On 18 May 2012, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > Hi, > > Anthony Campbell <a...@acampbell.org.uk> (17/05/2012): > > Package: xserver-xorg > > Version: 1:7.6+13 > > Severity: normal > > > > To reproduce the crash, open any terminal (e.g. xterm) in a window > > manager (icewm, dwm, i3 for example) and execute "kill <process>", where > > <process> corresponds to the X server as identified with "ps ax". The > > result is either a frozen screen or a black screen. In either case there > > is no response to any key press or the mouse. It is no longer possible > > to ping the machine from elsewhere in the network and a hard reset is > > required. > > > > If X is killed from a tty terminal (outside X) it terminates normally. > > > > I have had this on two different machines, one with Nouveau and one with > > Radeon. > > > > The crash does not occur in Stable or Testing. I made an experimental > > installation of Debian on a spare partition and upgraded first to > > Testing and then to Sid. The crash only occurs in Sid. It is therefore > > evidently due to some component of the X system bui I don't know which. > > something like that? > http://bugs.debian.org/671812 > https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=49598 > > Mraw, > KiBi.
Yes, could be the same. I first encountered it when exiting from i3. I then found the same thing with several other window managers, although logging out via the menu does not cause it. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk Microsoft-free zone - Using Debian GNU/Linux http://www.acampbell.org.uk - sample my ebooks at http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/acampbell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-x-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120518074701.ga8...@acampbell.org.uk
