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mimir

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From: Norway

Registered: 2009-04-26

Posts: 11

Screen goes black and then i get logged out

I got this problem that, with no warning, the screen turn black and then i get logged out. This is something i did not experience with DWM, but now happen with Openbox.

I checked the logs and found this:

ERROR.LOG:
Aug  6 03:17:47 inferum login[2062]: pam_tally(login:auth): pam_get_uid; no such user
Aug  6 03:18:03 inferum login[2062]: pam_mail(login:session): cannot determine username

MESSAGES.LOG
Aug  6 03:17:47 inferum gdm-binary[2081]: WARNING: gdm_slave_xioerror_handler: Fatal X error - Restarting :0

i have tried to google but can not seem to find anything about it.

If there is anything else i should add please let me know.

Last edited by mimir (2009-08-06 01:33:05)

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djszapi

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From: Cambridge, United Kingdom

Registered: 2009-06-14

Posts: 1,439

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Re: Screen goes black and then i get logged out

Hello Mimir!

Which xorg-xserver do you use, and which driver/kernel ?
Can you experience it with more window manager too ?

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loafer

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From: the pub

Registered: 2009-04-14

Posts: 1,772

Re: Screen goes black and then i get logged out

There have been reports of similar problems in the forum this week.  So it may be worth checking if it is related to this:

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=77351

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