Re: [otto.wyss@csam.com: XFree 4.0.1-8 crashes my system completly, how can I retrieve inf ormation fora bug report]
Goodness; what a horrible .signature. That would be a real incentive for
me to find a different employer. :) [Branden: it isn't Craig that you
need to worry about -- it is RMS! :]
In the meantime.... Otto, check your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file for a
fontpath element that is a unix-domain socket, possibly on port 6601 or
something similar. If you have one, try commenting it out. That has
caused problems for many people.
In order to get more information, try looking for /var/log/XFree86*
files. With luck, it managed to write out as much as possible before
dying. [Branden, do you know if our good friends at XFree86.org turn off
buffering for these files? :]
It is possible your USB mouse is giving trouble, but boy I hope that it
wouldn't cause crashes this severe. <shrug>
Cheers :)
* Branden Robinson <branden@deadbeast.net> [001130 01:50]:
> Guess I'm violating the license on this mail by forwarding it. Maybe Craig
> Sanders and this guy would like to file a class-action copyright
> infringment suit against me...
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> From: "Wyss, Otto" <otto.wyss@csam.com>
> To: "'branden@debian.org'" <branden@debian.org>
> Subject: XFree 4.0.1-8 crashes my system completly, how can I retrieve
> inf ormation fora bug report
> Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 08:43:25 +0100
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> I have an uptodate woody (11/27/2000) with kernel 2.4.0-test11 (i386) using framebuffer support on an ATI Mach64. Now XFree 4.0.1-8 using fbdev (started with "startx") crashes my system so worse, that I neither can't switch to any console nor get a connection across the network (telnet, ping). All I can do to get out of a completly blank screen is pressing the hard reset button. My setup used to work with XFree 3.3.6 and kernel 2.4.0-test5. Now how do I retrieve any useful information after the restart of my system, so I can make a useful bug report? What else can I do to help resolve this crash, i.e. kernel with debug support?
>
> Does my USB-keyboard/-mouse have an influence in this crash? Or is there any other package I might have to look at?
>
> Could you provide my a bash script with all the necessary commands, since I'm not very used to X?
>
> How do I install X so I could use/test version 3 and 4 through different startups (startx3/starx4)?
>
> O. Wyss
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> PS. If you aren't the right person, could you please forward this message?
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