Re: switching users kills first user
On Sun, 2007-09-30 at 11:58 +0200, Raúl Sánchez Siles wrote:
> El Sábado, 29 de Septiembre de 2007, Ross Boylan escribió:
> > For at least the last month, sometimes when I switch user (as in "switch
> > user" from the KDE menu) to another user's session, the session for the
> > first user is killed.
> >
> > This has happened with 2 or 3 user sessions. It has happened when
> > switching from the first session (vt7) or the 2nd (vt8). The session
> > killed usually is using a lot of memory, but there is still quite a bit
> > of virtual memory left.
> >
> > Is anyone else seeing this? Any suggestions for what to do? I don't
> > even know what package I would file a bug against--if anyone knows, I'd
> > love to hear it.
> >
> > Thanks.
> > Ross
> >
> > Currently,
> > kdebase 4:3.5.7-4
> > linux-image-2.6.18-5-686 2.6.18.dfsg.1-13etch3
> > xorg 1:7.2-5
> > nvidia-glx 1.0.8776-4
> > nvidia-kernel-2.6.18-5-686 1.0.8776+6etch1
> > The free nvidia driver does not work with my card, a GeForce 6600 LE.
> > There have been some point releases of the kernel since the nvidia
> > stuff; I'm not sure if it needs to be updated to match the kernel
> > exactly or not.
> >
> > I've founding nothing useful in the logs, just
> > Sep 27 19:34:02 corn kdm[7491]: X server for display :0 terminated
> > unexpectedly
>
> This sounds like an Xorg problem. This is off topic here, since it belongs
> to Xorg and not to KDE. You should look for the debian-x user ML and post
> there the problem, and you Xorg.log.0.old which should have some info about
> the problem. Also the versions you are using for all the xorg packages you
> have installed.
>
Since this only happens from KDE switch user (I have not, for example
seen it with ctl-alt-Fn) it seems at least possible KDE has some role in
it.
Does anybody know what component or code is responsible for the switch
user stuff?
Ross
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