Bug#661073: xorg: crashes running: emacs, gv, various web pages

2013-03-20 Thread Julien Cristau
On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 10:39:00 -0400, Jeffrey Sheinberg wrote: > Eventually, I got to thinking "why does running a simple command such > as "xlsfonts" immediately cause the x-server to crash? So, I then purged > each of these packages - "xfs" and "xfstt". Now, poof, this bug is gone! > That w

Bug#661073: xorg: crashes running: emacs, gv, various web pages

2013-03-20 Thread Jeffrey Sheinberg
On Thu, Mar 01, 2012 at 11:41:59AM -0500, Jeffrey Sheinberg wrote: > Hi Julien, > > 1. Yes, this is intentional. > > 2. Because this was the easiest for me way to disable the framebuffer. > > I don't like the framebuffer because I find it to be visually disturbing > when it scrolls. I am workin

Bug#661073: xorg: crashes running: emacs, gv, various web pages

2012-03-01 Thread Jeffrey Sheinberg
On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 08:37:59PM +0100, Julien Cristau wrote: > On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 12:52:12 -0500, Jeffrey Sheinberg wrote: > > > The result - started up emacs, instant crash in the x-server. > > > > Attached is the xorg log file from just after the above > > crash - it was actually named

Bug#661073: xorg: crashes running: emacs, gv, various web pages

2012-02-28 Thread Julien Cristau
On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 12:52:12 -0500, Jeffrey Sheinberg wrote: > The result - started up emacs, instant crash in the x-server. > > Attached is the xorg log file from just after the above > crash - it was actually named /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old . > You have kernel mode setting (kms) disabled. I

Bug#661073: xorg: crashes running: emacs, gv, various web pages

2012-02-23 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Hi Jeffrey. Jeffrey Sheinberg (23/02/2012): > Subject says it all - crashes running: emacs, gv, various web pages. > > The xserver has been rock solid in 17 years of running X. I don't think > it is a memory problem since the kernel neither crashes nor acts weird in > any way. > > The crash is