either by closing the X session or by pressing ctrl-alt-fn to switch to console version 8.24.8 does not show this problem system is stable, except for a small selection of packages, amongst which ati-drivers wish I could give some more helpful information... Portage 2.0.54-r2 (default-linux/amd64/2005.1, gcc-3.4.5, glibc-2.3.6-r3, 2.6.16-gentoo x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.16-gentoo x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+ Gentoo Base System version 1.6.14 distcc 2.18.3 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] ccache version 2.3 [disabled] dev-lang/python: 2.4.2 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5 dev-util/ccache: 2.3 dev-util/confcache: [Not Present] sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.17 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r7 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.16.1-r2 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.13-r2 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.22 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O3 -pipe -march=athlon64" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.4/env /usr/kde/3.4/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/shutdown /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /var/bind" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O3 -pipe -march=athlon64" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig distlocks multilib-strict sandbox sfperms strict userpriv usersandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://ftp.belnet.be/mirror/rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo/" LINGUAS="en en_US en_GB nl fr de zh_TW zh_CN" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://ftp.belnet.be/gentoo-portage" USE="amd64 X acl alsa apache2 audiofile avi bash-completion berkdb bitmap-fonts bzip2 cdr cli crypt cups curl dri dvd eds emboss encode exif expat fam foomaticdb fortran gd gif glut gmp gnome gphoto2 gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 hal idn imagemagick imlib ipv6 isdnlog java jpeg kde lcms libwww logrotate lzw lzw-tiff mad mikmod mng motif mp3 mpeg mplayer ncurses nls nptl nptlonly nsplugin nvidia ogg openal opengl pam pcre pdflib perl png ppds pppd python qt quicktime readline reflection sdl session speex spell spl ssl tcpd tetex threads tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts udev usb vorbis xine xml2 xmms xorg xpm xv xvid zlib linguas_en linguas_en_US linguas_en_GB linguas_nl linguas_fr linguas_de linguas_zh_TW linguas_zh_CN userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc" Unset: CTARGET, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS
Created attachment 88927 [details] XOrg log I don't see anything out of the ordinary in the log, but I'm attaching it anyway.
It's a common fglrx bug, many people on forums.gentoo.org are affected. If You are using kdm as login manager You can add: TerminateServer=true to the [X-:*-Core] section. This will force kdm to shutdown X on logout.
If this is still an issue in the latest ~arch ati-drivers you should probably report it upstream (unofficial bugzilla at http://ati.cchtml.com/). If you think this can be fixed in the ebuild please reopen.
