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List:       freedesktop-xorg
Subject:    Re: Xorg crashing after GDM login
From:       "Helmut Zimmer" <helmut.zimmer () gmail ! com>
Date:       2006-10-29 19:07:57
Message-ID: dab7385e0610291107r4080d466uc3b8759a1d7e4bbe () mail ! gmail ! com
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It seems that the crashing related to my i915 chipset and especially
915resolution. I played around with 915resolution a bit and now it isn't
crashing anymore.
The crashing only happened with GDM and for example with 'startx' X started
normally.
Anyway, It's sorted now.

On 10/29/06, Andrew Shewmaker <agshew@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 10/28/06, Helmut Zimmer <helmut.zimmer@gmail.com> wrote:
> > My X server is crashing after I login from GDM login screen. Sometimes I
> get
> > the message about session lasting less than 10 seconds and note about
> > ~/.xsession-errors file but sometimes the whole server crashes and
> restarts
> > itself (without having time to display any error messages).
> >
> > .xsession-errors does not contain anything at all. Xorg.log also look
> normal
> > and I suppose it also should look normal since I can start to GDM
> normally.
> > I tried to create a new user if something should have been wrong with
> the
> > users settings but same thing happens. I don't recall if I had updated
> > anything before this behaviour started.
> > I'm running Debian Etch.
> >
> > Any ideas how this might be fixed? Or where I should look for some error
> > messages?
>
> Have you tried starting X without GDM and without a window manager?
>
> You might also turn debugging on for GDM in gdm.conf.
>
> --
> Andrew Shewmaker
>

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It seems that the crashing related to my i915 chipset and especially 915resolution. I \
played around with 915resolution a bit and now it isn't crashing anymore.<br>The \
crashing only happened with GDM and for example with 'startx' X started normally. \
<br>Anyway, It's sorted now.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/29/06, <b \
class="gmail_sendername">Andrew Shewmaker</b> &lt;<a \
href="mailto:agshew@gmail.com">agshew@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:</span><blockquote \
class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt \
0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> On 10/28/06, Helmut Zimmer &lt;<a \
href="mailto:helmut.zimmer@gmail.com">helmut.zimmer@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br>&gt; \
My X server is crashing after I login from GDM login screen. Sometimes I get<br>&gt; \
the message about session lasting less than 10 seconds and note about <br>&gt; \
~/.xsession-errors file but sometimes the whole server crashes and restarts<br>&gt; \
itself (without having time to display any error messages).<br>&gt;<br>&gt; \
.xsession-errors does not contain anything at all. Xorg.log  also look normal<br>&gt; \
and I suppose it also should look normal since I can start to GDM normally.<br>&gt; I \
tried to create a new user if something should have been wrong with the<br>&gt; users \
settings but same thing happens. I don't recall if I had updated <br>&gt; anything \
before this behaviour started.<br>&gt; I'm running Debian Etch.<br>&gt;<br>&gt; Any \
ideas how this might be fixed? Or where I should look for some error<br>&gt; \
messages?<br><br>Have you tried starting X without GDM and without a window manager? \
<br><br>You might also turn debugging on for GDM in gdm.conf.<br><br>--<br>Andrew \
Shewmaker<br></blockquote></div><br>



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