[vox-tech] X server crashed?

[R. Douglas Barbieri]

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Katie, what distro are you running by chance? On Debian, there is a log
file created called /var/log/XFree86.?.log (where ? is the screen
number; i.e. 0). It is a *very* detailed output of the last X session.

If you have this file, peruse it, especially near the end, to see if
there are any obvious error (EE) lines. Either attach the file to your
next post, or make it available via http.

Otherwise, I'm not sure about other distros, where the detailed X log is
kept.

On Wed, 2003-08-13 at 17:36, Katie wrote:
> --- "R. Douglas Barbieri" <doug@dooglio.net> wrote:
> > On Wed, 2003-08-13 at 13:51, Katie wrote:
> > > It doesn't appear to be CPU overheating.  Here's what happens:
> > >=20
> > > [katie@bob katie]$startx
> > >  info scrolls by really fast
> > >  screen blinks to black, then blinks back
> > >  info pops up with version  & release date blah, blah, default
> > settings
> > > using vt 7
> > >=20
> > > waiting for x server to shut down
> > >=20
> > > [katie@bon katie]$
> > >=20
> > > I'm totally clueless as to why this happened.  I haven't made any
> > changes
> > > in months.
> > >=20
> >=20
> > Try just running "xinit". What happens then? Do you get a gui session
> > with an xterm? Or does it exhibit the same behaviour?
>=20
> xinit does the same thing
>=20
> Katie
>=20
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R. Douglas Barbieri
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