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makhlaghi

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Registered: 2014-09-07

Posts: 14

gnome-session failing because of dell_backlight brightness level zero

I just completed a new Arch install on a Dell Vostro 1220. After installing Xorg and GNOME and preparing .xinitrc, when I run startx GNOME fails to load. Sorry for the possible typos. Here is the log file:

$ cat .local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log
....
[    118.415] (EE) intel(0): Failed to set backlight dell_backlight for output LVDS1 to backlight level 0, disabling
[    118.415] (EE)
[    118.415] (EE) Backtrace:
[    118.415] (EE) 0: /usr/bin/Xorg.bin (xorg_backtrace+0x56) [0x593966]
[    118.415] (EE) 1: /usr/bin/Xorg.bin (0x400000+0x197b69) [0x597b69]
[    118.415] (EE) 2: /usr/lib/libc.so.6 (0x7f5e52b0b000+0x33df0) [0x7f5e52b3edf0]
[    118.415] (EE) 3: /usr/bin/Xorg.bin (RRDeleteOutputProperty+0x20) [0x4fcdb0]
[    118.415] (EE) 4: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/intel_drv.so (0x...) [0x...]
[    118.415] (EE) 5: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/intel_drv.so (0x...) [0x...]
[    118.415] (EE) 6: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/intel_drv.so (0x...) [0x...]
[    118.415] (EE) 7: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/intel_drv.so (0x...) [0x...]
[    118.415] (EE) 8: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/intel_drv.so (0x...) [0x...]
[    118.415] (EE) 9: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/intel_drv.so (0x...) [0x...]
[    118.415] (EE) 10: /usr/bin/Xorg.bin (0x...) [0x...]
[    118.415] (EE) 11: /usr/bin/Xorg.bin (0x...) [0x...]
[    118.415] (EE) 12: /usr/bin/Xorg.bin (0x...) [0x...]
[    118.415] (EE) 13: /usr/bin/Xorg.bin (0x...) [0x...]
[    118.415] (EE) 14: /usr/bin/Xorg.bin (0x...) [0x...]
[    118.415] (EE) 15: /usr/lib/libc.so.6 (__libc_start_main+0xf0) [0x...]
[    118.415] (EE) 16: /usr/bin/Xorg.bin (0x...) [0x...]
[    118.415] (EE)
[    118.415] (EE) Segmentation fault at address 0x0
[    118.415] (EE) 
Fatal server error:
[    118.415] (EE) Caught signal 11 (Segmentation fault). Server aborting
[    118.415] (EE)
...
[    119.270] (EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.

okubax

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From: Kent, UK.

Registered: 2010-04-24

Posts: 210

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Re: gnome-session failing because of dell_backlight brightness level zero

Probably related https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=185800

makhlaghi

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Registered: 2014-09-07

Posts: 14

Re: gnome-session failing because of dell_backlight brightness level zero

Thank you, but in my case, it happens for all the users and I didn't change the backlight for this problem to happen. In the bug report they also say the bug is fixed, but even though I have updated the files, my problem still remains.

Last edited by makhlaghi (2014-09-12 15:11:06)