Re: X server crashes....

[Rajesh Radhakrishnan <rradhakr@email.uc.edu>]

On Sun, 17 Oct 1999, Phil Brutsche wrote:

> A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said...
> > Fatal server error:
> > Caught signal 11.  Server aborting
> 
> Signal 11 is a segmentation fault.  This is what I suggest:
> 
> 1) Re-install the X server binary.  It might have gotten munged somehow
> 2) Check your memory, motherboard, and L2 cache, or a combination of the
>    above.  Those are the three most common causes of a Sig11, especially
>    for 'no apparent reason'.
> 
> Out of curiosity, have you tried recompiling the kernel recently?

Hi,

I reinstalled the X binaries (X, XF86_SVGA) again. The new X server is running and 
I'm keeping my fingers crossed... :)

I updated my kernel to 2.2.12 from 2.0.36 about a month ago. why? 

Thanks for your help.
Rajesh