Fedora Locks Up on Logout

[Jim Cornette]

John Hodrien wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Aug 2004, Steve Strong wrote:
> 
>> I've installed Fedora 2 on a system that has been running Redhat 9.0.
>> When I log off, the system hangs, the monitor displays a message
>> complaining that the refresh rate is out of range.
>>
>> The X configuration has the correct monitor and video card with all of
>> the same configuration data for the RH 9.0 machine right next to it.
> 
> 
> Have an identical problem with a Dell machine that's been upgraded from 
> 9.0 to
> FC2.  The machine does a total blow-up, nothing logged.  Fancy swapping 
> specs,
> to see if there's something common?  I've installed it on many systems, all
> from the same image, so I know it's something quirky with *this* hardware.
> 
> Pentium 4 1.6
> 512M
> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82845 845 (Brookdale) Chipset Host 
> Bridge (rev 03)
> 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82845 845 (Brookdale) Chipset AGP Bridge 
> (rev 03)
> 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BA/CA/DB/EB/ER Hub interface to PCI 
> Bridge (rev 12)
> 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BA ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 12)
> 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801BA IDE U100 (rev 12)
> 00:1f.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801BA/BAM USB (Hub #1) (rev 12)
> 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801BA/BAM SMBus (rev 12)
> 00:1f.4 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801BA/BAM USB (Hub #2) (rev 12)
> 00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801BA/BAM AC'97 Audio 
> (rev 12)
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage 128 Pro 
> Ultra TF
> 02:0c.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] 
> (rev 78)
> 
> jh
> 


Try the new CVS version of X from the development tree. This eliminated 
a random crashing problem for me.

I believe that it does not log, because X from the regular install just 
exits. No processes, no logging.

This may or may not help you on your particular problem.

Jim


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