Re: Fwd: System logout when installing software

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Pavel Troller wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> On Jan 22, 2008 5:42 PM, Pavel Troller <patrol@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> Hi!
>>>
>>>       
>>>> Hi James,
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the info.
>>>>
>>>> On my ubuntu, I run wine as an account (not root) of administer. The
>>>>         
>>> setup
>>>       
>>>> is OK.
>>>> But as an ordinary user, the system logout during the installation
>>>>         
>>> before I
>>>       
>>>> can react. The windows software will install some drivers, which
>>>>         
>>> requires
>>>       
>>>> reboot.
>>>>         
>>> Maybe there is a misunderstanding. You are saying that installing a
>>> software
>>> in wine causes your Linux session to be logged out automatically ? If it
>>> is
>>> the case, it's not a logout, it's a crash, maybe of an X server.
>>>       
>>     Yes, it is. Does that mean it is a bug of WINE?
>>
>>     
> It looks like interaction of problems in wine and Xserver (or whatever else).
> Try the following:
> - Run the installer till you are "logged off"
> - Look at /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old (or at another place, where the Xserver log is
>   present), especially at the end of the file. If it is an Xserver crash, you
>   will probably see it there. It's necessary to look at the .old file,
>   because the current one comes from the newly started Xserver, which didn't
>   crash yet :-).
> Please post the important part of the log here.
>   
Also, look for a crash log from Wine.  The important bit is towards the 
end of the log.

James McKenzie


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