On Sun, 2007-09-30 at 11:58 +0200, Raúl Sánchez Siles wrote: > El Sábado, 29 de Septiembre de 2007, Ross Boylan escribió: > > For at least the last month, sometimes when I switch user (as in "switch > > user" from the KDE menu) to another user's session, the session for the > > first user is killed. > > > > This has happened with 2 or 3 user sessions. It has happened when > > switching from the first session (vt7) or the 2nd (vt8). The session > > killed usually is using a lot of memory, but there is still quite a bit > > of virtual memory left. > > > > Is anyone else seeing this? Any suggestions for what to do? I don't > > even know what package I would file a bug against--if anyone knows, I'd > > love to hear it. > > > > Thanks. > > Ross > > > > Currently, > > kdebase 4:3.5.7-4 > > linux-image-2.6.18-5-686 2.6.18.dfsg.1-13etch3 > > xorg 1:7.2-5 > > nvidia-glx 1.0.8776-4 > > nvidia-kernel-2.6.18-5-686 1.0.8776+6etch1 > > The free nvidia driver does not work with my card, a GeForce 6600 LE. > > There have been some point releases of the kernel since the nvidia > > stuff; I'm not sure if it needs to be updated to match the kernel > > exactly or not. > > > > I've founding nothing useful in the logs, just > > Sep 27 19:34:02 corn kdm[7491]: X server for display :0 terminated > > unexpectedly > > This sounds like an Xorg problem. This is off topic here, since it belongs > to Xorg and not to KDE. You should look for the debian-x user ML and post > there the problem, and you Xorg.log.0.old which should have some info about > the problem. Also the versions you are using for all the xorg packages you > have installed. > Since this only happens from KDE switch user (I have not, for example seen it with ctl-alt-Fn) it seems at least possible KDE has some role in it.
Does anybody know what component or code is responsible for the switch user stuff? Ross