On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 20:45:03 -0400, Graham wrote:
without at least a config and log file, we really cannot do anything...
The config file is no problem. See attached.
The log file, on the other hand, is not so simple. It seems to be lost
when the reboot occurs; i.e.
The old one is moved to Xorg.0.log.old
I should have mentioned that I do not have xdm/gdm/kdm installed, so
if any log output was actually getting to the disk, it would still be
in Xorg.0.log after the reboot. Unfortunately, it looks like disk
caching (lazy-writing) is preventing the log output
Package: xserver-xorg-video-nv
Version: 1:2.1.10-1
On a fresh Lenny installation, my system reboots almost immediately
after X starts. Switching to the closed-source nvidia driver seems
to solve the problem. I can reproduce this even by starting plain X
from a terminal. The hatched background and
Graham wrote:
Package: xserver-xorg-video-nv
Version: 1:2.1.10-1
On a fresh Lenny installation, my system reboots almost immediately
after X starts. Switching to the closed-source nvidia driver seems
to solve the problem. I can reproduce this even by starting plain X
from a terminal. The
without at least a config and log file, we really cannot do anything...
The config file is no problem. See attached.
The log file, on the other hand, is not so simple. It seems to be lost
when the reboot occurs; i.e. /var/log/Xorg.0.log contains log output
from the last time that X was started
I will set up a null modem cable shortly, and see whether the kernel
has anything to say about this.
Done; no messages from the kernel when the reboot occurs.
Is there a way to redirect the X server's log output to a serial port?
-- graham
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