Re: [gentoo-user] Re: xdm doesn't restart on killed X

[Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com>]

On Wednesday 11 November 2009 19:02:26 doki_pen@doki-pen.org wrote:
> In gmane.linux.gentoo.user, you wrote:
> > On Wednesday 11 November 2009 16:17:45 doki_pen@doki-pen.org wrote:
> >> In gmane.linux.gentoo.user, you wrote:
> >> > On Tuesday 10 November 2009 17:54:48 Doki Pen wrote:
> >> >> I've recently switched from gdm to xdm in an effort to reduce my
> >> >> distro size.  The only problem I've run into is that when I kill my X
> >> >> session, xdm doesn't restart automatically.  I have to switch to a
> >> >> vtty and type exec sudo /etc/init.d/xdm restart.  I've read the man
> >> >> pages and googled but can't come up with a solution.  Does anyone
> >> >> know if there is a way to fix this issue?
> >> >
> >> > When X exists, is xdm still running or has it died too?
> >> >
> >> > You can tell when restarting xdm if it gives errors about xdm not
> >> > running when the "stop" phase of "restart"" is run
> >>
> >> xdm is not running after I kill my xsession.  It is running after I log
> >> in.  I tested using ps -Af | grep -i xdm.
> >
> > Ok, so I reckon the init script dies because xdm dies when X exists.
> >
> > is there anything relevant in your messages log file, Xorg.0.log,
> > ~/.xsession- errors and similar logs?
> 
> From /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old:
> 
> Backtrace:
> 0: /usr/bin/X(xorg_backtrace+0x38) [0x812a180]
> 
> Fatal server error:
> Caught signal 11.  Server aborting

That's a segfault so there's a serious bug. It's likely in X itself.

Did you recently upgrade X and at the same time rebuild all it's app and all 
drivers - without exception?

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