On Wednesday 11 November 2009 19:02:26 doki_...@doki-pen.org wrote: > In gmane.linux.gentoo.user, you wrote: > > On Wednesday 11 November 2009 16:17:45 doki_...@doki-pen.org wrote: > >> In gmane.linux.gentoo.user, you wrote: > >> > On Tuesday 10 November 2009 17:54:48 Doki Pen wrote: > >> >> I've recently switched from gdm to xdm in an effort to reduce my > >> >> distro size. The only problem I've run into is that when I kill my X > >> >> session, xdm doesn't restart automatically. I have to switch to a > >> >> vtty and type exec sudo /etc/init.d/xdm restart. I've read the man > >> >> pages and googled but can't come up with a solution. Does anyone > >> >> know if there is a way to fix this issue? > >> > > >> > When X exists, is xdm still running or has it died too? > >> > > >> > You can tell when restarting xdm if it gives errors about xdm not > >> > running when the "stop" phase of "restart"" is run > >> > >> xdm is not running after I kill my xsession. It is running after I log > >> in. I tested using ps -Af | grep -i xdm. > > > > Ok, so I reckon the init script dies because xdm dies when X exists. > > > > is there anything relevant in your messages log file, Xorg.0.log, > > ~/.xsession- errors and similar logs? > > From /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old: > > Backtrace: > 0: /usr/bin/X(xorg_backtrace+0x38) [0x812a180] > > Fatal server error: > Caught signal 11. Server aborting
That's a segfault so there's a serious bug. It's likely in X itself. Did you recently upgrade X and at the same time rebuild all it's app and all drivers - without exception? -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
