X hangs system on log out
Hello
About a week ago I posted this problem on the debian-laptop
list, unfortunately I received no response so I am having a
2nd try with this posting on both the laptop & the
debian-user lists. Also I suspect that this might be a
generic nvidia problem.
Recently I have noticed that whenever I log-out from kde or
gnome, or run 'shutdown -r (or -h) now' or even try the kill
X by using Ctrl+Alt+Backspace the screen goes blank and the
whole system appears to hang.
System Details (or rather what I think is relevant) -
Dell Inspiron 2650 P4, 32MB GeForce2 Go
Kernel 2.6.3
Debian (testing/unstable),
xserver-xfree86 v4.3.0-7
xserver-common v4.3.0-7
nvidia-glx v1.0.5336-6 (probably earlier when problem
started)
nvidia-kernel-common v1.0.5336-1 (probably earlier when
problem started)
nvidia-kernel-source v1.0.5336-6 (probably earlier when
problem started)
As far as I can tell the problem started as a result of a
standard 'Upgrade system' using Synaptic, which installed an
upgraded version of nvidia-kernel-common &
nvidia-kernel-source. I made the new nvidia module and
installed it but did not reboot. Later when I noticed the
problem I upgraded all the nvidia & xserver bits to unstable
in an attempt to solve the problem but this did not work.
I can spot nothing in the syslog or XFree86.0.log (or any
log for that matter) that gives me a clue as to what the
problem is, it looks as if the system just stops.
Any useful pointers as to what might be causing this would
be gratefully received.
James
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