On Wed, 2006-05-10 at 20:38 +0200, Tore Anderson wrote: > > Do you think there's any hope of getting nearer any solution to this > bug in forseeable future? I'm sorry, but this is making my workstation > so useless that I'll soon downgrade to etch or change to some other > distribution in the hope that this bug only appears in the Debian > builds.
Some semi-random ideas to try and narrow down the problem: * Kill the running X apps one at a time and see if the problem goes away after killing any of them. * Add Option "AllowClosedownGrabs" to xorg.conf Section "ServerFlags" and press Ctrl+Alt+Keypad-Multiply when the problem occurs. * Do not load the "type1" and/or "freetype" X server modules. If you actually need their functionality, an X font server such as xfs should serve as a replacement. > I tried to attach GDB to the X server but then it just froze solid, > both with the binary NVidia driver, and with the included one. You can only attach to the X server with gdb remotely from another machine (or at the very least from console), as otherwise you end up in a dead lock where gdb stops execution of the X server, which is what provides interaction with gdb... -- Earthling Michel Dänzer | http://tungstengraphics.com Libre software enthusiast | Debian, X and DRI developer