Re: X crashing after upgrade: urgent!
On Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:11:29 -0700 (PDT) "Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum"
<bg271828@yahoo.com> shared this with us all:
>Hi. Im running Sid on a Thinkpad T60, and recently rebooted my machine
>after having done several updates recently. I now find that X is
>crashing hard on boot, rendering the system unusabler. My Xorg log
>shows the same backtrace thats reported in this thread:
>
>http://www.linux-archive.org/debian-user/369120-x-server-hangs-debian-squeeze-after-upgrade.html
>
>But my system doesnt crash randomly, it wont even start in the first
>place.
>
>I reinstalled all xorg modules, and the mesa libraries (someone in
>that thread suggested this) but it still crashes in the same way. Im
>not using a config file, i just use the automatic one, and i dont want
>to do anything fancy.
>
>I am supposed to give a presentation tomorrow with this laptop and its
>the only one i have so Im DESPERATE to get this resolve....
>
>Would be very very grateful for any help at all!
>
>I am willing to downgrade X but dont know how to do this. Or if it
>will help.
>
>Thanks!
>
>Jen
Sorry I'm unable to help you.
But think you're very brave to use Sid on a machine you rely. I
consider myself foolhardy running testing on a lappy I rely on.
Hope someone can help you as quickly as you require.
Be well,
Charlie
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