Re: Xorg Freezes, only root..
On Fri, Jun 09, 2006 at 12:29:52AM -0500, Cederik León De León Acuña wrote:
> Hi all:
>
> After an dist-upgrade, only root can use the xwindows system, in XFREE
> 4 i had no problem, but since yesterday the XFREE -> Xorg "upgrade"
> turns my Laptop, almost unusable under X ...
>
> I figured out that the problem coms from NVidia driver or so, but i
> tryed with and without nvidia driver, last night without good news..
How did you determine it's the Nvidia driver? IE, what error makes you
think this?
> Ok...
>
> After a lot of little xorg.conf changes tests and kernel reconf. the
> problem it's the same, with or withoht nvidia kernel module nor
> driver.
>
> If a common user [me] try :
>
> $ startx
Since you've said 'common user' I assume you've tried with a freshly
set-up user? IE, one with no .xsession or .xinitrc
> All it´s fantastic, until the end of the "Xwindows startup process",
> then BLANK SCREEN and the entire computer is dead, freezes, no key
> works...
Do you have ssh or telnet servers enabled on the machine? If so, when
it 'freezes' can you log into it remotely and assess the situation?
> Well that's not the end of my sad history, if i try the same, not as
> user but root, the xwindows works fine; indeed i'm working as root at
> this moment.
I'm not going to lecture on the dangers of X as root--I'm sure you'll
get that from others.
> I have the following configuration.
>
> Laptop: Dell Inspiron 5150
> Mem: 775072
> Mobile Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.06GHz
> VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34M [GeForce FX Go5200]
>
> Linux julisa 2.6.15julisa #7 PREEMPT Thu Jun 8 23:13:53 CDT 2006 i686
> GNU/Linux
>
> My Debian Repository (apt):
>
> http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free
Just as a note--until etch is released, I'd consider adding a line:
deb http://secure-testing.debian.net/debian-secure-testing \
etch/security-updates main contrib non-free
> So, every day or so i made the:
>
> apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade
good to stay up-to-date and to help test new packages (the two reasons I
can think to use testing/unstable)
> ----------PARTIAL LOG--------------
>
> _XSERVTransSocketOpenCOTSServer: Unable to open socket for inet6
> _XSERVTransOpen: transport open failed for inet6/julisa:0
> _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to open listener for inet6
>
> X Window System Version 7.0.0
> Release Date: 21 December 2005
> X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.0
> Build Operating System:Linux 2.6.12-1-686 i686
> Current Operating System: Linux julisa 2.6.15julisa #7 PREEMPT Thu Jun 8
> 23:13:5
> 3 CDT 2006 i686
> Build Date: 16 March 2006
> Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
> to make sure that you have the latest version.
> Module Loader present
> Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
> (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
> (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
> (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Thu Jun 8 23:45:13 2006
> (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
> (==) ServerLayout "Default Layout"
> (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen" (0)
> (**) | |-->Monitor "Monitor genérico"
> (**) | |-->Device "Tarjeta de vídeo genérica"
>
> -------------------------------
Is that all that's in te X logs? What does ~/.xsession-errors contain?
Have you tried moving your .xsession and .xinitrc out of the way and
trying with fresh (IE blank) files? What about /var/log/X.org.log --
any lines in there with either a WW or an EE (grep would be helpful)?
--
Christopher Nelson -- chris@cavein.org
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