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crash on logoff/shutdown
crash on logoff/shutdown
Hello,
I have a Debian Etch (kernel 2.6.18-5-686) distribution on my work PC and I have some problems with the X server.
The problem is that my pc hangs every time I try to restart X or to close the session or to shutdown the PC. I just can see a black screen or eventually the wallpaper but nothing happens. I can't even Ctrl+Alt+Fx to open a new shell.
I suspect the video card being the reason of this problem. I installed recently the drivers for it following this tutorial and everything worked fine !
According to this similar problem, it seems that the video drivers make troubles.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Edit: I will attach the /var/log/Xorg.0.log file which was created just after the crash.
Regards,
Tex
I have a Debian Etch (kernel 2.6.18-5-686) distribution on my work PC and I have some problems with the X server.
The problem is that my pc hangs every time I try to restart X or to close the session or to shutdown the PC. I just can see a black screen or eventually the wallpaper but nothing happens. I can't even Ctrl+Alt+Fx to open a new shell.
I suspect the video card being the reason of this problem. I installed recently the drivers for it following this tutorial and everything worked fine !
According to this similar problem, it seems that the video drivers make troubles.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Edit: I will attach the /var/log/Xorg.0.log file which was created just after the crash.
Regards,
Tex
Keep us posted on what you find. I'm having a similar problem with Lenny on an old Compaq Presario 1215 laptop. (I had no problems with Etch however). Consistent with Issyer's observation, I use KDE.
In my case, the crashes occur when X needs to either close or restart (e.g. when I logout, hibernate or enter the console from the KDM login screen). When X crashes, I get a black screen and have to turn off the computer by pressing the power button. Also, in my case, the crashes are occasional. Sometimes it hibernates smoothly, sometimes it doesn't.
The Compaq is my backup computer, so I'll have to pull it out of the closet and play around until it crashes. When it does, I'll also post the /var/log/Xorg.0.log file.
Thanks! It will be nice to compare notes.
- Eric
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In my case, the crashes occur when X needs to either close or restart (e.g. when I logout, hibernate or enter the console from the KDM login screen). When X crashes, I get a black screen and have to turn off the computer by pressing the power button. Also, in my case, the crashes are occasional. Sometimes it hibernates smoothly, sometimes it doesn't.
The Compaq is my backup computer, so I'll have to pull it out of the closet and play around until it crashes. When it does, I'll also post the /var/log/Xorg.0.log file.
Thanks! It will be nice to compare notes.
- Eric
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ok here's my log file. Sorry that it's on megaupload, I'll put it on my http srv later :
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=1UFPOKPY
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=1UFPOKPY
No I haven't. I'll have too look for a tutorial to do this ... sweetieIssyer wrote:Sweetie, you installed a proprietary AMD/ATI driver, but I say about the open source ATI one which goes with the distribution.Tex-Twil wrote:Hi, I installed ATI drivers and I tried only KDE. There's nothing else that KDE on this PC.
Oh my, and who told this, liar?Tex-Twil wrote:No I haven't. I'll have too look for a tutorial to do this ... sweetie
Tex-Twil wrote:I installed recently the drivers for it following this tutorial
Hey Tex-Twil,
Sorry it has taken so long for me to respond. I think that the interactions between KDE and XScreensaver caused the problem with my computer.
Specifically, the XScreenSaver Manual describes a method of disabling Kscreensaver, which I followed. One of the steps in that method is to replace /usr/bin/kdesktop_lock with a script that calls xscreensaver-command -lock
When I upgraded to Lenny, the kdesktop_lock script was replaced by a binary.
After replacing the kdesktop_lock binary with the script, everything seems to work OK. I'm still testing it (so I may end up eating my words), but X still hasn't crashed.
Hope this helps,
- Eric
Sorry it has taken so long for me to respond. I think that the interactions between KDE and XScreensaver caused the problem with my computer.
Specifically, the XScreenSaver Manual describes a method of disabling Kscreensaver, which I followed. One of the steps in that method is to replace /usr/bin/kdesktop_lock with a script that calls xscreensaver-command -lock
When I upgraded to Lenny, the kdesktop_lock script was replaced by a binary.
After replacing the kdesktop_lock binary with the script, everything seems to work OK. I'm still testing it (so I may end up eating my words), but X still hasn't crashed.
Hope this helps,
- Eric
OK! Time to eat my words!edoviak wrote:... everything seems to work OK. I'm still testing it (so I may end up eating my words), but X still hasn't crashed.
The problem is XScreensaver. Even after replacing kdesktop_lock with the script it causes X to crash upon logout, hibernation and/or shutdown whenever an XScreensaver has run. (I would report this as a bug, but I don't know who to report it to. Debian? KDE? JWZ?)
I'm going to uninstall XScreensaver and then undo the configurations and see if I can logout "crash-lessly."
UPDATE: Got rid of XScreensaver. No more crashes! Yeah!
UPDATE #2: Nevermind. It just crashed again.
I've been testing and testing (by hibernating, ending sessions, restarting, etc.) The minute I thought everything was finally working perfectly, I logged out and it crashed. It's not crashing as often as it used to, but ...
Gnome is a different thing. I had something similar myself. I solved it this way:gettons wrote:Hi folks,
I've the same problem with debian testing on XPS M1210.
But I use gnome, and this is really annoyng.
When I logoff from gnome, sometimes, i get a blank screen, and the only thing I can do is to power off the machine.
Put the following into /etc/gdm/gdm.conf :
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[daemon]
AlwaysRestartServer=true
RemoteGreeter=/usr/lib/gdm/gdmgreeter
[security]
AllowRoot=true
[xdmcp]
[gui]
[greeter]
[chooser]
[debug]
[servers]