CRASH after exit from X

Jacek Poplawski · 2009-12-16 15:15:35

In the last few days I have 100% reproducible crash after exiting from X to console. Now I just use "halt" from terminal to power off my computer to avoid this crash (and then fsck after reboot).

I have Radeon with xorg driver, wacom bamboo with driver from AUR and latest version of all packages. Have you seen similar problem?

karol · 2009-12-16 16:24:56

I have this since xorg-server 1.7.x due to intel v. intel-legacy drivers' incompatibility.
Can you use console after you've logged into X (ctrl-alt-F2 etc.)? I can't.

Jacek Poplawski · 2009-12-17 09:11:53

That's not the case. I am able to switch to console with ALT+F1 and switch back. Everything works correctly in X. The only problem is quitting from it.
When I turn on my system it always starts in console, so I always call "startx". When I am going to turn it off I always logout from X and call "halt" from the console. It's no longer possible, so I call "halt" from X terminal. It's not problem with doing something - i can still use system as before, but I noticed crash so I think it's worth to resolve it, and I am asking - anyone seen something similar? Any Radeon users here? Or Wacom?

Last edited by Jacek Poplawski (2009-12-17 09:12:22)

karol · 2009-12-17 10:31:31

> That's not the case. I am able to switch to console with ALT+F1 and switch back.
Lucky you.

> Any Radeon users here?
I suggest The AMD/ATI Bar & Grill http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=57084

rossy! · 2009-12-27 14:42:14

This is the same for me except I cannot switch with alt-f1 or shutdown my machine blindly. The problem started after installing the linuxwacom drivers. Starting X, switching to tty2, typing `killall ck-launch session` (to stop the X server) and switching back to tty1 reveals that the X server does segfault on shutdown (i don't have the exact error message at the moment, but i can get it.)

shyrock · 2010-01-04 02:43:38

I had this problem after a (very procrastinated) system wide update. I have an acer aspire one with a intel chipset.

I was able to fix the problem by enabling KMS.

Weirdly/ interestingly, I got the blank screen immediately using xmonad, whereas lxde worked until either I logged out or switched to a virtual console and tried to switch back. This makes me think autodetect/ hal have something to do with it. lxde works great, but xmonad is still on the fritz.

Last edited by shyrock (2010-01-04 02:44:08)

TheBodziO · 2010-06-04 01:04:06

Any change in the matter of the subject? I've got similar problem on setup with Nvidia's GPU.

UPDATE
Ahhh… Never mind! After I removed old settings like some sections of xorg.conf, one hal policy and GDK_NATIVE_WINDOW in mozilla_common.sh everything felt into place. Silly me…

Last edited by TheBodziO (2010-06-04 01:33:25)

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CRASH after exit from X

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