Bug 346421 – x11-base/xorg-server-1.9.2.901 fails after login in kde-4.5.3 desktop.

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED NEEDINFO

[Description Garri 2010-11-22 11:29:33 UTC]

After building new testing (~x86) gentoo system with kdebase-meta-4.5.3 and xorg-server-1.9.2.901, I can't login in KDE4 desktop. While loading KDE desktop, X server restarting and KDM greeting appears again (login loop).

I can login in KDE desktop from xterm/startkde, but by setting 'exec startkde' in ~/.xinitrc - same problems.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to reproduce:
1. emerge kdebase-meta
2. Set up kdm in /etc/conf.d/xdm and start /etc/init.d/xdm.
3. Login in KDM.

Actual results: X server fails, KDM login screen appears again.

Expected results: KDE Desktop should be initialized completely.

[Comment 1 Garri 2010-11-22 11:30:42 UTC]

Created attachment 255099 [details]
emerge --info xorg-server kdebase-meta

[Comment 2 Garri 2010-11-22 11:33:00 UTC]

Created attachment 255101 [details]
Xorg.log during X fail

[Comment 3 Garri 2010-11-22 11:34:17 UTC]

Created attachment 255103 [details]
startx log after setting 'exec startkde' in .xinitrc

[Comment 4 Garri 2010-11-22 11:37:03 UTC]

Created attachment 255105 [details]
/var/log/messages after X fails. Forgot to gzip, sorry!

[Comment 5 Garri 2010-11-22 11:39:30 UTC]

Comment on attachment 255105 [details]
/var/log/messages after X fails. Forgot to gzip, sorry!

Sorry, forgot to gzip this file.

[Comment 6 Garri 2010-11-22 11:42:43 UTC]

Created attachment 255107 [details]
lspci -vvv

[Comment 7 Garri 2010-11-22 11:43:40 UTC]

Created attachment 255109 [details]
/var/log/kdm.log

[Comment 8 Omar Saleem 2010-11-26 20:53:26 UTC]

i also have this problem on x86_64, except downgrading to xorg-server 1.9.2 didn't help. i'm reemerging $(qlist -I -C kde-base/) to see if something got corrupted somehow.

[Comment 9 Jean-Francois Ostiguy 2010-12-05 14:19:39 UTC]

Any progress or additional hint pointing to what the problem might be ? 
I am observing the exact same behavior described in the report by Garry.
I had no problem with kde 4.5.3 and for me the problems started with
with the 4.5.4 update. I is unclear whether or not kde has something to
do with the situation. 

[Comment 10 Jean-Francois Ostiguy 2010-12-05 14:43:53 UTC]

Progress. 

I can get kde/kwin to start with no crash by turning off compositing.

I added  

Section "Extensions"
         Option      "Composite" "Disable"
EndSection

to xorg.conf

in xorg.conf
  
   

[Comment 11 Jean-Francois Ostiguy 2010-12-05 22:25:30 UTC]

After a bit of research, I found out that my kernel was not configured properly. Among other things I had the radeon fb support enabled. With the right configuration all problems disappeared. The following url is very useful
http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Radeon. 
Bottom line ... I think this bug should be closed.

[Comment 12 Andreas K. Hüttel 2010-12-05 22:36:14 UTC]

OK, could all contributors please check if disabling compositing in xorg.conf (as detailed above) "fixes" their problem?

If yes, this is x or kernel misconfiguration... please give feedback here...

[Comment 13 Garri 2010-12-06 05:19:42 UTC]

(In reply to comment #12)
> OK, could all contributors please check if disabling compositing in xorg.conf
> (as detailed above) "fixes" their problem?
> 
> If yes, this is x or kernel misconfiguration... please give feedback here...
> 

Sorry, but due to HDD failure, I need some time to reproduce my Gentoo environment on new HDD.

[Comment 14 Andreas K. Hüttel 2011-01-06 15:23:53 UTC]

Looks like segfault by compositing, intel graphics. 

[Comment 15 Andreas K. Hüttel 2011-04-03 16:01:36 UTC]

Any better luck with kde-4.6?

[Comment 16 Andreas K. Hüttel 2011-05-09 20:45:03 UTC]

No reply for a month.