Bug#224708:
On Tue, Dec 23, 2003 at 08:34:40AM -0600, Warren Turkal wrote:
> On Monday 22 December 2003 03:57 pm, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> > There's a difference between a lockup and a server crash though; the
> > latter is unlikely to be related to the 3D driver, unless proprietary
> > drivers are being used or something perhaps. The submitter should
> > provide the full server log and config file and if applicable preferably
> > even a backtrace from xserver-xfree86-dbg.
>
> Would a server crash leave the mouse cursor working. BTW, I use hardware
> cursors.
Not sure what you mean by that. When I say "server crash", I mean
complete shutdown of X. However, since I use "gpm" (and read from
"/dev/gpmdata" for the X mouse), this does not affect my mouse; I can
use it in both X and the console. I wrote up the method for doing this
in the Linux Gazette a while back, actually.
BTW, more about the back-trace: I presume this requires installing the
"xserver-xfree86-dbg" package. :) I just tried "apt-get install", etc.,
and it's 40MB in size. Since I'm connected via a cell-phone (I live on a
boat at anchor) and there aren't any net cafes in this area, it's, umm,
unlikely that I'll be able to do that. Sorry!
* Ben Okopnik * okopnik.freeshell.org * Technical Editor, Linux Gazette *
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