From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1PllTp-0005kn-4q for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 05 Feb 2011 16:59:25 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DADC51C043; Sat, 5 Feb 2011 16:57:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-iw0-f181.google.com (mail-iw0-f181.google.com [209.85.214.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB5C11C043 for ; Sat, 5 Feb 2011 16:57:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iwn3 with SMTP id 3so4431832iwn.40 for ; Sat, 05 Feb 2011 08:57:53 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=cA/ZVBo5jCjaQqbNgcVKFbViWERbfcDR4lzbvGpNFvk=; b=WD0dbhLRfC3sghT+nbG2i5pIz/mqsw5OkhTmBkfSmkyai10OWbENQb+7y2niYCrqax pOsfVNMzRx38Z+FDfJku02SajA1DDhdMrHMmp1qHjQb3XVGk+a/SDsTRbKyDWY9SyjaB yRPBB+/0PajxQj6z8CFnz3OTFNAHBQ/T7Lg+U= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=EgyXWfzoI8w6zyY9jyRiUaaP+Xe0cgVJSwR47TQlaUa0CaW9Gf+NNxM2xRczgefaW2 FeRv2qwxTSwiqq8e2CDPeRrdh5agfT1VhV4XGoCU1ZIQhQN23KIhK0o3u1PrtIMRmlap qf8VZfy8OzkaMq/fg2H7ifjk7kjfpm5KR8Scc= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.42.179.73 with SMTP id bp9mr969662icb.273.1296925073194; Sat, 05 Feb 2011 08:57:53 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.42.227.1 with HTTP; Sat, 5 Feb 2011 08:57:53 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4D4D3800.3020709@binarywings.net> References: <4D4D3800.3020709@binarywings.net> Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2011 08:57:53 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Xorg segfaults, but GDM welcome screen loads From: Grant To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 3ff7c1925aceb743a6ee13d18fb7b784 >> Yesterday I caught up with portage and updated quite a few packages on >> a remote workstation. =A0The system hadn't been updated for about a >> month. =A0The updates included some xorg stuff and some xfce4 stuff. >> Today when the workstation's user logged in via gdm, she clicked the >> xfce4 "Migrate Config" option, something weird happened, and she ended >> up back on the gdm welcome screen. =A0Now whenever she logs is via gdm, >> the screen immediately goes black and she is routed back to the gdm >> welcome screen again. =A0When I have grsecurity enabled I get this in >> dmesg: >> >> Segmentation fault occurred at 000068e453633fdc in >> /usr/bin/Xorg[X:4777] uid/euid:0/0 gid/egid:0/0, parent >> /usr/sbin/gdm-binary[gdm:4775] uid/euid:0/0 gid/egid:1010/1002 >> >> She also tried skipping gdm and issuing startxfce4 manually but it >> fails in a similar way and displays "disconnected from session >> manager". =A0I get this in Xorg.0.log: >> >> Backtrace: >> [ =A0 =A074.799] 0: /usr/bin/X (xorg_backtrace+0x28) [0x49eeb8] >> [ =A0 =A074.799] 1: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x62849) [0x462849] >> [ =A0 =A074.799] 2: /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0x64727eac2000+0xf3f0) [0x6472= 7ead13f0] >> [ =A0 =A074.800] 3: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/nv_drv.so >> (0x64727bed7000+0x112d0) [0x64727bee82d0] >> [ =A0 =A074.800] 4: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libshadowfb.so >> (0x64727a682000+0x3db2) [0x64727a685db2] >> [ =A0 =A074.800] 5: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x2da29) [0x42da29] >> [ =A0 =A074.800] 6: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x2eda9) [0x42eda9] >> [ =A0 =A074.800] 7: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x2475a) [0x42475a] >> [ =A0 =A074.800] 8: /lib/libc.so.6 (__libc_start_main+0xe6) [0x64727dcb2= ba6] >> [ =A0 =A074.800] 9: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x242f9) [0x4242f9] >> [ =A0 =A074.800] Segmentation fault at address 0x64727462bfdc >> [ =A0 =A074.800] >> Fatal server error: >> [ =A0 =A074.800] Caught signal 11 (Segmentation fault). Server aborting >> >> and when grsecurity is enabled I get this in dmesg: >> >> Segmentation fault occurred at 000064727462bfdc in >> /usr/bin/Xorg[X:4647] uid/euid:1003/0 gid/egid:1010/1010, parent >> /usr/bin/xinit[xinit:4646] uid/euid:1003/1003 gid/egid:1010/1010 >> >> I have tried disabling all security options in the kernel but I get >> the same results with the exception of the dmesg info. =A0I tried >> re-emerging xorg-server, xf86-video-nv, xinit, and gdm. =A0Strangely, >> after re-emerging xorg-server and xinit there were files to change in >> etc-update. =A0I don't see how that's possible since I'm caught up with >> emerge -DuN world. =A0revdep-rebuild comes up with nothing. =A0I'm runni= ng >> an emerge -e world now. =A0It's weird that the gdm welcome screen will >> load (which implies xorg) but nothing afterward. =A0Any ideas? >> >> - Grant >> > > Please try to run > `strace startx` > and post the output as a file attachment. Gladly. Is there anything else I should try? The workstation is remote and its user only has access infrequently. Is there anything else I should have her try while she's there? - Grant