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Bug#750860: xorg crashes randomly, floating point exception (synaptics' fault?)



ok, something like 4 days later, I have had some other problems related to the new kernel, but the xorg hasn't crashed. so, problem solved.

thanks for your help.

*note: I'm not sure if it was the new kernel OR the synaptics driver in experimental... since I updated both things.


2014-06-07 21:38 GMT+02:00 niky 45 <niky.el45@gmail.com>:
oh. alright. It seems logical that random old packages from experimental are not supported.

for now, I'm running the latest sid kernel (I installed the generic linux-image package to let it handle the kernel updates). the cpufreq config files are not there (they're part or the kernel), but if it behaves as expected, then I'll not miss them. (I mean, I can actually upgrade to a new kernel if cpufreq works as I'm expecting, even without those files)

as for the synaptics in experimental, I already installed it, and I think the xserver has crashed after that, but I'm not sure. I mean, I have updated it today, and I have seen like three crashes today, but I'm not sure if the last crash was previous to the update or after it. Also, I didn't restarted the server after the update, so... It may well have been that the old driver was still loaded and crashed.

as for mixing branches, I know, I know. not the best thing to do. but I have been using debian for a while, and well, I can manage that.... (as in, I know it's prone to break, but I don't mind fixing it every now and then....).

anyway, I'll test everything for a while and update you with the results.

thanks.


2014-06-07 21:02 GMT+02:00 maximilian attems <maks@stro.at>:

staying on random old packages is not supported,
stable has lots of fixes on top of 3.2.0


On Sat, Jun 07, 2014 at 08:54:29PM +0200, niky 45 wrote:
> oh. I thought that since the kernel in stable is the 3.2.0, mine (3.6.9)
> wouldn't be too outdated...

also randomly mixing stable and testing is no good,
please either switch to one distribution or the other.

while you are it there is a new synpatics driver in experimental,
which goes with the xorg from testing.

No idea about the cpufreq blurb.

best,

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