on Mon, Sep 15, 2003 at 11:58:58AM +0300, Alphonse Ogulla (ogulla@uonbi.ac.ke) wrote:
> Hi all,
> First problem; X runs on my machine pretty well but crashes moments later (as
> a result of a "fatal server lockup") on switching to a virtual console with
> the Ctrl+Alt+Fn keystroke. My system specs are as follows:-
This sort of behavior sounds like a server/driver selection or
configuration error. I'd try a different driver, or a different
configuration. I'm not specifically familiar with the i810 video card,
but understand that developing support has been an ongoing issue,
particularly from conversations with the LNX-BBC developers.
From your log, looks like a possible buffer overflow.
> Machine: Dell Optiplex GX10
> Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 3.0r1 "woody" Kernel 2.4.21
> X -version: XFree86 version 4.1.0.1 (protocol version 11, revision 0)
> Video card: Onboard intel 810E
>
> The full server log is appended to the end of this message for your perusal.
>
> A similar installation on an equivalent machine but with an ATI Mach64 GB
> graphics card does not suffer from this problem. A little bit of tweaking
> XF86Config-4 like negating the UseFBDev option did not help much. Any
> solutions?
>
> Second problem, issuing the command startx, fires up KDE 3.1.3 by default. How
> do I set some other light weight window manager like fvwm to run by default
> without using a desktop manager like gdm? Actually, I love KDE but arts has
> issues with my sound card - Aureal Vortex au8220 and therefore want to kick
> start some other wm.
$ edit ~/.xinitrc
$ update-alternatives x-window-manager
>
> ----------------------------X server output-----------------------------
<snip>
Peace.
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