gnome logs out after pause? [feisty]

[John Dangler]

On Fri, 2007-03-09 at 23:18 -0500, Matt Price wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-03-09 at 18:33 +0000, Gabriel Dragffy wrote:
> > > > also found this in Xorg.0.log.old (but none of the other Xorg*log*
> > > files, oddly enough: > >> SetGrabKeysState - disabled >> >>
> >  Backtrace: >> 0: /usr/bin/X(xf86SigHandler+0x81) [0x80c5d81] >> 1:
> >  [0xb7f60420] >> >> Fatal server error: >> Caught signal 11.  Server
> >  aborting > > any hints?  thanks, > > matt > > 
> > 
> > I think the general consensus would be that you are running pre-release 
> > software and would expect problems. Your best bet would be to search 
> > launchpad.net for similar issues. If you don't find any then you could 
> > report a bug, describe the problem, attach info such as you posted 
> > above, the output of lspci -vv and lspci -vvn, and logs from /var/log 
> > and see if others can reproduce it.
> > 
> ok, did some more testing/searching and i don't think it has much to do
> with running beta software; it's due to a known xorg bug which was fixed
> upstream a while a go, which affects all 3d stuff under certain
> conditions, which seem to be attained more easily and reliably under
> gnome than under other desktops.  in my case, the 10-minute crash cycle
> was almost certainly caused by the SCREENSAVER coming on (!) and tryng
> to execute some 3d code.  i've disabled the screensaver and i thnk it
> will work fine now.  of course, this means all 3d stuff is broken on my
> desktop -- a total bummer.  some references are:
> http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=78275 (esp #9), which
> details some xorg.log errors you might see )
> http://forums.suselinuxsupport.de/index.php?showtopic=50585 
> http://forum.beryl-project.org/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=2258 (suggests
> starting beryl with --force-nvidia, which i haven't done; may or may not
> work, doesn't solve the broader problem)
> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/+bug/60288 (ubuntu bug
> report)
> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8537 (the upstream bug)
> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1753 (or maybe this is
> really the upstream bug?)
> http://ubuntuforums.org/newreply.php?do=postreply&t=354697 (a recent
> forum thread with reports from edgy and feisty users)
> http://linuxfud.wordpress.com/2006/09/29/ubuntu-crashes-on-start-and-returns-to-the-login-screen/ (a similar issue )
> http://gnomesupport.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=12299 (another indication
> this is a gnome-specific issue, even if the bug is really in xorg)
> http://bugs.beryl-project.org/ticket/684 (beryl discussion of this bug)
> 
> hope this helps someone else, i have a workaround (don't run any 3d, and
> make sure screensaver is diabled) but am not wholly satisfied.  
> 
> matt
Matt~
I wasn't either.  I lived with that mess under Dapper for the longest
time, and narrowed it down to a couple of screensavers (which I
removed).  I eventually turned off the screensaver (as you did), since I
never got a satisfactory answer from anyone else on this.
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