Re: [arch-general] Segmentation fault in X after last upgrade

2009-11-11 Thread Tobias Kieslich
On Mon, 02 Nov 2009, Magnus Therning wrote: > Well, all I'm really interested in is finding out whether it's > xorg-server or xf86-video-nv which is broken. Then raise a bug, and > get it fixed :-) I just add here that I had a similar issue, which I *thought* I was able to track down to a broken

Re: [arch-general] Segmentation fault in X after last upgrade

2009-11-11 Thread Nezmer
On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 03:45:13PM +0100, Xavier wrote: > On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 3:01 PM, David C. Rankin > wrote: > > > > Just be thankful you are not using ATI hardware where everything prior to > > the > > 2400 Series cards were deprecated to "Legacy" cards and all Linux support > > dropped i

Re: [arch-general] Segmentation fault in X after last upgrade

2009-11-11 Thread Xavier
On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 3:01 PM, David C. Rankin wrote: > > Just be thankful you are not using ATI hardware where everything prior to the > 2400 Series cards were deprecated to "Legacy" cards and all Linux support > dropped in March ;-) > > (performance difference between fglrx and ati 1066 FPS ve

Re: [arch-general] Segmentation fault in X after last upgrade

2009-11-11 Thread David C. Rankin
> > > this really sucks. i have a perfectly fine fx5800 card. it performs > (performed) very well, sucks to have it labeled as "deprecated" and not > being able to actually use it decently on a modern system. > > Dieter > Just be thankful you are not using ATI hardware where everything prior

Re: [arch-general] Segmentation fault in X after last upgrade

2009-11-04 Thread Lars Tennstedt
Xavier wrote: On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 7:48 PM, Lars Tennstedt wrote: Hello, it seems that the NVIDIA developers will only fix it if they have time to do it. I guess that the legacy driver does not have a high priority. I tried the nouveau driver and it works on my old GeForce 3 even with com

Re: [arch-general] Segmentation fault in X after last upgrade

2009-11-04 Thread Xavier
On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 7:48 PM, Lars Tennstedt wrote: > Hello, > > it seems that the NVIDIA developers will only fix it if they have time to do > it. I guess that the legacy driver does not have a high priority. > > I tried the nouveau driver and it works on my old GeForce 3 even with > compositin

Re: [arch-general] Segmentation fault in X after last upgrade

2009-11-04 Thread Lars Tennstedt
Hello, it seems that the NVIDIA developers will only fix it if they have time to do it. I guess that the legacy driver does not have a high priority. I tried the nouveau driver and it works on my old GeForce 3 even with compositing. It is a little bit slow but it does the job. Thanks for the

Re: [arch-general] Segmentation fault in X after last upgrade

2009-11-03 Thread Guus Snijders
Thomas Bächler schreef: [ Xorg segfaults with Nvidia driver ] I don't know what you think, but I don't get the part where the nvidia dev says they plan to fix it, but he can't promise if and when. So they plan to fix it, but don't really know if they plan to fix it. So basically, you're scre

Re: [arch-general] Segmentation fault in X after last upgrade

2009-11-03 Thread Lars Tennstedt
Hi, Xorg with nvidia-96xx for a GeForce 3 Ti 200 does not start anymore on my Arch Linux installation (i686). First I thought that it was a failure caused by SLiM because the error output on screen was "respawning too fast" and I switched from respawn to once but that did not help. Even stand

Re: [arch-general] Segmentation fault in X after last upgrade

2009-11-03 Thread Thomas Bächler
Lars Tennstedt schrieb: Hi, Xorg with nvidia-96xx for a GeForce 3 Ti 200 does not start anymore on my Arch Linux installation (i686). First I thought that it was a failure caused by SLiM because the error output on screen was "respawning too fast" and I switched from respawn to once but that

Re: [arch-general] Segmentation fault in X after last upgrade

2009-11-03 Thread Edgar Kalkowski
Magnus Therning schrob: > Anyone else seeing something the same behaviour? Not the exact same thing here but since the latest upgrade to X.org 1.7.1 and Nvidia 190.42 two days ago my X already crashed twice with no errors in /var/log/Xorg.0.log except the following backtrace (with segfault): Ba

Re: [arch-general] Segmentation fault in X after last upgrade

2009-11-02 Thread Xavier
On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 3:46 PM, Dieter Plaetinck wrote: > > i installed xf86-video-nouveau on my box at home. > for simple things it works fine. > but for intensive applications (that do a lot of redrawing, i guess) > such as rosegarden, it makes my PC really slow. > also 2D games such as world of

Re: [arch-general] Segmentation fault in X after last upgrade

2009-11-02 Thread Dieter Plaetinck
On Mon, 2 Nov 2009 14:18:53 +0100 Xavier wrote: > On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 1:54 PM, Tobias Powalowski > wrote: > > Before using vesa driver you should at least give nouveau and nv > > driver a shot. > > Both lack on 3D support but for 2D operations they should work fine. > > Nouveau has nice kms s

Re: [arch-general] Segmentation fault in X after last upgrade

2009-11-02 Thread Xavier
On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 3:07 PM, Magnus Therning wrote: > > Well, all I'm really interested in is finding out whether it's > xorg-server or xf86-video-nv which is broken.  Then raise a bug, and > get it fixed :-) > Another big difference between nv and nouveau is that nouveau is actively developed

Re: [arch-general] Segmentation fault in X after last upgrade

2009-11-02 Thread Magnus Therning
On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 12:54 PM, Tobias Powalowski wrote: > Am Montag 02 November 2009 schrieb Magnus Therning: >> On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 11:57 AM, Tobias Powalowski wrote: >> > Am Montag 02 November 2009 schrieb Magnus Therning: >> >> I just upgraded this morning and after a reboot X refuses to

Re: [arch-general] Segmentation fault in X after last upgrade

2009-11-02 Thread Xavier
On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 1:54 PM, Tobias Powalowski wrote: > Before using vesa driver you should at least give nouveau and nv driver a > shot. > Both lack on 3D support but for 2D operations they should work fine. > Nouveau has nice kms support, which is nice if it works on your card. > http://wiki.

Re: [arch-general] Segmentation fault in X after last upgrade

2009-11-02 Thread Tobias Powalowski
Am Montag 02 November 2009 schrieb Magnus Therning: > On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 11:57 AM, Tobias Powalowski wrote: > > Am Montag 02 November 2009 schrieb Magnus Therning: > >> I just upgraded this morning and after a reboot X refuses to start. > >> My /var/log/Xorg.0.log contains a message about a se

Re: [arch-general] Segmentation fault in X after last upgrade

2009-11-02 Thread Magnus Therning
On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 11:57 AM, Tobias Powalowski wrote: > Am Montag 02 November 2009 schrieb Magnus Therning: >> I just upgraded this morning and after a reboot X refuses to start. >> My /var/log/Xorg.0.log contains a message about a segmentation fault >> and a short backtrace. >> >> I'm on AMD6

Re: [arch-general] Segmentation fault in X after last upgrade

2009-11-02 Thread Tobias Powalowski
Am Montag 02 November 2009 schrieb Magnus Therning: > I just upgraded this morning and after a reboot X refuses to start. > My /var/log/Xorg.0.log contains a message about a segmentation fault > and a short backtrace. > > I'm on AMD64, with an nVidia card (I'm using the Xorg driver, nv). > > Anyo

[arch-general] Segmentation fault in X after last upgrade

2009-11-02 Thread Magnus Therning
I just upgraded this morning and after a reboot X refuses to start. My /var/log/Xorg.0.log contains a message about a segmentation fault and a short backtrace. I'm on AMD64, with an nVidia card (I'm using the Xorg driver, nv). Anyone else seeing something the same behaviour? Any suggestions on ho