MORE on system restarts (unknown cause) S/B X restarts

[Karl Goetz]

Jay Ridgley wrote:
> All,
> 
> Thanks, for the response to my first post.
> 
> My bad... not reboots, but ALL the windows I have open and the desktop
> session are CLOSED. The display is at the initial login prompt (that was
> what was throwing me a curve). I have several tasks that i keep up 24/7
> including Firefox and Thunderbird as well as a couple that are local to
> my system and a couple that are monitoring other systems on my intranet.
> It is a royal pain to have to get them all up and running each time.
> 
Are you running Compiz/XGL? i have the same issue while running compiz
(i should file a bug....), but not when running metacity. I'm wondering
if you have the same issues?

> I have found something else here apparently the X server is going down,
> indicating a problem with APM or at least a problem with the X server.
> 
> The /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old reports --
> 
> <snip>
> (WW) Open APM failed (/dev/apm_bios) (No such file or directory)
> (II) Configured Mouse: ps2EnableDataReporting: succeeded
> (WW) Open APM failed (/dev/apm_bios) (No such file or directory)
> (II) Configured Mouse: ps2EnableDataReporting: succeeded
> AUDIT: Fri Mar  3 16:57:54 2006: 14939 X: client 5 rejected from local host
> 
>   *** If unresolved symbols were reported above, they might not
>   *** be the reason for the server aborting.
> 
> Fatal server error:
> Caught signal 11.  Server aborting
> 
> 
> Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
>         at http://wiki.X.Org
> for help.
> Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional
> information.
> 
> <snip>
> 
> The Xorg.0.log file contains a normal start up sequence and ends where
> the above messages begin in Xorg.0.log.old. It contains the same info
> except for the following lines as shown by diff --
> 
> diff Xorg.0.log Xorg.0.log.old
> 15c15
> < (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sat Mar 11 23:16:30 2006
> ---
>> (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Tue Feb 28 14:59:10 2006
> 666a667,684
> (log info above follows)
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> Jay
> 
> -- 
> Jay Ridgley
> jridgley2 at austin.rr.com
> 
> 
> 


-- 
Karl Goetz
The buck stops there -> $