt-f7, and then move the mouse in anticipation of X showing up, it very often crashes X. The

Re: X crashes when switched from console w/ mouse event

Hi. I was wondering if anyone else had had this problem. It seems really major. If I'm in console mode, then switch back to X with alt-f7, and then move the mouse in anticipation of X showing up, it very often crashes X. The whole thing just comes down and xdm restarts. I've just

X crashes when switched from console w/ mouse event

Hi. I was wondering if anyone else had had this problem. It seems really major. If I'm in console mode, then switch back to X with alt-f7, and then move the mouse in anticipation of X showing up, it very often crashes X. The whole thing just comes down and xdm restarts. I don't know how else to

Re: X crashes when switched from console w/ mouse event

Kiyan Azarbar wrote: Hi. I was wondering if anyone else had had this problem. It seems really major. If I'm in console mode, then switch back to X with alt-f7, and then move the mouse in anticipation of X showing up, it very often crashes X. The whole thing just comes down and xdm restarts.

Re: X crashes when switched from console w/ mouse event

Hi. I was wondering if anyone else had had this problem. It seems really major. If I'm in console mode, then switch back to X with alt-f7, and then move the mouse in anticipation of X showing up, it very often crashes X. The whole thing just comes down and xdm restarts. I've just tried

X crashes

Hi, My X crashes quite often. It happens usually after I run netscape communicator but I am not so sure that it's caused by that. Nothing special is running usually, just few Xterms and when I try to switch screens it just crashes and exits to bash prompt. I use afterstep window manager. Does

Re: X crashes

Hi, My X crashes quite often. It happens usually after I run netscape communicator but I am not so sure that it's caused by that. Nothing special is running usually, just few Xterms and when I try to switch screens it just crashes and exits to bash prompt. I use afterstep window manager

Re: X crashes when switching from VC

with 24bit 1280x1024 and SVGA server version 3.2A. The exactly same things happened with the 3.2 server too. Brian K Servis wrote: Occasionally when I switch from a VC back to X(alt-f7) and try and use the mouse immediately X crashes and exits. I am using a Diamond Stealth 64 Trio64 w/2MB

X crashes when switching from VC

Hi all, Occasionally when I switch from a VC back to X(alt-f7) and try and use the mouse immediately X crashes and exits. If I don't use the mouse for a couple of seconds it does not crash. I am running xdm but have had it happen when just starting X using xinit. I am running gpm on the VC's

Re: X crashes when switching from VC

1280x1024 and SVGA server version 3.2A. The exactly same things happened with the 3.2 server too. My mouse is a cheap 3-button logitech model in ttyS0 (COM1) and I use gpm. Brian K Servis wrote: Occasionally when I switch from a VC back to X(alt-f7) and try and use the mouse immediately X