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 1PllVo-0005wu-LT for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 05 Feb 2011 17:01:28 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DF54B1C042; Sat, 5 Feb 2011 16:59:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-iy0-f181.google.com (mail-iy0-f181.google.com [209.85.210.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1C801C042 for ; Sat, 5 Feb 2011 16:59:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iyj8 with SMTP id 8so1109109iyj.40 for ; Sat, 05 Feb 2011 08:59:23 -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=XteBVdxMMGTUrabDKNEul/pw7BBJvic1CexSsCPJJfA=; b=vy4U9d7cfrKTlOoR0BgkT7xv/pMWgCNlx2tKTipmD6+0tFBbwb4jXM3jATWAc/+1du 6d4QM3jqYYsjdN6wwWgd3x5j5jtsqcQSS6PfupHVyh/O9Z/TJ6ZJl69v1px0nOyXEA8D 3YZLuxhIsgJSrdfMLvH1hcf8cfA+t34U1QuyY= 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=hIWbavmiuOkafW0IF8vvuvOCTepmhz3+s+LVMcIiwkrV554+RTdvbSiU/bF7IIheM6 wEWJQPdow4cTMLoTIcuXmutea4yoEOor2eQqu/2Tnm60ZGtQROWyhzXrSdZL2wMLV06P 6oR2qsYUzj8BXTIzo//dVIojgCrZeG4ZyYKok= 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 10.42.241.198 with SMTP id lf6mr3188579icb.5.1296925163181; Sat, 05 Feb 2011 08:59:23 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.42.227.1 with HTTP; Sat, 5 Feb 2011 08:59:23 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4D4D3800.3020709@binarywings.net> References: <4D4D3800.3020709@binarywings.net> Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2011 08:59:23 -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: 5909ad16799a0d151b6bd2966691f8ca >> 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. Another question, is there anything I need to prepare to make sure the strace works? - Grant