XIO: fatal error 104

[Francesco Pietra <chiendarret@gmail.com>]

Hi:
I have little familiarity with X11, in particular on my computing
multisocket with amd64 lenny, where it is seldom used. Now that it is
needed, it does not work any more.

Command startx or X (as user) reports:

X.Org X Server 1.4.2
Release Date: 11 June 2008
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux Debian (xorg-server 2:1.4.2-10)
Current Operating System: Linux deb64 2.6.24-1-amd64 #1 SMP Sat May 10
09:28:10 UTC 2008 x86_64
Build Date: 09 January 2009  02:16:05AM

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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: Sun Jan 25 15:47:02 2009
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(II) Module "ddc" already built-in
(II) Module "ddc" already built-in
(II) Module "ramdac" already built-in
(II) Module "i2c" already built-in

Backtrace:
0: /usr/bin/X11/X(xf86SigHandler+0x6a) [0x48dd0a]
1: /lib/libc.so.6 [0x2ab82827df60]

Fatal server error:
Caught signal 11.  Server aborting

XIO:  fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0"

      after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.
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Other information:

(WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc" does not exist.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not exist.
(WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic" does not exist.
(WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/" does not exist.
(WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/" does not exist.
(WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1" does not exist.
(WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi" does not exist.
(WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi" does not exist.
(WW) The directory "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
does not exist.
(WW) MACH64(0): Cannot shadow an accelerated frame buffer.
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Section "Module"
	Load	"bitmap"
	Load	"ddc"
	Load	"dri"
	Load	"extmod"
	Load	"freetype"
	Load	"glx"
	Load	"int10"
	Load	"vbe"
EndSection
Section "Device"
	Identifier	"ATI Technologies Inc Rage XL"
	Driver		"ati"
	BusID		"PCI:3:1:0"
EndSection
=================

03:01.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage XL (rev 27)
===============

I tried

#dpkg-reconfigure xserver -xorg

setting:

kernel framebuffer device interface: yes

Keyboard layout: pc104

but id did not help.

Thanks for helping

francesco pietra