Xorg 7.4 crashes on exit

[N.J. Mann]

In message <1238654585.1791.15.camel at balrog.2hip.net>,
	Robert Noland (rnoland at FreeBSD.org) wrote:
> On Wed, 2009-04-01 at 16:42 +0100, N.J. Mann wrote:
> > In message <1238517533.8491.371.camel at balrog.2hip.net>,
> > 	Robert Noland (rnoland at FreeBSD.org) wrote:
[snip]
> > > Yes, I'm not seeing any change here either.  So, I don't think that we
> > > have a locking or ordering issue.  Are the effects on shutdown a
> > > problem?
> > 
> > Yes, but not excessively so.  Once I exit X the only thing I am able to
> > do is reboot by pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL.  Nothing else appears to work.
> > However, I tend to stay in X all the time on this machine and only exit
> > if there is a problem.  So, diagnosing problems is a real PITA at the
> > moment. :-)
> 
> Ok, that isn't good, but...
> 
> > > I think it may have more to do with the fact that we have
> > > released memory before we have switched display modes on shutdown.  I
> > > can reproduce the strange color effects on this i915, but haven't hit a
> > > case where it created any sort of problem.
> > 
> > Is there a way of logging the shutdown sequence of X to a file?  So far
> > the only error/diagnostic message I get is:
> > 
> > Fatal server error:
> > Caught signal 11.  Server aborting
> 
> Ok, if the X server is dumping core... That is a start.  If you are
> using gdm the core will be in /var/gdm.  I'm not sure where it might be
> otherwise.

I use startx.  I do not seem to get any core files - I would have
mentioned it earlier if I did.  If you think it will help I will look
into using gdm, which I do not currently have installed, or anything
else you think may help.


Cheers,
       Nick.
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