Bob,
Probably some of the OpenGL screeensavers are causing the crash.
For immediate relief, set a single screensaver (don't let xscreensaver
cycle through the list). You can use xscreensaver-demo to do this.
You can also use xscreensaver-demo to manually cycle through the
screensavers to confirm this is the problem.
I've got this happening on any multiscreen (matrox) machines with GLX
support enabled in /etc/X11/XF86Config. My solution has been to comment
out these lines in /etc/X11/XF86Config:
# Load "GLcore" # OpenGL support
# Load "glx" # OpenGL X protocol interface
# Load "v4l" # Video4Linux
Then the OpenGL stuff can't crash the Xserver.
Hope this helps,
-Bob Arendt
Robert L. Cochran wrote:
> This is not consistent. It seems to happen perhaps half the time. The
> other half, my session stays the same and I see the screensaver running
> when I return to the office.
>
> Bob
>
> On Thu, 2002-10-10 at 17:55, Robert L. Cochran wrote:
>
>>If I log into my user account, then go away for a few minutes, I will
>>come back to find my session has gone and the login screen is staring at
>>me, expecting me to supply my username and password. If I were in the
>>middle of editing an unsaved document and my session ended abruptly like
>>this, I'd be in trouble.
>>
>>I found these messages upon checking the log:
>>
>>Oct 10 17:36:22 bobcp4 gdm[987]: gdm_slave_xioerror_handler: Fatal X
>>error - Restarting :0
>>Oct 10 17:38:12 bobcp4 gconfd (bcochran-1200): GConf server is not in
>>use, shutting down.
>>Oct 10 17:38:12 bobcp4 gconfd (bcochran-1200): Exiting
>>
>>Anyone else getting these having this problem? I'm using an ATI Radeon
>>9000 card with a small color monitor, the generic variety sold by
>>eMachines. The keyboard is an eMachines keyboard also. The mouse is an
>>old Microsoft 3 button mouse. I'm still working on the box itself, which
>>I built from parts. When I'm done transferring more cards (like the
>>Adaptec SCSI card) and testing them, I'll connect the box to my much
>>bigger 19" Dell monitor.
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>Bob Cochran
>>Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
