On Tuesday 12 May 2009 04:42:33 Alessandro Doro wrote: > On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 01:53:11AM -0500, David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. wrote: > > Listmates, > > > > After the kernel update, my kdm3 is crashing with each user logout. > > Basically, on logout you are dumped back to tty1 and must then login and > > issue kdm3 restart to restore the display manager. I am using the > > radeonhd driver. Before the latest update this didn't occur. What can I > > check to get information to help solve this puzzle? > > > > I've checked /var/log/messages.log and Xorg.0.log, but nothing is out of > > the ordinary. Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Have a look at /var/log/kdm.log and/or ~/.xsession-errors (before > relogin). > > > You can try to add: > > TerminateServer=true > > to the [X-*-Core] section of /opt/kde/share/config/kdm/kdmrc > > I need(ed) that line because of similar problems. Alessandro, I think the new kernel and vesafb is the problem. Here is the log after the crash on user logout: X.Org X Server 1.6.1 Release Date: 2009-4-14 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.29-ARCH x86_64 Current Operating System: Linux alchemy 2.6.29-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat May 9 14:09:36 CEST 2009 x86_64 Build Date: 15 April 2009 11:01:49AM Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org to make sure that you have the latest version. Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Tue May 12 18:43:59 2009 (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" (EE) Failed to load module "type1" (module does not exist, 0) (EE) Failed to load module "freetype" (module does not exist, 0) None QSettings: error creating /tmp/0151698992/.qt QSettings: failed to open file '/tmp/0151698992/.qt/qt_plugins_3.3rc' QSettings::sync: filename is null/empty QSettings: error creating /tmp/0151698992/.qt QSettings: failed to open file '/tmp/0151698992/.qt/qt_plugins_3.3rc' QSettings::sync: filename is null/empty QSettings: error creating /tmp/0151698992/.qt QSettings: failed to open file '/tmp/0151698992/.qt/qt_plugins_3.3rc' QSettings::sync: filename is null/empty QSettings: error creating /tmp/0151698992/.qt QSettings: failed to open file '/tmp/0151698992/.qt/qt_plugins_3.3rc' QSettings::sync: filename is null/empty QSettings: error creating /tmp/0151698992/.qt QSettings: failed to open file '/tmp/0151698992/.qt/qt_plugins_3.3rc' QSettings::sync: filename is null/empty QSettings: error creating /tmp/0151698992/.qt QSettings: failed to open file '/tmp/0151698992/.qt/qt_plugins_3.3rc' QSettings::sync: filename is null/empty (EE) RADEONHD(0): Failed to map FB. Fatal server error: AddScreen/ScreenInit failed for driver 0 On startup, this is the log: <snip> QSettings::sync: filename is null/empty QSettings: error creating /tmp/0872520527/.qt QSettings: failed to open file '/tmp/0872520527/.qt/qt_plugins_3.3rc' QSettings::sync: filename is null/empty *********************************WARN_ONCE********************************* File r300_mem.c function r300_mem_alloc line 225 Ran out of GART memory (for 1048576)! Please consider adjusting GARTSize option. *************************************************************************** Dunno where the error is because it starts just fine and used to login and logout without crashing with the most recent kernel before the last kernel update. What should I try? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com