On 01/31/2012 02:53 AM, Helmut Jarausch wrote: > Hi, > > having updated xorg-server from 1.11.3 to 1.11.4 my machine runs havoc. > > xdm or slim start as usual, but having entered my password I get a > blank screen or some colored strips and the only escape is via the > famous SysRq sequence. > > But, disabling xdm, logging in via a console and using startx, > Xorg is coming up normally and runs normally. > > Of course, I've re-emerged everything in x11-drivers. > > Has anybody made a similar experience and has somebody an explanation > for this?
Does xdm leave log files in /var/log? (I don't know) Maybe there is something old/invalid in /etc/X11 directing xdm to do something stupid. Did you try re-emerging xdm? And revdep-rebuild, naturally.
