On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 16:44:04 +0200, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: > Dear maintainers, > > during the last days I discovered a strange behavior, and I think, it is > related to evdev. When I boot up, neither kdm, xdm or gdm will start > automatically. > But when I start them manually by using "/etc/init.d/kdm start", everything > works fine. > > I examined the log files, but the only strange thing I saw in Xorg.log was > this: > > -------- > > **) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev" > (**) Option "xkb_model" "acer_laptop" > (**) Option "xkb_layout" "de" > (**) Option "xkb_options" "lv3:ralt_switch,terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp" > (II) UnloadModule: "synaptics" > (II) "Power Button": Close > (II) UnloadModule: "evdev" > (II) "Video Bus": Close > (II) UnloadModule: "evdev" > (II) "Power Button": Close > (II) UnloadModule: "evdev" > (II) "Sleep Button": Close > (II) UnloadModule: "evdev" > (II) "USB Mouse": Close > (II) UnloadModule: "evdev" > (II) "Acer Crystal Eye webcam ": Close > (II) UnloadModule: "evdev" > (II) "AT Translated Set 2 keyboard": Close > (II) UnloadModule: "evdev" > (II) "Macintosh mouse button emulation": Close > (II) UnloadModule: "evdev" > (II) "ACPI Virtual Keyboard Device": Close > (II) UnloadModule: "evdev" > (II) "Acer hotkey driver": Close > (II) UnloadModule: "evdev" > (WW) xf86CloseConsole: VT_WAITACTIVE failed: Interrupted system call > > -------- > > It looks for me, the evdev-handler is unloading some modules, which causes > the xserver to die. The strange thinh with this is, when I am starting X > manually > (as described above) or via "startx", everything works fine and those entries > do not > appear in Xorg.log. > Unloading the modules is expected on server shutdown.
> So, what is the difference by starting X manually or via initsript during > boot??? I am running the latest kernel (2.6.32-5-amd64), but this behavior > appears with kernel 2.6.32-3-amd64 as well. > > This appears only on my amd64-system, my 32-bit system is fine. > > If you need some more logs, I will be pleased to send them. Just ask. > Please attach the X and kdm log from boot. Cheers, Julien
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