Re: X crashes normal ?

[Michel <dae...@st...>]

Ken Tyler wrote:

> > > My query is is it normal for everything to freeze if something goes
> > > wrong when X is running ?
> 
> > I think this is either a nasty X (can't imagine though, as I assume you
> > use the non-accelerated fbdev server?) or kernel bug. Have you been
> > playing with virgefb recently? :)
> 
> I changed XF68_FBDev from LinuxPPC 2000 version to XFree86, I think this
> might have been a problem.

Possible, AFAIK LinuxPPC have their own patches.


> I'm always playing with virgefb but nothing significant, X has always
> crashed Linux in a big way, It never ever just dies with a core dump or
> segfault, or drops back to a console.  Always needs a reboot.

The problem may be that it's stuck before it can reinitialize the console. If
you have a remote machine, try logging in remotely and killing the X server. I
have often been able to get the console back like that, sometimes had to press
alt-F[1-6] afterwards.

About the heartbeat stopping: Could be the dmasound driver, esd is always
started with GNOME.


> Did you get the updater to recognize your debian instalation ?

I don't use it, I prefer the general Debian 'updater' (APT).


Michel


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