Re: Nvidia driver lock-up (was (Re: Flightgear crashes (the program,not the pilot))
Russ Cook wrote:
> Hans-J. Ullrich wrote:
>> Hi Russ,
>>
>> sry, my late answer, I did somehow miss your mail.
>>
>> Well, if nv crashes and nvidia without "Load GLX"-Option, then there
>> might be another non nvidia dependent problem.
>>
>> What does it show, if you disable "kdm" and start manually X with the
>> command "startx" from the shell ? Is there a difference between root
>> and normal user ?
>>
>> If starting with "startx" from the shell, you can see, what really
>> happens.
>>
>> In doubt, just send me the output and your /var/log/xorg.log.
>>
>> You can additionally start "startx" with the strace command. Just do
>> "strace startx" on the shell. Caution: This is a huge output. Just
>> pipe it into a file, so you can examine it later.
>>
>> Good luck and regards !
>>
>>
>> Hans
>>
>>
>>
>>
> Hans,
> Per your suggestion, I ran strace startx, and piped the output to
> startx.log (attached). Also attached is /var/log/Xorg.0.log . I was
> running the nvidia driver for this test (config file also attached).
> After starting the Xserver, I tried to open my Home folder. The frame
> came up, but the files never appeared. SSH from another machine,
> and running top showed Xorg running 100% on one processor (I have
> a dual core machine).
> Any further advice or suggestions are most welcome. I am currently
> running with the Vesa driver, as it is stable (if slow).
>
> Thanks,
> Russ
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