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<br><br>> From: cannewilson@googlemail.com<br>> To: gnome@hawaii.rr.com; kde-linux@kde.org<br>> Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 12:05:41 +0000<br>> Subject: Re: [kde-linux] 'End Session' problem<br>> <br>> On Sunday 10 February 2008 09:53:43 david wrote:<br>> > Anne Wilson wrote:<br>> > > On Sunday 10 February 2008 04:20:25 david wrote:<br>> > >> James Loughner wrote:<br>> > >>>>>> Just edit the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file and make vesa the driver.<br>> > >>>>><br>> > >>>>> OK, tried it, and proved the point. The display was, frankly, awful,<br>> > >>>>> but the 'End Session' worked perfectly. Time to report a bug.<br>> > >>>><br>> > >>>> James take a look at Bug #33095 at http://qa.mandriva.com/<br>> > >>>><br>> > >>>> Edit /boot/grub/menu.lst, changing splash=silent to splash=verbose.<br>> > >>>> It's not clear why this works - the bug seems to be flgrx crashing on<br>> > >>>> the way out, so I don't see the connection - but several people have<br>> > >>>> confirmed that it worked for them.<br>> > >><br>> > >> Running Debian Etch Lenny/Sid here. Checked by menu.lst, and no trace of<br>> > >> a "splash=" anything in mine.<br>> > ><br>> > > Do you have the problem? We've identified that at least one version of<br>> > > SuSE does. If you do, try adding "splash=verbose" and see if it makes<br>> > > any difference.<br>> ><br>> > I do have the problem. Where in menu.lst does "splash=verbose" go?<br>> <br>> Here is a section from mine<br>> <br>> title linux<br>> kernel (hd0,4)/boot/vmlinuz-laptop BOOT_IMAGE=linux root=/dev/hda5 <br>> resume=/dev/hda6 splash=verbose vga=788<br>> initrd (hd0,4)/boot/initrd-laptop.img<br>> <br><br><br>So, now I tried to do it - the menu.lst is just a link to grub.conf, so I wrote it into grub.conf, too :-) Now, it looks like this:<br>=========================================================<br># grub.conf generated by anaconda<br>#<br># Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file<br># NOTICE: You do not have a /boot partition. This means that<br># all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /, eg.<br># root (hd0,0)<br># kernel /boot/vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/sda1<br># initrd /boot/initrd-version.img<br>#boot=/dev/sda<br>default=0<br>timeout=5<br>splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz<br>hiddenmenu<br>password --md5 'CENSORED ;-)'<br>title Fedora (2.6.23.14-115.fc8)<br> root (hd0,0)<br> kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.23.14-115.fc8 ro root=LABEL=/ splash=verbose<br> initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.23.14-115.fc8.img<br>title Fedora (2.6.23.1-42.fc8)<br> root (hd0,0)<br> kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.23.1-42.fc8 ro root=LABEL=/ splash=verbose<br> initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.23.1-42.fc8.img<br>===========================================================<br>After that, I asked a few people to login and logout - at all, they repeated login/logout 13 times, and X didn't crash but bravely returned to the login screen. <br>But it already didn't crash so many times before... "Time will show" (c)<br><br><br><br>btw, when we're at the point as well - is there maybe something wrong in this xorg.conf?<br>===========================================================<br># XFree86 4 configuration created by pyxf86config<br><br>Section "ServerLayout"<br> Identifier "Default Layout"<br> Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0<br> InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"<br> InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"<br>EndSection<br><br>Section "Files"<br># RgbPath is the location of the RGB database. Note, this is the name of the<br># file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db"). There is normally<br># no need to change the default.<br><br># Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)<br># By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of<br># the X server to render fonts.<br><br> RgbPath "/usr/share/X11/rgb"<br> FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts" # unix:7100 doesn't work any more, no idea why...<br>EndSection<br><br>Section "Module"<br> Load "dbe"<br> Load "extmod"<br> Load "fbdevhw"<br> Load "glx"<br> Load "record"<br> Load "freetype"<br> Load "type1"<br> Load "dri"<br>EndSection<br><br>Section "InputDevice"<br># Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))<br># Option "Xleds" "1 2 3"<br><br># To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.<br># Option "XkbDisable"<br><br># To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the<br># lines below (which are the defaults). For example, for a non-U.S.<br># keyboard, you will probably want to use:<br># Option "XkbModel" "pc102"<br># If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:<br># Option "XkbModel" "microsoft"<br>#<br># Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.<br># For example, a german layout can be obtained with:<br># Option "XkbLayout" "de"<br># or:<br># Option "XkbLayout" "de"<br># Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"<br>#<br># If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and<br># control keys, use:<br># Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps"<br># Or if you just want both to be control, use:<br># Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:nocaps"<br>#<br> Identifier "Keyboard0"<br> Driver "kbd"<br> Option "XkbModel" "pc105"<br> Option "XkbLayout" "de"<br> Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"<br>EndSection<br><br>Section "InputDevice"<br> Identifier "Mouse0"<br> Driver "mouse"<br> Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"<br> Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"<br> Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"<br> Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"<br>EndSection<br><br>Section "Monitor"<br> Identifier "Monitor0"<br> VendorName "Monitor Vendor"<br> ModelName "Unprobed Monitor"<br> HorizSync 31.5 - 97.9<br> VertRefresh 50.0 - 70.0<br> Option "dpms"<br>EndSection<br><br>Section "Device"<br> Identifier "Videocard0"<br> Driver "nvidia"<br> VendorName "Videocard vendor"<br> BoardName "NVIDIA Quadro FX 540"<br> Option "RenderAccel" "True"<br> Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"<br> Option "backingstore" "true"<br> Option "TripleBuffer" "true"<br> Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"<br>EndSection<br><br>Section "Screen"<br> Identifier "Screen0"<br> Device "Videocard0"<br> Monitor "Monitor0"<br> DefaultDepth 24<br> SubSection "Display"<br> Viewport 0 0<br> Depth 24<br> Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"<br> EndSubSection<br>EndSection<br><br>Section "DRI"<br> Group 0<br> Mode 0666<br>EndSection<br>===========================================================<br><br>I would really appreciate if there really were something wrong... (The graphic card is an "VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G72 [GeForce 7300 LE] (rev a1)" (source: lspci)). Is this maybe what's wrong?<br><br><br /><hr />Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! <a href='http://clk.atdmt.com/AVE/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/' target='_new'>MSN Messenger</a></body>
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