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Re: Bug#250919: X Crashes while loading KDE / KM - missing symbols



reassign 250919 kde
thanks

On Tue, May 25, 2004 at 10:35:59PM +0200, Jan L�hr wrote:
> package: xserver-xfree86
> version: 4.3.0.dfsg1-1
> 
> Greetings,
> 
> I'm not sure wheter this is a xserver bug, but for me it is not possible to
> draw a connection to the correct package.

I can perhaps help with that.

[...]

> startkde: Starting up...
> /usr/bin/x-session-manager: line 157:  5242 Segmentation fault      kreadconfig --file kpersonalizerrc --group General --key FirstLogin --default true --type bool
> /usr/bin/x-session-manager: line 160:  5243 Segmentation fault      ksplash --nodcop
> /usr/bin/x-session-manager: line 164:  5244 Segmentation fault      LD_BIND_NOW=true kdeinit +kcminit +knotify
> startkde: Could not start kdeinit. Check your installation.
> Warning: connect() failed: : No such file or directory
> /usr/bin/x-session-manager: line 181:  5246 Segmentation fault      kwrapper ksmserver $KDEWM
> startkde: Shutting down...
> Warning: connect() failed: : No such file or directory
> Error: Can't contact kdeinit!
> startkde: Running shutdown scripts...
> startkde: Done.

The X server is not crashing.  It is exiting cleanly and deliberately
because it could not start a client.

Please see the Debian X FAQ.

http://necrotic.deadbeast.net/xsf/XFree86/trunk/debian/local/FAQ

  *) How can I tell if it's the X server crashing, or my X session exiting
     abnormally?

  Generally, when the X server has no more clients to manage, it will exit
  immediately.  This can look a lot like a "crash" to the uninitiated, especially
  when the clients themselves crash.

  It's easy to determine whether the X server itself works.  As root, simply run
  the command "X".  If that brings up the little root window weave and the X
  cursor, then *you do not have a fatal X server configuration problem*.  The X
  server is working.  Use CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE to kill it.

  Alternatively, if you're using a display manager and you can see the greeter
  (login screen), then the X server is running: *you do not have a fatal X server
  configuration problem*.  Most failures after that point are client-side
  problems.  (Yes, there are bugs in the X server that can cause it spontaneously
  crash, but if the X server "crashes" immediately upon logging in to your X
  session, it's probably a client side problem.)

  If the X server doesn't start with the command "X", but you get a message like
  "Server already active for display 0", then you're probably already running X
  somewhere.  See the "The X server log says there was an error opening my 'core
  pointer'..." question above for more information on how to deal with this.

  Alternatively, if you're using a display manager and you can see the
  greeter (login screen), then the X server is running: *you do not have a
  fatal X server configuration problem*.  Most failures after that point
  are client-side problems.  (Yes, there are bugs in the X server that can
  cause it spontaneously crash, but if the X server "crashes" immediately
  upon logging in to your X session, it's probably a client side problem.)

No idea which exact KDE package is the problem; with multiple clients
segfaulting, it could be a library problem.

Reassigning to "kde".

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