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Bug#385911: Debian-X, Bug#385911. Some more info



Many thanks for your reply Julien.

I cc this reply to 385911@bugs.debian.org also. 

I solved the problem by upgrading the nvidia drivers to 1.0.9631 and after that it works. I did do some search on the web for this problem and it seems like it's a pretty well known problem. I can not say for sure, but it seems like, something in the Xorg upgrade change a symlink or something to some file that the nvidia package needs for OpenGL. Or that the older Nvidia drivers isn't fully compatible with the newer Xorg. 

But anyways, the quickest solution for others with this problem is to upgrade or reinstall the Nvidia Drivers. 

Thanks again for your fast reply! 

/Henrik C, Sweden



-----Original Message-----
From: Julien Cristau [mailto:jcristau@debian.org]
Sent: Sun 2007-02-18 12:17
To: Henrik Cednert
Cc: helmut@subdivi.de; 385911@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: Debian-X, Bug#385911. Some more info
 
On Sun, Feb 18, 2007 at 12:09:09 +0100, Henrik Cednert wrote:

> Hey!
> 
> I'm sorry if this is not the correct way to contact you two. The thing
> is that after a "apt-get -upgrade" last night on my Debian Etch x64 i
> ended up with that 385911 bug that you both have been writing about on
> "debian-x.lists.debian.org"
> (http://www.mail-archive.com/search?l=debian-x%40lists.debian.org&q=Bug%23385911).
> After some research I ended up with both your email adresses so I
> thought I pass on some more info and maybe even get some
> help/suggestions from you. 
> 
The correct contact address for this bug is 385911@bugs.debian.org.
I'm forwarding your message there for the record, see below for my
reply.

> The sad thing here is that I was sooooo skeptical about doing an
> "apt-get -upgrade", but after some minutes of thinking i did it
> anyway. =(
> 
> The error i get is indeed openGl related. As soon as I start Autodek
> Maya the x-server sinks like a stone. The only clue i can find is in
> /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old:
> 
> Backtrace:
> 0: /usr/bin/X(xf86SigHandler+0x6d) [0x48c46d]
> 1: /lib/libc.so.6 [0x2b1097126110]
> 
> Fatal server error:
> Caught signal 11.  Server aborting
> 
> An other certain way to kill it is to start the "NVIDIA X Server
> Settings"-application and go to "OpenGL/GLX Information". It dies
> immediately. 
> 
> I do think that the "apt-get -upgrade" installed something conflicting
> with my NVIDIA drivers. This is the xorg packages currently installed:
> 
> RAWt :: /home/neo/ $> dpkg -l | grep xorg
> ii  xorg                                7.0.22                          X.Org X Window System
> ii  xorg-dev                            7.1.0-12                        the X.Org X Window System development librar
> ii  xserver-xorg                        7.1.0-12                        the X.Org X server
> ii  xserver-xorg-core                   1.1.1-17                        X.Org X server -- core server
> ii  xserver-xorg-dev                    1.1.1-17                        X.Org X server -- development files
> ii  xserver-xorg-input-all              7.1.0-12                        the X.Org X server -- input driver metapacka
> ii  xserver-xorg-input-evdev            1.1.2-6                         X.Org X server -- evdev input driver
> ii  xserver-xorg-input-kbd              1.1.0-4                         X.Org X server -- keyboard input driver
> ii  xserver-xorg-input-mouse            1.1.1-3                         X.Org X server -- mouse input driver
> ii  xserver-xorg-input-synaptics        0.14.6-1                        Synaptics TouchPad driver for X.Org/XFree86
> ii  xserver-xorg-input-wacom            0.7.4.1-5                       X.Org X server -- wacom input driver
> ii  xserver-xorg-video-all              7.1.0-12                        the X.Org X server -- output driver metapack
> ii  xserver-xorg-video-apm              1.1.1-3                         X.Org X server -- APM display driver
> ii  xserver-xorg-video-ark              0.6.0-3                         X.Org X server -- ark display driver
> ii  xserver-xorg-video-ati              6.6.3-2                         X.Org X server -- ATI display driver
> ii  xserver-xorg-video-chips            1.1.1-4                         X.Org X server -- Chips display driver
> ii  xserver-xorg-video-cirrus           1.1.0-3                         X.Org X server -- Cirrus display driver
> ii  xserver-xorg-video-cyrix            1.1.0-4                         X.Org X server -- Cyrix display driver
> ii  xserver-xorg-video-dummy            0.2.0-3                         X.Org X server -- dummy display driver
> ii  xserver-xorg-video-fbdev            0.3.1-1                         X.Org X server -- fbdev display driver
> ii  xserver-xorg-video-glint            1.1.1-3                         X.Org X server -- Glint display driver
> ii  xserver-xorg-video-i128             1.2.0-3                         X.Org X server -- i128 display driver
> ii  xserver-xorg-video-i810             1.7.2-4                         X.Org X server -- Intel i8xx, i9xx display d
> ii  xserver-xorg-video-mga              1.4.4.dfsg.1-2                  X.Org X server -- MGA display driver
> ii  xserver-xorg-video-neomagic         1.1.1-4                         X.Org X server -- Neomagic display driver
> ii  xserver-xorg-video-nv               1.2.0-3                         X.Org X server -- NV display driver
> ii  xserver-xorg-video-rendition        4.1.0.dfsg.1-4                  X.Org X server -- Rendition display driver
> ii  xserver-xorg-video-s3               0.4.1-5                         X.Org X server -- legacy S3 display driver
> ii  xserver-xorg-video-s3virge          1.9.1-3                         X.Org X server -- S3 ViRGE display driver
> ii  xserver-xorg-video-savage           2.1.2-3                         X.Org X server -- Savage display driver
> ii  xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion    1.4.1-4                         X.Org X server -- SiliconMotion display driv
> ii  xserver-xorg-video-sis              0.9.1-4                         X.Org X server -- SiS display driver
> ii  xserver-xorg-video-sisusb           0.8.1-3                         X.Org X server -- SiS USB display driver
> ii  xserver-xorg-video-tdfx             1.3.0-1                         X.Org X server -- tdfx display driver
> ii  xserver-xorg-video-tga              1.1.0-3                         X.Org X server -- TGA display driver
> ii  xserver-xorg-video-trident          1.2.3-1                         X.Org X server -- Trident display driver
> ii  xserver-xorg-video-tseng            1.1.0-3                         X.Org X server -- Tseng display driver
> ii  xserver-xorg-video-v4l              0.1.1-3                         X.Org X server -- Video 4 Linux display driv
> ii  xserver-xorg-video-vesa             1.3.0-1                         X.Org X server -- VESA display driver
> ii  xserver-xorg-video-vga              4.1.0-3                         X.Org X server -- VGA display driver
> ii  xserver-xorg-video-via              0.2.1-6                         X.Org X server -- VIA display driver
> ii  xserver-xorg-video-voodoo           1.1.0-4                         X.Org X server -- Voodoo display driver
> 
> To be honest I do not know what version i had before the upgrade. I
> guess it was the standard versions coming with debian etch RC2 (or if
> it was rc3...). But i do not think that i had that many display
> drivers installed before the upgrade.
> 
> Anyways, don't know if any of you guys can help me. But I hope i
> haven't pissed any one of by emailing directly to yu, if so... I
> apologize. 
> 
> I will try to reinstall the nvidia driver to see if that helps. And
> investigate if there's any update to xorg that wasn't installed during
> the "upgrade".
> 
If you can get a backtrace from gdb with a X server built with debugging
symbols, that might help.  We'd also need your full X log and config
files.  However, if the bug is specific to the proprietary nvidia
drivers, there is not much we can do about it.

Cheers,
Julien




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