On Thursday 12 November 2009 16:05:38 doki_...@doki-pen.org wrote: > In gmane.linux.gentoo.user, you wrote: > > 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? > > This has happened since I have switched to xdm. I've run revdep-rebuild > and lafilefixer since my last X upgrade. Is there any other way to > check for broken libs?
Checking for broken libs is not going to fix a segfault..... -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
