Re: xorg.0.log repetitive entries
Hello: I have not been able to find a solution to my problem, so I decided to try doing away with GDM to use XDM instead. As a result, the problems described in my original post have gone away. Now my Xorg.0.log file starts at [ 56.750], ending at [ 61.292] instead of starting at [ 58.839] and ending at [100.838] and there are no repeated entries in the log file. So it seems to be down to some sort of problem between the Xserver and GDM/Nvidia drivers or maybe just GDM and the Nvidia drivers. Another annoying issue I was having seems to have subsided completely although it is too soon to tell for sure if this is so. Out of nowehere and at absolutely random times, a shutdown command would end up being a reboot. I had not been able to reproduce the issue and had originally assigned it to a poorly written BIOS problem (it is a Sun Microsystems board = no support available). There are other log entries I need to find out about but will start a separate thread for them. Cheers. ___ xorg@lists.x.org: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: https://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg Your subscription address: %(user_address)s
Re: xorg.0.log repetitive entries
Hello: I have been looking at the logs and found this: 1. 'warnings' log [code] Oct 21 12:43:35 groucho gdm-binary[2719]: WARNING: gdm_slave_xioerror_handler: Fatal X error - Restarting :0 Oct 21 12:43:36 groucho xinetd[2499]: Exiting... [/code] Looking around I found a post about it on the web ... --- ... in truth all it means is "X crashed for some reason". You'll see this message in gdm logs for any variety of different crashes ... --- ... without any other explanation. See: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm/+bug/152648 I also found a post that asked about a vga=XXX line in my kernel command line. I did have vga=792, which I eliminated. But the problem did not go away. On the good side, the /var/log/gdm/:0.log file seems clean: [code] X.Org X Server 1.19.5 Release Date: 2017-10-12 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 Build Operating System: Linux_4.13.5-pclos1 PCLinuxOS Current Operating System: Linux groucho 4.12.10-pclos1 #1 SMP Wed Aug 30 08:17:56 CDT 2017 x86_64 Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.12.10-pclos1 root=UUID=82ca71e8-fba7-4e36-a086-27e3be13a48b ro nokmsboot noiswmd resume=UUID=464724a6-5814-4f99-b422-3e180aabed08 Build Date: 13 October 2017 01:54:45PM Current version of pixman: 0.34.0 Before reporting problems, check http://pclinuxos.com to make sure that you have the latest version. Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sat Oct 21 12:46:09 2017 (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" (==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d" (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d" [/code] Thanks in advance. Cheers, ___ xorg@lists.x.org: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: https://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg Your subscription address: %(user_address)s
Re: xorg.0.log repetitive entries
Hello: On 20 Oct 2017 at 10:48, Aaron Plattner wrote: > I'm pretty sure these messages are printed in response to configuration > commands issued by the desktop session itself. The (II) means that they're 'informational'. Not (**) from the config file, (--) probed or (==), a default setting from X11 itself. So it would make sense that X11 is not what's doing it. (?) > So if they're being printed repeatedly, it's because your DE is doing > repeated work. No idea but if the DE is doing repeated work, how can I find out about it? And why is it doing it 9 times? Why not 2 or 3? On 10/20/2017 09:30 AM, Adam Jackson wrote: > Either that, or the server is regenerating. The same 'why 9 times' would apply here too. And why would it want/need to regenerate? > What login manager & desktop environment are you using ... I'm using the MATE desktop environment which is default for PCLinuxOS and GDM. [code] [root@groucho groucho]# X -version X.Org X Server 1.19.5 Release Date: 2017-10-12 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 Build Operating System: Linux_4.13.5-pclos1 PCLinuxOS Current Operating System: Linux groucho 4.12.10-pclos1 #1 SMP Wed Aug 30 08:17:56 CDT 2017 x86_64 Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.12.10-pclos1 root=UUID=82ca71e8-fba7-4e36-a086-27e3be13a48b ro nokmsboot noiswmd resume=UUID=464724a6-5814-4f99-b422-3e180aabed08 vga=792 Build Date: 13 October 2017 01:54:45PM Current version of pixman: 0.34.0 [root@groucho groucho]# [/code] > ... is it possible that the session startup is running a few short-lived X > clients > before starting one that will hold the server open? No idea ... Let's say that it's rather above my 'pay grade' linux wise =-/. Thank you both for your help. Cheers, ___ xorg@lists.x.org: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: https://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg Your subscription address: %(user_address)s
Re: xorg.0.log repetitive entries
On 10/20/2017 09:30 AM, Adam Jackson wrote: On Thu, 2017-10-19 at 20:29 -0300, sawb...@gmx.net wrote: For example, these lines accounting for the mode setting of each one of my three monitors: (II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "CRT-0:1280x1024" (II) NVIDIA(1): Setting mode "DFP-0:1280x1024" (II) NVIDIA(2): Setting mode "CRT-1:1280x1024" I'm pretty sure these messages are printed in response to configuration commands issued by the desktop session itself. So if they're being printed repeatedly, it's because your DE is doing repeated work. Either that, or the server is regenerating. What login manager & desktop environment are you using, and is it possible that the session startup is running a few short-lived X clients before starting one that will hold the server open? -- Aaron ___ xorg@lists.x.org: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: https://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg Your subscription address: %(user_address)s
Re: xorg.0.log repetitive entries
On Thu, 2017-10-19 at 20:29 -0300, sawb...@gmx.net wrote: > For example, these lines accounting for the mode setting of each one > of my three monitors: > > (II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "CRT-0:1280x1024" > (II) NVIDIA(1): Setting mode "DFP-0:1280x1024" > (II) NVIDIA(2): Setting mode "CRT-1:1280x1024" I'm pretty sure these messages are printed in response to configuration commands issued by the desktop session itself. So if they're being printed repeatedly, it's because your DE is doing repeated work. - ajax ___ xorg@lists.x.org: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: https://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg Your subscription address: %(user_address)s
xorg.0.log repetitive entries
Hello: Combing through the xorg.0.log file was an important part of being able to set up two Nvidia cards (FX580+FX370) to drive three monitors (Dell P1914S + 2x SyncMaster 940N) in Xinerama mode. Lots of searching and countless logouts/logins/boots eventually got me the working xorg.conf I wanted, with 'apparently' no problems: A desktop spanning three 1280*1024 monitors (3840*1024). This is under PCLinuxOS. X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 Build Operating System: Linux_4.13.5-pclos1 PCLinuxOS Current Operating System: Linux groucho 4.12.10-pclos1 The one thing that caught my eye was how some (quite a few) entries repeat themselves numerous times within the log file. For example, these lines accounting for the mode setting of each one of my three monitors: (II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "CRT-0:1280x1024" (II) NVIDIA(1): Setting mode "DFP-0:1280x1024" (II) NVIDIA(2): Setting mode "CRT-1:1280x1024" The xorg.0.log file has these three entries repeated nine (9) times each, obviously at different time stamps. There are other quite a few parts of the log file that are repeated a number of times and seeing that there is a 20+ seconds wait from the PW 'enter' to a usable desktop, I am starting to wonder if there isn't something wrong with the xorg.conf file I put together. My xorg.0.log has no errors (EE), a coulple of the advisories (WW) that xorg calls 'warnings' and to which many before me have tried to find answers to (and decided that they're harmless) so that seems to be all right (?). So the first question would be if it is 'normal' (as in 'usual') for the log file to have repeated entries for the exact same thing. It starts at [ 58.839] and ends at [100.838]. Thanks in advance, ___ xorg@lists.x.org: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: https://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg Your subscription address: %(user_address)s
