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Dear Mika,<BR>
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<A HREF="http://linuxfud.wordpress.com/2006/09/29/ubuntu-crashes-on-start-and-returns-to-the-login-screen/">http://linuxfud.wordpress.com/2006/09/29/ubuntu-crashes-on-start-and-returns-to-the-login-screen/</A><BR>
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is the apparent problem....<BR>
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aaargh - for the convenience of leaving stuff out on the desktop and one click network access, I have spent two days chasing a non-existing problem....<BR>
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You patience is deeply appreciated. <BR>
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All the best,<BR>
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M<BR>
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On Thu, 2006-12-28 at 11:14 +0100, Michael Prokop wrote:
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">* my <<A HREF="mailto:yazdzik@nyct.net">yazdzik@nyct.net</A>> [20061228 00:15]:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> this is not a fglrx issue, as it occurs with any driver.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Ok.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> Notice the difference in the log marked root, where I directly logged in</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> to gnome as root - the desktop environment simply works.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">[...]</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> Note as well: if I edit the xorg.conf file by hand and remove the</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> monitor that grml-x installs, it is there again on the reboot, so I</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> would like a way to try to write my own xorg.conf and not have it</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> touched on the reboot. Is this possible?</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Huh?! grml-x isn't executed neither on booting nor automatically at</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">all. It must be something different therefore. Check out</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">/etc/runlevel.conf if there's anything what might touch your</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">/etc/X11/xorg.conf.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">[...]</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">The relevant lines are:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> AUDIT: Wed Dec 27 17:17:13 2006: 2839 X: client 3 rejected from local host</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> ProcXCloseDevice to close or not ?</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> ProcXCloseDevice to close or not ?</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> AUDIT: Wed Dec 27 17:17:44 2006: 2839 X: client 15 rejected from local host</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> Synaptics DeviceOff called</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">And before those lines there're some errors regarding the AIGLX</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">stuff:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">| (EE) AIGLX error: dlsym for __driCreateNewScreen_20050727 failed (/usr/lib/dri/fglrx_dri.so: undefined symbol: __driCreateNewScreen_20050727)</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">| (EE) AIGLX: reverting to software rendering</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">So, does deactivating GLX/DRI help? Just disable the lines:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> Load "dri" # direct rendering</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> Load "glx" # 3D layer</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">in xorg.conf.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Oh, and does starting gnome via startx as user (*without* gdm) work?</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Just put 'exec gnome-session' to the end of your ~/.xinitrc and run</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">startx with gdm disabled.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">regards,</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">-mika-</FONT>
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