I'm running Debian Testing and I did an update last Sunday. I think one,
or more, of the packages was X related. I really can't remember any
more than that.
I did not reboot at that time.
One of the new packages was updated source code (minor changes) for my
kernel which is 2.4.19. I compiled and installed that and then rebooted.
My normal GUI, KDE 2, seems to start and run normally up to a point.
If I try to change to a text console using <ctrl><alt><Fn> the whole
machine freezes. Absolutely nothing works after that. I have the magic
sysrq key option in the kernel activated but even that did nothing.
Only a hard reset would work.
I tried booting using my previous kernel with the same results so I've
ruled out the new kernel for the time being.
If I try to close X in the normal way the machine locks and if I try to
kill the X server with <ctrl><alt><backspace> the machine locks. If I try
to logout of KDE and return to the KDM login screen the screen goes black
with just the graphical mouse cursor showing and the machine locks at that
point. <ctrl><alt><del> does the same.
The same things happen if I use Icewm so it's not KDE.
I am assuming that this is an X problem.
The new X packages re-created /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 so I restored my
original to no effect. Still just as bad.
I have no idea where, or how, to start looking and some advice is sorely
needed and would be very welcome.
Barry Samuels
I redirected X output to a file which is included below and the XFree log
is also appended below in case it means anything to anybody. I'm sorry if
it seems rather long.
NOTE: The reference to ATI is an on-board video chip which is not used.
===========================================================
X output:
hostname 2.08
X: warning; process set to priority 0 instead of requested priority -10
XFree86 Version 4.2.1 (Debian 4.2.1-3 20021016191246
[EMAIL PROTECTED]) / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600)
Release Date: 3 September 2002
If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is
newer than the above date, look for a newer version before
reporting problems. (See http://www.XFree86.Org/)
Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.18 i686 [ELF]
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/XFree86.0.log", Time: Wed Nov 6 11:51:21 2002
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4"
(EE) MGA: Failed to load module "mga_hal" (module does not exist, 0)
modprobe: Can't locate module mga
[drm] failed to load kernel module "mga"
(EE) MGA(0): [drm] DRIScreenInit failed. Disabling DRI.
IceWM: Bad option: TaskBarShowPPPStatus
IceWM: Bad option: IgnoreNoFocusHint
IceWM: Bad option: ShowXButton
IceWM: Bad option: WindowListFontName
===========================================================
/var/log/XFree86.0.log:
XFree86 Version 4.2.1 (Debian 4.2.1-3 20021016191246
[EMAIL PROTECTED]) / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600)
Release Date: 3 September 2002
If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is
newer than the above date, look for a newer version before
reporting problems. (See http://www.XFree86.Org/)
Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.18 i686 [ELF]
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/XFree86.0.log", Time: Wed Nov 6 08:36:41 2002
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4"
(==) ServerLayout "Default Layout"
(**) |-->Screen "Default Screen" (0)
(**) | |-->Monitor "Iiyama Vision Master 17"
(**) | |-->Device "Matrox G400"
(**) |-->Input Device "Generic Keyboard"
(**) Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
(**) XKB: rules: "xfree86"
(**) Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
(**) XKB: model: "pc104"
(**) Option "XkbLayout" "us"
(**) XKB: layout: "us"
(**) Option "XkbVariant" "uk"
(**) XKB: variant: "uk"
(==) Keyboard: CustomKeycode disabled
(**) |-->Input Device "Configured Mouse"
(WW) The directory "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(**) FontPath set to
"unix/:7100,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
(==) RgbPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
(++) using VT number 7
(WW) Open APM failed (/dev/apm_bios) (No such file or directory)
(II) Module ABI versions:
XFree86 ANSI C Emulation: 0.1
XFree86 Video Driver: 0.5
XFree86 XInput driver : 0.3
XFree86 Server Extension : 0.1
XFree86 Font Renderer : 0.3
(II) Loader running on linux
(II) LoadModule: "bitmap"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a
(II) Module bitmap: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.2.1, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.3
(II) Loading font Bitmap
(II) LoadModule: "pcidata"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libpcidata.a
(II) Module pcidata: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.2.1, module version = 0.1.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.5
(II) PCI: Probing config type using method 1
(II) PCI: Config type is 1
(II) PCI: stages = 0x03, oldVal1 = 0x8000582c, mode1Res1 = 0x80000000
(II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex)
(II) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 1022,700c card 0000,0000 rev 11 class 06,00,00 hdr
00
(II) PCI: 00:01:0: chip 1022,700d card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,04,00 hdr
01
(II) PCI: 00:07:0: chip 1022,7410 card 0000,0000 rev 02 class 06,01,00 hdr
80
(II) PCI: 00:07:1: chip 1022,7411 card 0000,0000 rev 01 class 01,01,8a hdr
00
(II) PCI: 00:07:3: chip 1022,7413 card 0000,0000 rev 01 class 06,80,00 hdr
00
(II) PCI: 00:07:4: chip 1022,7414 card 0000,0000 rev 07 class 0c,03,10 hdr
00
(II) PCI: 00:08:0: chip 1000,0020 card 1000,1040 rev 01 class 01,00,00 hdr
80
(II) PCI: 00:08:1: chip 1000,0020 card 1000,1040 rev 01 class 01,00,00 hdr
80
(II) PCI: 00:0b:0: chip 1102,0002 card 1102,8027 rev 08 class 04,01,00 hdr
80
(II) PCI: 00:0b:1: chip 1102,7002 card 1102,0020 rev 08 class 09,80,00 hdr
80
(II) PCI: 00:0f:0: chip 10b7,9805 card 10f1,2462 rev 78 class 02,00,00 hdr
00
(II) PCI: 00:10:0: chip 10b7,9805 card 10f1,2462 rev 78 class 02,00,00 hdr
00
(II) PCI: 01:05:0: chip 102b,0525 card 102b,2179 rev 05 class 03,00,00 hdr
00
(II) PCI: End of PCI scan
(II) LoadModule: "scanpci"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libscanpci.a
(II) Module scanpci: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.2.1, module version = 0.1.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.5
(II) UnloadModule: "scanpci"
(II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libscanpci.a
(II) Host-to-PCI bridge:
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Barry Samuels
www.beenthere-donethat.org.uk
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