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xorg-server package

  1. Bug #78470
  2. Comment #24

Comment 24 for bug 78470

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Yann Rouillard (yann-pleiades) wrote :

I am able to reproduce a similar bug on gutsy:

1. System->Quit->Switch User
2. I relogin as myself
3. System->Quit->Switch User
Then black screen and I can't do anything more.

If I log on this computer from another one through ssh. I can see that gdm is stuck waiting for the new X process.
I straced the whole process and X freezes soon after ioctl on /dev/nvidia0 and /dev/nvidiactl, I can't even kill it.

I switched from proprietary nvidia driver to the opensource nv driver and the bug disappeared so I think this bug is driver-related.

I was unable to reproduce it on another computer using the X savage driver.