Bug#534475: xserver-xorg-core: GDM crashes when trying to log into Gnome
severity 534475 important
kthxbye
On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 19:27:39 +0200, Apelete Seketeli wrote:
> Package: xserver-xorg-core
> Version: 2:1.6.1.901-3
> Severity: critical
> Justification: breaks unrelated software
>
sigh. how is an X crash unrelated to X?
> Since the update to 2:1.6.1.901-3 I am unable to log into my Gnome desktop. It
> seems that GDM crashes when I enter my username and password, leaving me with a
> blank grey screen with no mouse and nothing working (not even switching to a
> terminal framebuffer using ctrl-alt-Fx): a complete system freeze.
>
> After booting GDM sometimes shows up with a graphically corrupted screen but the
> system is working fine: I can log into a terminal framebuffer. I did so, and
> disabled KMS (kernel 2.6.30), after that everything went back to normal. GDM is
> launching Gnome, and I can access my desktop.
this is probably the dri2 abi change. rebuilding
xserver-xorg-video-intel should fix it.
Cheers,
Julien
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