G'day Josselin, Thanks for the response.
Josselin Mouette wrote: > Le lundi 01 septembre 2008 à 10:18 +1000, Russell Weatherburn a écrit : > In this case, are there errors in the /var/log/gdm/:1.log > and /var/log/Xorg.1.log files ? I've attached the /var/log/gdm/:20.log.1 file which relates to the login yesterday which disappeared. Looking at the Xorg.20.log.old file, except for some informational and warning messages (which appear innocuous) the error message at the end appears the same. If you want this file, let me know and I'll email it to you. > >> A similar situation I have also seen when using vnc4server, however it >> occurred with VT7. VT7 became unusable, however switching users and >> using VT10 was possible. > > What do you mean by unusable? It would no longer be able to be accessed - when I switched to it the screen would be either all garbled or would just have the cursor flashing in the top left corner (and clear otherwise). Excluding changing the inittab to allow a mgetty process for VT7 (which I didn't think of until now) X would no longer switch to that VT. > >> If this bug should be pointed elsewhere, please let me know. > > It is probably a bug in your graphics driver causing a crash when you > switch to or from another VT. I would be a little surprised if it was the graphics driver. I've been running the NVIDIA drivers for quite some time, and although I have had some issues with crashing and otherwise, it was stable for quite some time. I've only just started to change this machine over to Lenny since the freeze, and it is mostly up to date. Regards, Russell. -- -- Russell Weatherburn mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oxyoss.net Semper Fidelis
X.Org X Server 1.4.2 Release Date: 11 June 2008 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 Build Operating System: Linux Debian (xorg-server 2:1.4.2-3) Current Operating System: Linux gandalf 2.6.25-2-686 #1 SMP Fri Jul 18 17:46:56 UTC 2008 i686 Build Date: 02 August 2008 11:27:26PM Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org to make sure that you have the latest version. Module Loader present Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.20.log", Time: Mon Sep 1 08:34:33 2008 (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" (II) Module "ddc" already built-in (II) Module "ramdac" already built-in (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the GLX module; please check in your X (EE) NVIDIA(0): log file that the GLX module has been loaded in your X (EE) NVIDIA(0): server, and that the module is the NVIDIA GLX module. If (EE) NVIDIA(0): you continue to encounter problems, Please try (EE) NVIDIA(0): reinstalling the NVIDIA driver. Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic, removing from list! SetGrabKeysState - disabled Backtrace: 0: /usr/X11R6/bin/X(xf86SigHandler+0x7e) [0x80c925e] 1: [0xb7f5f400] Fatal server error: Caught signal 11. Server aborting