Bug#552182: xorg: Impossible to load desktop (at least kde or xfce)
David wrote: Hello, As I said, I need that computer working and I will probably have to format the next time I have access to it (so no more time for debugging, I am afraid). I hear you asking: then, why were you running sid on that computer? My reply: because for the last years, sid was pretty stable indeed (and often outdated compared to the - at least so-called - stable branches of other distros), but during the last months sid has become a headache. Anyway, I am pretty clear that the log for the nv driver was similar to the attached one (the lines starting with (EE) were the same if I remember correctly). What you're describing is a restart of X. So if the bug is in X, there's got to be a crash or so, and we'll likely see something in the log. So you need to send the log of the session that crashed then, not the log of the current session. Brice -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#552182: xorg: Impossible to load desktop (at least kde or xfce)
severity 552182 important thank you David wrote: Package: xorg Version: 1:7.4+4 Severity: critical Justification: breaks unrelated software Today I upgraded sid (i.e., from sid to sid) after having being about one month away from my computer. After rebooting, the boot process complaint that the root device was damaged, but fsck gave an error as well (maybe this has nothing to do with the bug, but just in case). After rebooting, things were apparently OK. But further problems: some application launched in KDE4, such as icedove or openoffice, could not write to my home directory or to /tmp (although my user had writing permissions), so such applications were useless (maybe this has nothing to do with the bug, but just in case). I tried rebooting and then everything broke. The login manager (kdm, then gdm) showed, I could make the log in, the screen went black for a second (as though the desktop were starting) but then back to the login manager (as though the initialization of the desktop had failed). The login was OK because I tried introducing a wrong password and the login manager complaint. I had the same problem with kdm and gdm, and when trying to start kde or xfce. I had the same problem both with the nvidia and nv drivers. I could successfully log in in a text terminal, by the way. I tried enquiring on the IRC chat, and although several unhappy people treated me as though I were stupid, they gave me the clue to see that the problem was in the X server. I am attaching Xorg.0.log. I am running reportbug after having started with an OpenSuse LiveCD and made chroot (so I am suppressing the information about the kernel, locales, etc, to prevent confusion). I am afraid I will not be able to provide further information, because I need the computer working so (unless you are so clever to fix the bug by my next working day :-) ) I will format. Please send the log of X when using the nv driver (we don't care about the nvidia binary) and please save it *after* a crash (likely /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old with a backtrace at the end). Brice -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#552182: xorg: Impossible to load desktop (at least kde or xfce)
Hello, As I said, I need that computer working and I will probably have to format the next time I have access to it (so no more time for debugging, I am afraid). I hear you asking: then, why were you running sid on that computer? My reply: because for the last years, sid was pretty stable indeed (and often outdated compared to the - at least so-called - stable branches of other distros), but during the last months sid has become a headache. Anyway, I am pretty clear that the log for the nv driver was similar to the attached one (the lines starting with (EE) were the same if I remember correctly). On the other hand, my description of the problem does not assume any crash in the X server at all (just KDE and xfce - at least - failing to start). My God, am I the only one with this problem? I use sid carefully and I never break any package dependencies. Or am I the only one using sid? :-D David Please send the log of X when using the nv driver (we don't care about the nvidia binary) and please save it *after* a crash (likely /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old with a backtrace at the end). Brice
Bug#552182: xorg: Impossible to load desktop (at least kde or xfce)
Package: xorg Version: 1:7.4+4 Severity: critical Justification: breaks unrelated software Today I upgraded sid (i.e., from sid to sid) after having being about one month away from my computer. After rebooting, the boot process complaint that the root device was damaged, but fsck gave an error as well (maybe this has nothing to do with the bug, but just in case). After rebooting, things were apparently OK. But further problems: some application launched in KDE4, such as icedove or openoffice, could not write to my home directory or to /tmp (although my user had writing permissions), so such applications were useless (maybe this has nothing to do with the bug, but just in case). I tried rebooting and then everything broke. The login manager (kdm, then gdm) showed, I could make the log in, the screen went black for a second (as though the desktop were starting) but then back to the login manager (as though the initialization of the desktop had failed). The login was OK because I tried introducing a wrong password and the login manager complaint. I had the same problem with kdm and gdm, and when trying to start kde or xfce. I had the same problem both with the nvidia and nv drivers. I could successfully log in in a text terminal, by the way. I tried enquiring on the IRC chat, and although several unhappy people treated me as though I were stupid, they gave me the clue to see that the problem was in the X server. I am attaching Xorg.0.log. I am running reportbug after having started with an OpenSuse LiveCD and made chroot (so I am suppressing the information about the kernel, locales, etc, to prevent confusion). I am afraid I will not be able to provide further information, because I need the computer working so (unless you are so clever to fix the bug by my next working day :-) ) I will format. Regards, David -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing [it was actually unstable, I have just put testing in an unsucceessful attempt to fix things] APT policy: (500, 'testing') [the same, see above] Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Versions of packages xorg depends on: ii konsole [x-terminal-emulator] 4:4.3.2-1 X terminal emulator for KDE 4 ii libgl1-mesa-dri 7.6-1 A free implementation of the OpenG ii libgl1-mesa-glx [libgl1] 7.6-1 A free implementation of the OpenG ii libglu1-mesa 7.6-1 The OpenGL utility library (GLU) ii x11-apps 7.4+2 X applications ii x11-session-utils 7.3+1 X session utilities ii x11-utils 7.4+1 X11 utilities ii x11-xfs-utils 7.4+1 X font server utilities ii x11-xkb-utils 7.4+3 X11 XKB utilities ii x11-xserver-utils 7.4+2 X server utilities ii xauth 1:1.0.3-2 X authentication utility ii xfonts-100dpi 1:1.0.0-4 100 dpi fonts for X ii xfonts-75dpi 1:1.0.0-4 75 dpi fonts for X ii xfonts-base 1:1.0.0-6 standard fonts for X ii xfonts-scalable 1:1.0.0-7 scalable fonts for X ii xfonts-utils 1:7.4+2X Window System font utility progr ii xinit 1.1.1-1X server initialisation tool ii xkb-data 1.6-1 X Keyboard Extension (XKB) configu ii xorg-docs-core1:1.4-5Core documentation for the X.org X ii xserver-xorg 1:7.4+4the X.Org X server xorg recommends no packages. Versions of packages xorg suggests: pn xorg-docs none (no description available) X.Org X Server 1.6.5 Release Date: 2009-10-11 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.30-2-amd64 x86_64 Debian Current Operating System: Linux localhost 2.6.30-2-amd64 #1 SMP Fri Sep 25 22:16:56 UTC 2009 x86_64 Build Date: 13 October 2009 09:39:10AM xorg-server 2:1.6.5-1 (jcris...@debian.org) Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org to make sure that you have the latest version. Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: /var/log/Xorg.0.log, Time: Sat Oct 24 00:11:15 2009 (==) Using config file: /etc/X11/xorg.conf Parse error on line 12 of section Files in file /etc/X11/xorg.conf Ignoring obsolete keyword RgbPath. (==) ServerLayout Layout0 (**) |--Screen Screen0 (0) (**) | |--Monitor Monitor0 (**) | |--Device Device0 (**) |--Input Device Keyboard0 (**) |--Input Device Mouse0 (==) Automatically adding devices (==) Automatically enabling devices (WW) The directory /usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (==) FontPath set to: /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc, /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled, /usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled, /usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1,
