Fatal X error: how to diagnose?
I'm running the current Woody release.
My graphics card is a Radeon 9200 SE.
My problem is that the X server dies and restarts. It
dies in 2 situations:
(1) when the system is idle for 20 minutes or more.
Following is a bunch of consecutive lines from syslog,
when nobody was logged in:
Feb 24 19:32:12 leo gdm[242]:
gdm_slave_xioerror_handler: Fatal X error - Restarting
:0
Feb 24 19:52:14 leo gdm[469]:
gdm_slave_xioerror_handler: Fatal X error - Restarting
:0
Feb 24 20:12:16 leo gdm[482]:
gdm_slave_xioerror_handler: Fatal X error - Restarting
:0
Feb 24 20:32:18 leo gdm[502]:
gdm_slave_xioerror_handler: Fatal X error - Restarting
:0
Feb 24 20:52:20 leo gdm[515]:
gdm_slave_xioerror_handler: Fatal X error - Restarting
:0
Feb 24 21:12:22 leo gdm[528]:
gdm_slave_xioerror_handler: Fatal X error - Restarting
:0
Feb 24 21:32:24 leo gdm[548]:
gdm_slave_xioerror_handler: Fatal X error - Restarting
:0
Feb 24 21:52:26 leo gdm[561]:
gdm_slave_xioerror_handler: Fatal X error - Restarting
:0
Feb 24 22:12:28 leo gdm[574]:
gdm_slave_xioerror_handler: Fatal X error - Restarting
:0
Feb 24 22:32:30 leo gdm[594]:
gdm_slave_xioerror_handler: Fatal X error - Restarting
:0
Feb 24 22:52:32 leo gdm[607]:
gdm_slave_xioerror_handler: Fatal X error - Restarting
:0
Feb 24 23:12:58 leo gdm[620]:
gdm_slave_xioerror_handler: Fatal X error - Restarting
:0
Feb 24 23:33:00 leo gdm[640]:
gdm_slave_xioerror_handler: Fatal X error - Restarting
:0
(2) When I run mplayer. This reliably kills the X
server.
Following is my XF86Config-4 file:
### BEGIN DEBCONF SECTION
# XF86Config-4 (XFree86 server configuration file)
generated by dexconf, the
# Debian X Configuration tool, using values from the
debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the
XF86Config-4 manual page.
# (Type "man XF86Config-4" at the shell prompt.)
#
# If you want your changes to this file preserved by
dexconf, only make changes
# before the "### BEGIN DEBCONF SECTION" line above,
and/or after the
# "### END DEBCONF SECTION" line below.
#
# To change things within the debconf section, run the
command:
# dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86
# as root. Also see "How do I add custom sections to
a dexconf-generated
# XF86Config or XF86Config-4 file?" in
/usr/share/doc/xfree86-common/FAQ.gz.
Section "Files"
FontPath "unix/:7100" # local font server
# if the local font server has problems, we can fall
back on these
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "GLcore"
Load "bitmap"
Load "dbe"
Load "ddc"
Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "int10"
Load "record"
Load "speedo"
Load "type1"
Load "vbe"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "keyboard"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Protocol" "PS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Radeon 9200 SE"
Driver "vesa"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Compaq V70"
HorizSync 60-72
VertRefresh 76-86
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "Radeon 9200 SE"
Monitor "Compaq V70"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1152x864" "1024x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1152x864" "1024x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1152x864" "1024x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1152x864" "1024x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1152x864" "1024x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1152x864" "1024x768"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
InputDevice "Generic Mouse"
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection
### END DEBCONF SECTION
Any ideas/suggestions?
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