[kde-linux] 'End Session' problem

[Anne Wilson]

On Saturday 09 February 2008 18:36:47 Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Saturday 09 February 2008 16:58:49 James Loughner wrote:
> > Anne Wilson wrote:
> > > On Saturday 09 February 2008 09:15, M K wrote:
> > >>>> Now, after patching the KDE bug, after a logout X STILL sporadically
> > >>>> doesn't return to the login screen, but stays with a black screen
> > >>>> and mouse cursor - at least, now I can restart X with 'init 3; init
> > >>>> 5' and don't have to reboot (ctrl+alt+backspace still doesn't work).
> > >>>> Now I don't know if it's a configuration error or a problem with
> > >>>> NVIDIA drivers (or something else).
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>> P.S. Oh yeah, this time there's nothing in the Xorg.#.log or
> > >>>> .xsession-errors - they both have exactly the same entries as when
> > >>>> the logout runs normally.
> > >>>
> > >>> Hmm - this is a laptop with an ATi Mobility Radeon X600. Â I wonder
> > >>> if it really is an X problem. Â All the same, if it is, why doesn't
> > >>> it affect shutting down or rebooting? Â You've given me food for
> > >>> thought, but I'm not absolutely convinced.
> > >>
> > >> I think shutdown or reboot are not affected 'cause these are not
> > >> strict X routines, but the logoff... don't know if it's a total trash
> > >> what I've just said :-)
> > >
> > > You could be right, though.  One thing is clear, the same distro
> > > performs perfectly on my old, non-ATi, laptop.  I had no problem with
> > > the 2007 and 2007.1 versions of Mandriva, but then the Radeon X600
> > > wasn't said to be supported by the kernel drivers, so I would have been
> > > using a simpler video driver.  I guess the only way to test the theory
> > > is to find out how to load the old (vesa?) driver instead of the
> > > current one.  I'm pushed for time at the moment, but I'll try to look
> > > into that over the next day or two.
> > >
> > > Anne
> >
> > Just edit the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file and make vesa the driver.
>
> OK, tried it, and proved the point.  The display was, frankly, awful, but
> the 'End Session' worked perfectly.  Time to report a bug.
>
James take a look at Bug #33095 at http://qa.mandriva.com/

Edit /boot/grub/menu.lst, changing splash=silent to splash=verbose.  It's not 
clear why this works - the bug seems to be flgrx crashing on the way out, so 
I don't see the connection - but several people have confirmed that it worked 
for them.

Anne


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