Bug 281447 – x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.3-r6: crash at reboot (with nvidia and vmware)

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED TEST-REQUEST

[Description Thomas Kohler 2009-08-14 09:34:57 UTC]

After upgrade to version 1.5 (same problem with older <1.5.3-rc6) X crash after each reboot. 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. using xorg-server-1.5.3-rc6 (or any 1.5), kdm, nvidia (older and last), vmware (older and last)
2. reboot the system

Actual Results:  
black screen will shown at x console (7), after a while the system switch to first console 


You can login at terminal and "killall kdm", than start "kdm" and X run ok.

After some tests I have found some Workarrounds for the problem:
1.) use "nv" instead of "nvidia"
2.) delete xdm from loading at boot time (rc-update del xdm) and start kdm manually after reboot
3.) delete "vmware" from loading at boot time (rc-update del vmware) will be at the moment the best workarround

In my opinion load of X and vmware at the same time will cause the problem. How can we force that vmware will be loaded after or before X?

Portage 2.1.6.13 (default/linux/amd64/2008.0, gcc-4.3.2, glibc-2.9_p20081201-r2, 2.6.29-gentoo-r5 x86_64)
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System uname: Linux-2.6.29-gentoo-r5-x86_64-AMD_Athlon-tm-_64_X2_Dual_Core_Processor_5200+-with-gentoo-1.12.11.1
Timestamp of tree: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:15:02 +0000
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FEATURES="distlocks fixpackages parallel-fetch protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-orphans userfetch"
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LINGUAS="de"
MAKEOPTS="-j3"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/"
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Unset:  CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, FFLAGS, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS

[Comment 1 Thomas Kohler 2009-08-14 09:36:28 UTC]

Created attachment 201214 [details]
Log after reboot: X was crashed

[Comment 2 Thomas Kohler 2009-08-14 09:37:07 UTC]

Created attachment 201215 [details]
Log after "killall kdm", "kdm"

[Comment 3 Thomas Kohler 2009-08-14 09:37:46 UTC]

Created attachment 201216 [details]
Log with "nv" instead of "nvidia" after reboot

[Comment 4 Thomas Kohler 2009-08-16 09:27:51 UTC]

The third workarround (without vmware) don't work properly. Yesterday I booting two times without success. Today one time it works. There is something wrong with timing.

Now I will add "after vmware" at boot script and add vmware to runlevel default again (it will be the last service to start).

[Comment 5 Thomas Kohler 2009-08-16 09:43:26 UTC]

(In reply to comment #4)
> Now I will add "after vmware" at boot script and add vmware to runlevel default
> again (it will be the last service to start).

I have changed "before alsasound" in "before local". The last boot was good.

[Comment 6 Rémi Cardona (RETIRED) 2009-08-17 17:15:38 UTC]

Hum, 2 binary-only kernel modules wreaking havoc. Shocker.

If removing both modules does fix the issue, then there's nothing for me to fix. And I doubt the other maintainers will be able to do anything about this.

Good luck.

[Comment 7 Thomas Kohler 2009-08-18 19:11:39 UTC]

(In reply to comment #6)
> Hum, 2 binary-only kernel modules wreaking havoc. Shocker.

Is this hint really serious? Which "2 binary-only kernel modules" do you mean?

[Comment 8 Doug Goldstein (RETIRED) 2012-07-14 20:39:09 UTC]

Unfortunately this bug has gotten a little stale due to slipping between the cracks, please retest with the latest X, latest vmware, and latest nvidia-drivers and all should be well.

[Comment 9 Thomas Kohler 2012-07-16 10:39:39 UTC]

The problem is gone because change of hardware, I'm using an ATI now ;o}. So I can't retest, sorry.