My X server crashes for no apparent reason at random times... However, I have been able to Isolate a bit of information about it:
* My mouse can always still move after the crash.
* As far as I remember, it only happens when browsing the net, although this could be a coincidence...
* It always happens either when switching between windows, or when a page starts to load in the browser.
* I usually see part of one window/page and part of another 'cut together'.
* Under 'nv' driver, It only lasts only a couple of minutes at most, and crashes.
* Uder 'nvidia' It crashes almost only when using Firefox.
* I havent tried using the 'vesa' driver, because it makes my screen display some noise...
* The crashes occur no matter what X-server and version I use (both XF and XO, with various versions).
* I only checked with 2.6.7 gentoo patched kernel versions, but many of the revisions, and both 4k and 8k stacks.
* I tried installing many versions of the nvidia driver, and that didnt help either.
* It happenes on both XFCE4 and KDE 3.2.3, so I dont think its DE related..
* It happened under firefox .8, .9, and .9.1, all compiled on my machine.
* It almost never happens when using opera.
configs:
(If you want to see any other files, please tell me)
Code:
# /etc/make.conf:
These settings were set by the catalyst build script that automatically built this stage
# Please consult /etc/make.conf.example for a more detailed example CFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium3 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -ffast-math"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
MAKEOPTS="-j2"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.hamakor.org.il/pub/mirrors/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.easynet.nl/mirror/gentoo/ http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/gentoo/"
USE="-gnome -gtk gtk2 -mozilla qt kde alsa esd oss arts cdr X acpi apache2 crypt gpm java mmx ncurses opengl pdflib sse"
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86"
#FEATURES="ccache"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/home/kosta/portage"
PORTAGE_NICENESS="3"
Code:
/etc/X11/xorg.conf
Section "Module"
Load "dbe" # Double buffer extension
SubSection "extmod"
Option "omit xfree86-dga" # don't initialise the DGA extension
EndSubSection
Load "type1"
Load "speedo"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "dri"
EndSection
Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Speedo/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/CID/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "Keyboard"
Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "ViewSonic-E70F"
HorizSync 30-70
VertRefresh 50-150
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Standard VGA"
VendorName "Unknown"
BoardName "Unknown"
Driver "vga"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "NVIDIA"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "AGPFastWrite" "True"
Option "EnablePageFlip" "True"
# Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen 1"
Device "NVIDIA"
Monitor "ViewSonic-E70F"
DefaultDepth 24
Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
Virtual 1600 1280
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
Virtual 1280 1024
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Simple Layout"
Screen "Screen 1"
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection
Couldnt think of any other config files... if any more are needed, please tell...
) hence why the mouse works ... if X had crashed mouse would be solid... got ALT-CTRL-F2 and killall X as root... look @ the x logs in /var/log to see what happend...
