Re: GPU hang "EQ overflowing. The server is probably stuck in an infinite loop"
On 2011-07-25 15:08 +0200, lee wrote:
> José Silva <jsantossilva@hotmail.com> writes:
>
>> Given that, I did Ctl+Alt+F1, logged in as user, sudo service gdm stop
>> to stop xserver. Then sudo gdb startx but the system says it's not an
>> executable. How do I run xserver in the debugger?
>
> Unfortunately, I don't know. I guess a way might be to start the
> debugger and then attach it to the running x-server, see [1]. When the
> x-server freezes, you might be able to find out what it's doing with the
> debugger.
You need to do this over ssh, otherwise the X server will block the
keyboard when it freezes, preventing the switch to the console where GDB
runs. See http://pkg-xorg.alioth.debian.org/howto/use-gdb.html.
Sven
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