Re: Can anyone please reproduce this crash in X on Sid?
On 16 May 2012, Arnt Karlsen wrote:
> > In both, if I kill the process corresponding to X *from within X*,
> > either the machine freezes completely (Radeon)
>
> ..how? Ssh too freezes? It no longer responds even to ping etc?
Yes, no response to ping.
> ..are these 2 boxes on wicd etc style networking that dies
> with X and the desktop?
>
Nothing like that is running.
> > or shuts down completely (Nouveau),
>
> ..it powers off???
The computer is still running but the screen is dead. Whereas, with the
Radeon machine, the screen is still lit with the WM background showing.
> > If I kill it from a tty terminal there is no problem.
>
> ..and what happens if you try to kill X over ssh from the other box?
That works too. It's closing from within X itself that locks things up.
AC
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> Scenarios always come in sets of three:
> best case, worst case, and just in case.
>
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