If I open gnucash in kde it crashed the X server as soon as everything is loaded. If I open it in gnome it opens OK but as soon as I want to edit a split transaction it crashes. The Xorg.0.log file shows: (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us" Backtrace: 0: /usr/bin/X(xorg_backtrace+0x38) [0x812d838] Fatal server error: Caught signal 11. Server aborting (II) MLK 2.4GHz 2way RF USB Combo (KBD + LD MSE) Receivers: Close (II) UnloadModule: "evdev" (II) MLK 2.4GHz 2way RF USB Combo (KBD + LD MSE) Receivers: Close (II) UnloadModule: "evdev" (II) AIGLX: Suspending AIGLX clients for VT switch (II) CHROME(0): VIALeaveVT (II) CHROME(0): [drm] Cleaning up DMA ring-buffer. (II) CHROME(0): ViaCursorStore (II) CHROME(0): VIARestore (II) CHROME(0): VT162xRestore (II) CHROME(0): ViaDisablePrimaryFIFO Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. start gnucash in KDE 2. crash after all windows appear 3. Actual Results: gnucash crash Expected Results: gnucash staying open and being able to edit transactions. 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Created attachment 188494 [details] Xorg showing the crash
Using Option "NoAccel" "true" in xorg.conf avoids the crash... hardware: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN700/P4M800 Pro/P4M800 CE/VN800 [S3 UniChrome Pro] (rev 01) software: - xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.903 - xorg-server-1.5.3-r5 - mesa-7.3-r1 - libdrm-2.4.5 - ...2.6.27-gentoo-r10 ... i686 VIA Esther processor 1200MHz CentaurHauls GNU/Linux
This isn't true as broadly as the summary puts it; I do not see the crash with a gnome-light-2.24/xorg-server-1.5(evdev) desktop: jsled@phoenix [~]$ eix -Icr '^(xorg-server|nvidia-drivers|mesa|gnucash)$' [I] app-office/gnucash (2.2.9@02/26/2009): A personal finance manager. [I] media-libs/mesa (7.3-r1@04/12/2009): OpenGL-like graphic library for Linux [I] x11-base/xorg-server (1.5.3-r5@04/12/2009): X.Org X servers [I] x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers (180.44@04/12/2009): NVIDIA X11 driver and GLX libraries jsled@phoenix [~]$ grep "NoAccel" /etc/X11/xorg.conf jsled@phoenix [~]$
The problem might be with xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.903
I've had a really bad history of via drivers (open or closed source) crashing X server for no apparent reason or when doing specific things. You should try to enhance your backtrace following http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/qa/backtraces.xml
Agree but now it is worse. I have more than one crash per day, so I cannot use my PC reliable anymore. A lot of applications (gnucash, acroread, gimp) are just crashing the X server. The bad part is that latest openchrome driver is even worse, I still need to submit a bug. X does start but within 1-2 sec it crashes. When I will have time I will investigate newer Xorg & CO versions.
(In reply to comment #6) > Agree but now it is worse. I have more than one crash per day, so I cannot use > my PC reliable anymore. I thought `Option "NoAccel" "true"' worked around the instability issue nicely. There's no need to experience more than one crash a day if all that it facilitates is a slight performance gain in 3D imaging. > A lot of applications (gnucash, acroread, gimp) are > just crashing the X server. The bad part is that latest openchrome driver is > even worse, I still need to submit a bug. X does start but within 1-2 sec it > crashes. When I will have time I will investigate newer Xorg & CO versions. Apparently, using certain acceleration functions on a Unichrome Pro leads to stability issues whereas for instance a CLE266 runs very stable. There hasn't been much progress on the openchrome driver lately, and there is no outlook on a version release which will fix the stability issues in the unichrome driver specifically. In the mean time, it would help if you attached Xorg logs, relevant dmesg output, whether your desktop uses compositing effects (since you get crashes when opening menus) and so on. It may be interesting to investigate whether switching from EXA to XAA wil help: Option "AccelMethod" "XAA"
Option NoAccel "true" made the X very .... slow. Furthermore, mythfrontend crashed before/when the GUI started. A more than acceptable workaround is to use: Option "ExaNoComposite" "true" Everything works now as expected. Changed the resolution to later
