Bug 141196 – Impossible to switch to text mode (Ctrl+Alt+F1) after modular X migration

• Status: RESOLVED UPSTREAM
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Jean-Marc Beaune 2006-07-20 11:07:41 UTC]

Hi,
I followed 'Migration to modular X HOWTO' on http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/x/x11/modular-x-howto.xml
Since I did the migration I can't switch to text mode using Ctrl+Alt+F1 anymore.

Fore some more information : http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-480643-highlight-.html

emerge --info :

Portage 2.1-r1 (default-linux/x86/2005.1, gcc-3.3.6, glibc-2.3.6-r4, 2.6.14-gentoo-r5 i686)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.6.14-gentoo-r5 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.60GHz
Gentoo Base System version 1.6.15
app-admin/eselect-compiler: [Not Present]
dev-lang/python:     2.3.5-r2, 2.4.3-r1
dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5
dev-util/ccache:     [Not Present]
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-r2
sys-devel/binutils:  2.16.1-r3
sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.13-r3
sys-devel/libtool:   1.5.22
virtual/os-headers:  2.6.11-r2
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
CBUILD="i386-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-Os -mcpu=i686 -pipe"
CHOST="i386-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/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo"
CXXFLAGS="-Os -mcpu=i686 -pipe"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="autoconfig distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.ovh.net/gentoo-distfiles/ ftp://mirror.ovh.net/gentoo-distfiles/ http://gentoo.modulix.net/gentoo/ http://ftp.club-internet.fr/pub/mirrors/gentoo"
LC_ALL="fr_FR.UTF-8"
LINGUAS="fr"
MAKEOPTS="-j2"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180 --exclude='/distfiles' --exclude='/local' --exclude='/packages'"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.fr.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="x86 X alsa apm arts avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cli crypt cups dlloader dri dvd eds emboss encode foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif gpm gstreamer gtk2 imlib ipv6 isdnlog jpeg kde libg++ libwww mad mikmod motif mp3 mpeg ncurses nls ogg oggvorbis opengl oss pam pcre pdflib perl png pppd python qt qt3 qt4 quicktime readline reflection sdl session spell spl ssl tcpd truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts vorbis xml2 xmms xorg xv zlib elibc_glibc input_devices_keyboard input_devices_mouse kernel_linux linguas_fr userland_GNU video_cards_i810 video_cards_vesa video_cards_fbdev"
Unset:  CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LDFLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY

Thanks,
/JM

[Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) 2006-07-20 11:46:02 UTC]

Please, don't refer to the forums. Include all relevant info in your bug reports.

[Comment 2 Jean-Marc Beaune 2006-07-20 12:49:25 UTC]

In order to have the system in the best shape I did:

# emerge --update --deep --newuse world
# emerge --depclean
# revdep-rebuild

Without success. emerge -e xorg-x11 didn't solve the case neither.

[Comment 3 Jean-Marc Beaune 2006-07-20 12:55:35 UTC]

Created attachment 92339 [details]
/var/log/Xorg.2.log showing Fatal server error:
 lockup

I guess this log file was created when I encountered the problem but I'm not 100% sure.

[Comment 4 Joshua Baergen (RETIRED) 2006-07-21 17:43:08 UTC]

This should be fixed in 7.1.  Please unmask xorg-server, mesa, mesa-progs, xorg-x11 and all relevant drivers in /etc/portage/package.keywords and give 7.1 a try.

[Comment 5 Jean-Marc Beaune 2006-07-22 01:14:32 UTC]

I tried to upgrade to 7.1 but I still have 7.0 in portage tree even after emerge --sync

*  x11-base/xorg-x11
      Latest version available: 7.0-r1
      Latest version installed: 7.0-r1
      Size of files: 0 kB
      Homepage:      http://xorg.freedesktop.org
      Description:   An X11 implementation maintained by the X.Org Foundation (meta package)
      License:       as-is

[Comment 6 Jean-Marc Beaune 2006-07-22 01:15:32 UTC]

Back from status 'NEEDINFO' to 'OPEN', sorry.

[Comment 7 Jean-Marc Beaune 2006-07-22 01:52:05 UTC]

I filled package.keywords and xorg 7.1 appears to be available, I'll emerge it soon and get back.
Thanks

[Comment 8 Jean-Marc Beaune 2006-07-22 10:58:07 UTC]

Same problem after upgrade to 7.1.
X server also crashes when trying to switch between different KDE sessions

[Comment 9 Joshua Baergen (RETIRED) 2006-07-23 10:59:13 UTC]

Confirm that you're using xorg-server 1.1.0 and xf86-video-i810 1.6.  If so, please file a bug at https://bugs.freedesktop.org and post the link here.

[Comment 10 Jean-Marc Beaune 2006-07-23 11:10:38 UTC]

*  x11-base/xorg-server
      Latest version available: 1.1.1
      Latest version installed: 1.1.1

*  x11-drivers/xf86-video-i810
      Latest version available: 1.6.0
      Latest version installed: 1.6.0

I use xorg-server 1.1.1 instead of 1.1.0, should I file a bug at https://bugs.freedesktop.org anyway?

[Comment 11 Joshua Baergen (RETIRED) 2006-07-23 11:12:57 UTC]

Sorry, I meant xorg-server 1.1.*.  Yeah, please do.

[Comment 12 Jean-Marc Beaune 2006-07-23 11:28:42 UTC]

Bug created : http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7606

[Comment 13 Joshua Baergen (RETIRED) 2006-07-23 11:29:25 UTC]

Thanks!