Bug#375460: Upgrade to linux kernel 2.6.17 makes Xserver crasing on startup

[Michel Dänzer <daenzer@debian.org>]

On Mon, 2006-06-26 at 08:03 +0200, Marcel Sebek wrote: 
> 
> I upgraded kernel to 2.6.17 and xserver stopped working. I tried both
> DRI enabled and disabled. I also tried disabling all modules and removing
> all font directories, it didn't help.
> 
> The Xserver receives SIGSEG:
> 
> Backtrace:
> 0: /usr/bin/X11/X(xf86SigHandler+0x88) [0x80b8d98]
> 1: [0xffffe420]
> 2: /usr/bin/X11/X(main+0x5cc) [0x806e46c]
> 3: /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xd0) [0xb7d51eb0]
> 4: /usr/bin/X11/X(FontFileCompleteXLFD+0x91) [0x806d881]
> 
> Fatal server error:
> Caught signal 11.  Server aborting
> 
> 
> This is the trace with ati driver. I also tried vesa, the trace also
> started with xf86SigHandler+0x88 and ended with FontFileCompleteXLFD,
> but it has a few more lines between.

Please provide the full log file and try and get a backtrace with gdb.


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