If I switch to a virtual terminal from X (ctrl-alt-F1, for example), when I return to X I get a (text-mode) screen of junk, then a few seconds later X restarts. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. From X, go to a virtual terminal (ctrl-alt-F1) 2. From the virtual terminal, go to X (alt-F8) Actual Results: X crashes, gdm restarts it Expected Results: Return to my X session From emerge --info: kevin@lacqui ~ $ emerge --info Portage 2.1.2.4 (default-linux/x86/2006.1/desktop, gcc-4.1.2, glibc-2.5-r1, 2.6.20-gentoo-r5 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.20-gentoo-r5 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1.86GHz Gentoo Base System release 1.12.10 Timestamp of tree: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 15:50:01 +0000 distcc 2.18.3 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] ccache version 2.4 [enabled] dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.0.31-r7 dev-lang/python: 2.4.4 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5 dev-util/ccache: 2.4-r7 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.18.1 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.61 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10 sys-devel/binutils: 2.17 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.16 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.22 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.20-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium-m -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /var/lib/hsqldb" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/gconf /etc/init.d /etc/java-config/vms/ /etc/php/apache1-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/apache2-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php5/ext-active/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/splash /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/web2c /lib/modules" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium-m -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="ccache confcache distlocks fixpackages metadata-transfer parallel-fetch sandbox sfperms strict userfetch userpriv usersandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.chem.wisc.edu/gentoo/ http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/gentoo http://gentoo.mirrors.pair.com/ http://gentoo.osuosl.org/ http://gentoo.mirrors.tds.net/gentoo" LANG="en_CA" LC_ALL="en_CA" LINGUAS="en" 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extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard magictouch mouse synaptics" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="en" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="i810" Unset: CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LDFLAGS, MAKEOPTS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS kevin@lacqui ~ $
Created attachment 117155 [details] log of crash This is the X.org log of the most recent crash
Please attach your xorg.conf too.
Created attachment 117932 [details] xorg.conf causing crash
Try upgrading to the xf86-video-intel 2.1 driver.
This is an AIGLX issue, documented here: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11726 I resolved the issue with: xorg-server-1.4.0.90-r3 x11-drivers/xf86-video-i810-2.3.0 media-libs/mesa-7.0.3 The 2.3.0 driver (or any other) did not work with xorg-server-1.3.0.0-r5 and media-libs/mesa-6.5.2-r1. I have not tried to see if the 2.1.1 i810 driver works with the latest xorg-server and mesa. Please let me know if you need more testing on this.
OK, another reason why we should get an xorg 1.4 ebuild + mesa 7 stable...
I have a similar issue with xorg-server-1.5.3-r1, only with phyiscal switching between two computers attached to the same KVM. Sometimes X will restart. It seems like there is something in X that has not been addressed for several versions. Maybe it's mesa, maybe it's video drivers, but whatever it is, X seems to not cater well to switching terminals, virtual or physical. I'd like to see this stablized.
This bug can be closed. It was fixed well over six months ago and doesn't effect >= 1.4.x
Closing then. Thanks for the follow up.
