Bug 38855 - Xorg refuses to start
Summary: Xorg refuses to start
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: xorg
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Driver/Radeon (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) Linux (All)
: medium normal
Assignee: xf86-video-ati maintainers
QA Contact: Xorg Project Team
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Reported: 2011-06-30 17:11 UTC by john
Modified: 2011-07-03 05:17 UTC (History)
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Attachments
Output from uname -a showing kernel version (121 bytes, text/plain)
2011-06-30 17:11 UTC, john
no flags Details
output showing relevant rpm version numbers (3.31 KB, text/plain)
2011-06-30 17:12 UTC, john
no flags Details
output log from server showing traceback (36.37 KB, patch)
2011-06-30 17:12 UTC, john
no flags Details | Splinter Review
Xorg log after installing debuginfo rpms (36.36 KB, application/octet-stream)
2011-07-01 17:49 UTC, john
no flags Details
dmesg output (83.55 KB, text/plain)
2011-07-01 17:49 UTC, john
no flags Details
updated list of relevant rpms (I've updated my system since previous list) (3.45 KB, text/plain)
2011-07-01 17:50 UTC, john
no flags Details

Description john 2011-06-30 17:11:24 UTC
Created attachment 48625 [details]
Output from uname -a showing kernel version

I am running the latest rawhide rpms from Fedora.  When the system tries to start Xorg, Xorg then faults, the OS then retries 4 more times to start Xorg and quits.
When I boot to run-level 3 and execute "startx", Xorg faults.
Comment 1 john 2011-06-30 17:12:05 UTC
Created attachment 48626 [details]
output showing relevant rpm version numbers
Comment 2 john 2011-06-30 17:12:51 UTC
Created attachment 48627 [details] [review]
output log from server showing traceback
Comment 3 Alex Deucher 2011-06-30 17:19:04 UTC
Can you install the xserver and driver debugging symbols and get a proper backtrace with gdb?

http://wiki.x.org/wiki/Development/Documentation/ServerDebugging

Please also attach your dmesg output.  Might be a duplicate of bug 38792.
Comment 4 john 2011-07-01 17:49:09 UTC
Created attachment 48676 [details]
Xorg log after installing debuginfo rpms
Comment 5 john 2011-07-01 17:49:41 UTC
Created attachment 48677 [details]
dmesg output
Comment 6 john 2011-07-01 17:50:33 UTC
Created attachment 48678 [details]
updated list of relevant rpms (I've updated my system since previous list)
Comment 7 john 2011-07-01 20:01:13 UTC
Alex,
When I attempt to debug using gdb (per wiki), the server won't stay up long enough for gdb to connect.
When I use your script method for a single computer, when I enter startx, I got a bunch of lines on the console containing only two dots on each line.  When xinit finally gives up trying to connect, there is nothing in the gdb_log.$PID file.
John
Comment 8 Alex Deucher 2011-07-02 07:30:07 UTC
(In reply to comment #7)
> Alex,
> When I attempt to debug using gdb (per wiki), the server won't stay up long
> enough for gdb to connect.

Run the xserver binary in gdb from the remote machine as root:

gdb /path/to/Xorg
Comment 9 john 2011-07-03 05:17:43 UTC
User error is the cause.  I apparently mixed rpm repositories that shouldn't be mixed.  That caused the mesa modules to be out of synch with the other parts of Xorg.  When I straightened out the repository mismatch, Xorg once again works.  Sorry for the noise.


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