Bug#259639: xserver-xfree86: [ati] X starts a bit, then returns to console; [drm:radeon_unlock] *ERROR* Process 1389 using kernel context 0
Hello.
Daniel Stone:
> Your X installation is fine; whatever you are running under it (GNOME?
> KDE? XFce?) is exiting immediately with no feedback. If you're keen,
> give this a shot:
> XFree86 :0 -nolisten tcp -dpi 100 & sleep 2 && DISPLAY=:0.0
> whatever-you-usually-run
>
> (Replace 'whatever-you-usually-run' with gnome-session, startkde, or
> whatever.)
shot@chastell:~$ XFree86 :0 -nolisten tcp -dpi 100 & sleep 2 && DISPLAY=:0.0 gnome-session
[1] 3221
Fatal server error:
Cannot move old logfile "/var/log/XFree86.0.log.old"
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[1]+ Exit 1 XFree86 :0 -nolisten tcp -dpi 100
(gnome-session:3227): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
shot@chastell:~$
> Hopefully you can find some information
> this way on why your environment is dying.
Hmmm. The catch is I don't think I upgraded anything else
X/GNOME-related than the x-server itself today. The other catch,
of course, is that the same package configuration works wonders
on my laptop (with an Intel i810 graphics card).
I guess the information could be that "Cannot move old logfile" line
(if it is indeed the fatal error mentioned the line above it), but
I can't figure why it can't move the log (chastell is my broken
workstation, desaxe is my working laptop):
shot@chastell:~$ ll /var/ -d
drwxr-xr-x 16 root root 384 2004-05-27 19:58 /var/
shot@chastell:~$ ll /var/log/ -d
drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 3584 2004-07-15 21:38 /var/log/
shot@chastell:~$ ll /var/log/XFree86.0.log*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 35569 2004-07-15 21:38 /var/log/XFree86.0.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 35569 2004-07-15 21:37 /var/log/XFree86.0.log.old
shot@desaxe:~$ ll /var/ -d
drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 360 2004-05-24 06:53 /var/
shot@desaxe:~$ ll /var/log/ -d
drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 2896 2004-07-15 20:54 /var/log/
shot@desaxe:~$ ll /var/log/XFree86.0.log*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 55138 2004-07-15 22:33 /var/log/XFree86.0.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 62392 2004-07-15 15:25 /var/log/XFree86.0.log.old
Thanks a lot for your time!
Cheers,
-- Shot (Piotr Szotkowski)
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