On Wed, 2004-10-20 at 23:24, rab wrote: > Matthew Miller wrote: > > >On Wed, Oct 20, 2004 at 07:35:38AM -0400, rab wrote: > > > > > >>I installed the latest rpms for fc2 for X using apt-get and the > >>dist-upgrade option. Now X crashes all the time (every 15 minutes or so > >>on average). How can I get back to the previous version of X (or even > >>fix X)? > >> > >> > > > >I'm not sure if there's a trivial way to roll back a whole set of changes. > >If someone who knows apt better than me knows one, cool. > > > >So in the meantime, let's figure out why X is crashing. The updates have > >worked fine for me, and I hadn't heard any complaints. > > > >What video card do you have? Do you know what triggers the crash? (3D is a > >likely culprit -- perhaps some of the OpenGL screensavers?) If you could > >post the log (/var/log/Xorg.0.log) from the crash, that'd be helpful. > > > > > > > > > I tried sending the log file but it doesn't look like it made it to the > list. I switched to the generic VGA driver and it seems more stable. I > tried commenting out the dri part for the nvidia driver (shown below) > and turned off the screensaver but that did not stop the crashes with > the nvidia driver. I'm using an nvidia GEFORCE FX 5700 LE card on an > Athlon 64 system with 1 gb of memory. It worked great since I built the > sytem 3 weeks ago up until a few days ago when I upgraded using apt. (It > upgraded a lot of X-related rpms at that time.) With the nvidia driver > (the one that ships with fc2 not the nvidia binary driver from nvidia), > moving a remote window (via ssh connection) would always cause the X > server to crash. > > Rick B. > > # Xorg configuration created by system-config-display > > Section "ServerLayout" > Identifier "single head configuration" > Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 > InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" > InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" > EndSection > > Section "Files" > > # RgbPath is the location of the RGB database. Note, this is the name > of the > # file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db"). There is normally > # no need to change the default. > # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together) > # By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of > # the X server to render fonts. > RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb" > FontPath "unix/:7100" > EndSection > > Section "Module" > Load "dbe" > Load "extmod" > Load "fbdevhw" > Load "glx" > Load "record" > Load "freetype" > Load "type1" > Load "dri" dri is NOT disabled here. > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > > # Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1)) > # Option "Xleds" "1 2 3" > # To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable. > # Option "XkbDisable" > # To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the > # lines below (which are the defaults). For example, for a non-U.S. > # keyboard, you will probably want to use: > # Option "XkbModel" "pc102" > # If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use: > # Option "XkbModel" "microsoft" > # > # Then to change the language, change the Layout setting. > # For example, a german layout can be obtained with: > # Option "XkbLayout" "de" > # or: > # Option "XkbLayout" "de" > # Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys" > # > # If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and > # control keys, use: > # Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps" > # Or if you just want both to be control, use: > # Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:nocaps" > # > Identifier "Keyboard0" > Driver "kbd" > Option "XkbModel" "pc105" > Option "XkbLayout" "us" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Mouse0" > Driver "mouse" > Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2" > Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" > Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes" > EndSection > > Section "Monitor" > Identifier "Monitor0" > VendorName "Monitor Vendor" > ModelName "SGI 17-inch GDM-17E21" > HorizSync 30.0 - 85.0 > VertRefresh 48.0 - 160.0 > Option "dpms" > EndSection > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Videocard0" > Driver "nv" This is the default nvidia driver, not the binary from nvidia > VendorName "Videocard vendor" > BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce FX (generic)" > EndSection > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Screen0" > Device "Videocard0" > Monitor "Monitor0" > DefaultDepth 24 > SubSection "Display" > Viewport 0 0 > Depth 24 > Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" > "800x600" "640x480" > EndSubSection > EndSection > > #Section "DRI" > # Group 0 > # Mode 0666 > #EndSection This may cause problems if the dri module is loaded above. In my experience with the nvidia driver, you need to follow the readme they provide EXACTLY.
