Bug#395564: X server enters cpu loop on startup following 7.1 upgrade
severity 395564 important
retitle 395564 [sparc] X server blocks/hangs on startup when "unix/:7100" is in font path
thanks
On Wed, Nov 08, 2006 at 11:03:17AM -0500, Bailey, Scott wrote:
> Jurij, thanks very much for the follow-up.
>
> Executive Summary: I am working now (!!!)
>
> Details:
>
> - I took the xorg.conf you provided, and edited it to account
> for my monitor. (Tweaked sync ranges, added '1600x1200' to modes).
> This worked immediately.
>
> - I then diff'd my working xorg.conf with the broken xorg.conf
> and started working through the options to see the effect of each
> difference, if any.
>
> - The first thing I tried was adding the line:
>
> FontPath "unix/:7100"
>
> to the beginning of the Files section. This produced the CPU loop
> I described. Removing this line again corrected the problem.
>
> Hence I conclude that my local font server is either evil or just
> misunderstood. :-) I checked and it is running... /usr/bin/xfs
> provided by package xfs 1.0.1-5.
>
> I am happy to leave matters as they stand, but I wonder how many
> other people may run into this situation? If I can assist by trying
> more tweaks to further refine the problem, don't hesitate to ask.
Thanks for debugging info. Since there is such a simple workaround,
I'm dropping the severity of the bug to non-RC for now. I'll try to
figure out who's responsible for that hang and then reassign
appropriately.
Best regards,
--
Jurij Smakov jurij@wooyd.org
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