I straced the Xorg process and found lines and lines of this: octl(9, 0xc0086464, 0x7fff9e995170) = -1 EBUSY (Device or resource busy)
elmo:/opt/jffnms# ls -l /proc/24678/fd/9 lr-x------ 1 root root 64 May 28 09:20 /proc/24678/fd/9 -> /dev/dri/card0 elmo:/opt/jffnms# killall -KILL Xorg elmo:/opt/jffnms# fuser /dev/dri/card0 /dev/dri/card0: 24745m elmo:/opt/jffnms# ps 24745 PID TTY STAT TIME COMMAND 24745 tty8 Ss+ 0:19 /usr/bin/X :0 -audit 0 -auth /var/lib/gdm/:0.Xauth -n Isn't /usr/bin/X Xorg? why doesnt it die? Killing that process and restarting gdm seems to work ok. -Craig -- Craig Small GnuPG:1C1B D893 1418 2AF4 45EE 95CB C76C E5AC 12CA DFA5 http://www.enc.com.au/ csmall at : enc.com.au http://www.debian.org/ Debian GNU/Linux, software should be Free -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org