[Tfug] thesaurus.com restarts xorg/gdm!

[Jeremy D Rogers]

On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 6:01 PM, Phil Simpson <pgsimpso at gmail.com> wrote:
> It looks like this might be related to KMS (Kernel Mode Setting) being
> on by default.  Try adding nomodeset to the kernel line and see if X
> still crashes.  Also try running with Metacity instead of Compiz (set
> "Visual Effects to "None" in "Appearance Preferences").

This is an older dell with limited ram, so visual effects were already
off, but I'll try the nomodeset and see if that helps. On the upside,
it was very reproducable yesterday, so I should be able to test ideas
quickly to narrow it down.

Thanks for the suggestions,
JDR


> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/571552
>
> Regards,
>
> Phil Simpson
> Systems Administrator
> 623.252.2547
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>
>
> On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 3:37 PM, Jeremy D Rogers
> <jdrogers at northwestern.edu> wrote:
>> On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 5:17 PM, Phil Simpson <pgsimpso at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Which version of Flash are you using?
>>>
>>> Is the OS 64 bit?  If yes, are you using nspluginwrapper with 32 bit
>>> Flash or are you using the 64 bit beta version?
>>
>> If I'm not mistaken, both debian and ubuntu have moved away from
>> nspluginwrapper.. which is in some ways a pitty, since I could always
>> restart that without restarting the browser on my x64 laptop.
>>
>> But in any case, the point is moot since the laptop in question is
>> 32bit. With 10.04, the 'package' to install flashplugin is actually
>> just a script called flashplugin-installer which downloads and
>> installs the latest from adobe.
>> http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/flashplugin-installer
>>
>> I'll check when I get home which version of flashplugin is installed
>> if it matters that much, but Ive come to expect bugs and crashes in
>> flash and even the browser. What I am really concerned about here is
>> that it took down X. That should never happen. To me, it almost as bad
>> as having an unprivileged user on a server who runs a bit of fortran
>> that manages to crash/reboot the system.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> JDR
>>
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