Kevin Kammer wrote:
> I have encountered a strange error since upgrading to snv_107. After booting,
> gdm attempts to start an X session, but fails. After several retries, the X
> server gives up, and the console login screen remains. Thereupon, I can login
> to a text session, and type:
>
> $ pfexec svcadm restart gdm
>
> ...and X starts up with no problem.
>
> An examination of /var/log/Xorg.0.log (corresponding to the current,
> successful X session) and /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old (corresponding to the X
> failure, when gdm came up as part of the boot process) shows that there is no
> difference in the logs, except the failed log ends with a backtrace and
> "Fatal server error: Caught signal 11. Server aborting." All other steps in
> the log are identical between the working and the crashed X sessions.
>
> This happens every time I reboot; the gdm service must be restarted manually,
> whereupon everything works as it should.
>
> I'm not sure where to start troubleshooting this issue, given that the Xorg
> log shows no abnormalities, until it crashes and burns, apparently for no
> reason. Any ideas or advice would be appreciated.
If there's a stack trace in the Xorg log, then you've found a bug
and the stack trace is the place to start with it.
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-Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersmith at sun.com
Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering
