Optiplex Session Logout --> No X11

[Mike McGinn]

On Sunday 24 May 2009 12:33:14 pm Kenneth Jacker wrote:
> {  I posted this on kubuntu-users over a week ago, but received    }
> {  *zero* responses. So, thought I'd try here ... sorry for the    }
> {  duplication!    -khj                                            }
>
>
> [ Dell Optiplex 755; ATI RV610 (Radeon HD 2400 XT); Kubuntu 9.04 ]
>
> Whenever I "logout" of my GUI session, I am returned to a virtual
> console (i.e., X11 is *gone*).  I can run 'startx' to restore the
> prior session, but logging out again returns me to a console (I, in
> fact, am never really logged out).
>
> Searching archives, I've found others reporting similar problems (but
> mainly involving multiple monitors).  I could find no real "solution".
>
> The end of "Xorg.0.log" contains this:
>
>        Backtrace:
>        0: /usr/bin/X(xorg_backtrace+0x3b) [0x813518b]
>        1: /usr/bin/X(xf86SigHandler+0x55) [0x80c7be5]
>        2: [0xb80e0400]
>        3: /usr/bin/X [0x817fca2]
>        4: /usr/bin/X [0x8180d4f]
>        5: /usr/bin/X(CreateDefaultStipple+0x10b) [0x809f93b]
>        6: /usr/bin/X(main+0x266) [0x8072196]
>        7: /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe5) [0xb7cb3775]
>        8: /usr/bin/X [0x80717a1]
>  ===>  Saw signal 11.  Server aborting.
>        Output DFP2 disable success
>        Blank CRTC 0 success
>        Disable CRTC 0 success
>        Blank CRTC 1 success
>        Disable CRTC 1 success
>        (II) RADEON(0): RADEONRestoreMemMapRegisters() :
>        (II) RADEON(0):   MC_FB_LOCATION   : 0x00df00d0 0x00df00d0
>        (II) RADEON(0):   MC_AGP_LOCATION  : 0x00000000
>        (II) RADEON(0): avivo_restore !
>        Enable CRTC 0 success
>        Unblank CRTC 0 success
>         ddxSigGiveUp: Closing log
>
>
> Prior to the 9.04 install, the machine was running 8.04 and it worked
> better.  When I logged out, I saw a "garbled" screen and could restart
> X11 using C-A-<backspace>.  Even that functionality has now gone away.
>
>
> Is anyone successfully using Jaunty on a Optiplex 755 with the Radeon
> board??
>
> Thanks for you comments/suggestions!
> --
> Prof Kenneth H Jacker       khj at cs.appstate.edu
> Computer Science Dept       www.cs.appstate.edu/~khj
> Appalachian State Univ
> Boone, NC  28608  USA
Since I see the same problems with 9.04 on my Inspiron 1545 laptop, I think it 
is another example of 9.04 "quality".


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