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kronstadtsailor1921

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Registered: 2008-10-27

Posts: 3

Nvidia Xorg signal 11 segmentation fault

I get "caught signal 11 segmentation fault" when I try to use startx. The strange part is that I can make it work doing : startx, ctrl c, startx, ctrl c, etc... and it will finally start without the segmentation fault, usually after 4 or 5 times.

I have a GeForce 8600M GT with the nvidia driver version 260.19.29

Here is my xorg.conf that I generated using nvidia-xconfig :

# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig:  version 260.19.29  (buildmeister@swio-display-x86-rhel47-04.nvidia.com)  Wed Dec  8 12:27:39 PST 2010

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Layout0"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Mouse0"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "Protocol" "auto"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/psaux"
    Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Keyboard0"
    Driver         "kbd"
   
    Option "XkbLayout"  "us, ru(phonetic)"
    Option "XkbOptions" "grp:alt_shift_toggle"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "Unknown"
    HorizSync       28.0 - 33.0
    VertRefresh     43.0 - 72.0
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    Option "NoLogo" "True"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "TwinView" "True"
    Option         "MetaModes" "CRT: 1400x1050_75 +1680+0, DFP: 1680x1050_60 +0+0"

    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

PS : the part where I specify XkbLayout and XkbOptions does not work, but it was working perfectly when it was in the xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf, is there a reason for this?
Here is the particular section in 10-evdev.conf :

Section "InputClass"
        Identifier "evdev keyboard catchall"
        MatchIsKeyboard "on"
    Driver "evdev"
        MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
    Option "XkbLayout"  "us, ru(phonetic)"
    Option "XkbOptions" "grp:alt_shift_toggle"
EndSection

Last edited by kronstadtsailor1921 (2010-12-22 15:34:45)

kronstadtsailor1921

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Registered: 2008-10-27

Posts: 3

Re: Nvidia Xorg signal 11 segmentation fault

So I have made a few improvements, when removing 50-wacom.conf from xorg.conf.d xorg starts. This is a nice step forward but I need my tablet for work

Gusar

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Registered: 2009-08-25

Posts: 3,605

Re: Nvidia Xorg signal 11 segmentation fault

PS : the part where I specify XkbLayout and XkbOptions does not work, but it was working perfectly when it was in the xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf, is there a reason for this?

Of course. Your xorg.conf has InputDevice sections, this is outdated. 10-evdev.conf on the other hand, has InputClass sections, that's why it works there.

The first thing I'd try to troubleshoot your problem is removing the entire xorg.conf file. You don't need it.