Updating to the latest ati-drivers on my AMD64 causes XOrg 7.1 to fail to load. Examining the XOrg logs reveals the exception trace: Backtrace: 0: /usr/X11R6/bin/X(xf86SigHandler+0x71) [0x47ff91] 1: /lib/libc.so.6 [0x2ab9e67d35d0] 2: /usr/X11R6/bin/X(miResolveColor+0xe7) [0x4bf057] 3: /usr/X11R6/bin/X(FakeAllocColor+0x5c) [0x43b3dc] 4: /usr/X11R6/bin/X [0x4d16af] 5: /usr/X11R6/bin/X [0x4d19dc] 6: /usr/X11R6/bin/X(miPointerUpdate+0x148) [0x4ca6b8] 7: /usr/X11R6/bin/X [0x4ca797] 8: /usr/X11R6/bin/X [0x4df4b6] 9: /usr/X11R6/bin/X [0x502e67] 10: /usr/X11R6/bin/X [0x44f27c] 11: /usr/X11R6/bin/X(DeactivatePointerGrab+0x97) [0x453f67] 12: /usr/X11R6/bin/X(DeleteWindowFromAnyEvents+0x11f) [0x45185f] 13: /usr/X11R6/bin/X [0x438057] 14: /usr/X11R6/bin/X(DeleteWindow+0x1b8) [0x438378] 15: /usr/X11R6/bin/X(FreeClientResources+0x74) [0x4322e4] 16: /usr/X11R6/bin/X(FreeAllResources+0x57) [0x4323d7] 17: /usr/X11R6/bin/X(main+0x47e) [0x430e8e] 18: /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf4) [0x2ab9e67c1134] 19: /usr/X11R6/bin/X(FontFileCompleteXLFD+0x99) [0x430159] Fatal server error: Caught signal 8. Server aborting Masking ati-drivers-8.30.3 and ati-drivers-extra-8.30.3 and re-emerging these (causing version 8.29.6 of each to be installed) fixed this allowing XOrg to successfully load again. graham@moneta ~ $ emerge --info Portage 2.1.1-r1 (default-linux/amd64/2006.1/desktop, gcc-4.1.1, glibc-2.4-r4, 2.6.17-gentoo-r7Chris x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.17-gentoo-r7Chris x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4400+ Gentoo Base System version 1.12.6 Last Sync: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 19:30:01 +0000 ccache version 2.3 [enabled] app-admin/eselect-compiler: [Not Present] dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.0.30 dev-lang/python: 2.3.5-r2, 2.4.3-r4 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, 2.60 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-r4 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="-O2 -march=k8 -pipe" 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/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/gconf /etc/java-config/vms/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/splash /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/web2c" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=k8 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig ccache distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo" LINGUAS="en_GB" MAKEOPTS="-j3" 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" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="amd64 X aac alsa arts bash-completion berkdb bitmap-fonts bluetooth cairo cdr cli cracklib crypt cups dbus dlloader dri dvd dvdr eds elibc_glibc emboss encode esd fam firefox fortran gdbm gif gnome gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 hal iconv input_devices_evdev input_devices_keyboard input_devices_mouse isdnlog jpeg kde kernel_linux ldap libg++ linguas_en_GB mad mikmod mp3 mpeg mysqal ncurses nls nptl nptlonly ogg opengl oss pam pcre perl png ppds pppd python qt3 qt4 quicktime readline reflection sdl session spell spl ssl tcpd tetex truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts udev unicode usb userland_GNU video_cards_radeon vorbis xml xorg xv zlib" Unset: CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
Created attachment 101622 [details] Xorg.log file
EE) AIGLX: Screen 0 is not DRI capable (II) Loading local sub module "GLcore" (II) LoadModule: "GLcore" (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/libGLcore.so (II) Module GLcore: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 7.1.1, module version = 1.0.0 ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3 (II) GLX: Initialized MESA-PROXY GL provider for screen 0 (**) Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2" (**) Mouse1: Device: "/dev/input/mice" (**) Mouse1: Protocol: "ImPS/2" (**) Option "CorePointer" (**) Mouse1: Core Pointer (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" (==) Mouse1: Emulate3Buttons, Emulate3Timeout: 50 (**) Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" (**) Mouse1: ZAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5 (**) Mouse1: Buttons: 9 (**) Option "CoreKeyboard" (**) Keyboard1: Core Keyboard (**) Option "Protocol" "standard" (**) Keyboard1: Protocol: standard (**) Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30" (**) Option "XkbRules" "xorg" (**) Keyboard1: XkbRules: "xorg" (**) Option "XkbModel" "pc105" (**) Keyboard1: XkbModel: "pc105" (**) Option "XkbLayout" "gb" (**) Keyboard1: XkbLayout: "gb" (**) Option "CustomKeycodes" "off" (**) Keyboard1: CustomKeycodes disabled (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Keyboard1" (type: KEYBOARD) (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Mouse1" (type: MOUSE) xkb_keycodes { include "xfree86+aliases(qwerty)" }; xkb_types { include "complete" }; xkb_compatibility { include "complete" }; xkb_symbols { include "pc(pc105)+gb" }; xkb_geometry { include "pc(pc105)" }; (II) Mouse1: ps2EnableDataReporting: succeeded Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/cronyx, removing from list! Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/default, removing from list! Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/encodings, removing from list! Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/local, removing from list! Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/twmoefonts, removing from list! Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/util, removing from list! SetClientVersion: 0 9 SetGrabKeysState - disabled Backtrace: 0: /usr/X11R6/bin/X(xf86SigHandler+0x71) [0x47ff91] 1: /lib/libc.so.6 [0x2ab9e67d35d0] 2: /usr/X11R6/bin/X(miResolveColor+0xe7) [0x4bf057] 3: /usr/X11R6/bin/X(FakeAllocColor+0x5c) [0x43b3dc] 4: /usr/X11R6/bin/X [0x4d16af] 5: /usr/X11R6/bin/X [0x4d19dc] 6: /usr/X11R6/bin/X(miPointerUpdate+0x148) [0x4ca6b8] 7: /usr/X11R6/bin/X [0x4ca797] 8: /usr/X11R6/bin/X [0x4df4b6] 9: /usr/X11R6/bin/X [0x502e67] 10: /usr/X11R6/bin/X [0x44f27c] 11: /usr/X11R6/bin/X(DeactivatePointerGrab+0x97) [0x453f67] 12: /usr/X11R6/bin/X(DeleteWindowFromAnyEvents+0x11f) [0x45185f] 13: /usr/X11R6/bin/X [0x438057] 14: /usr/X11R6/bin/X(DeleteWindow+0x1b8) [0x438378] 15: /usr/X11R6/bin/X(FreeClientResources+0x74) [0x4322e4] 16: /usr/X11R6/bin/X(FreeAllResources+0x57) [0x4323d7] 17: /usr/X11R6/bin/X(main+0x47e) [0x430e8e] 18: /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf4) [0x2ab9e67c1134] 19: /usr/X11R6/bin/X(FontFileCompleteXLFD+0x99) [0x430159] AIGLX is not supported by ati at this time. Simply disabling AIGLX will solve your problem.
*** Bug 164486 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
This is likely an upstream problem and/or fixed in more recent versions of ati-drivers. Can you reopen this if it still happens with 8.34.8 and provide an updated crash log? Closing CANTFIX for now since I'm pretty sure this was an upstream problem.