Great trouble with Fedora 9

Felipe Nunez gatopardo at codetel.net.do
Thu Sep 11 21:10:19 UTC 2008


 Hi:

  Since I installed in my home computer with processor : "model name	: 
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     E4400  @ 2.00GHz" , Fedora 9 - both 32 and 64 
bit version, my machine crashes all of a sudden, or as it happened right now, 
while I use Free Cell Solitaire, there is no way to access the display 
screen. The computer mus be shut down.

  The following lines are taken from /var/log/messages. 


Sep 11 16:32:48 bizet NetworkManager: <info>  (wlan0): device state change: 
8 -> 3
Sep 11 16:32:48 bizet NetworkManager: <info>  (wlan0): deactivating device.
Sep 11 16:32:48 bizet NetworkManager: <info>  wlan0: canceled DHCP 
transaction, dhclient pid 3137
Sep 11 16:32:48 bizet bonobo-activation-server (felipe-4672): could not 
associate with desktop session: Failed to connect to 
socket /tmp/dbus-mQGw0NDNYY: Connection refused
Sep 11 16:32:51 bizet gdm-binary[2377]: WARNING: GdmDisplay: display lasted 
3.726261 seconds
Sep 11 16:32:55 bizet gdm-binary[2377]: WARNING: GdmDisplay: display lasted 
3.678555 seconds
Sep 11 16:32:59 bizet gdm-binary[2377]: WARNING: GdmDisplay: display lasted 
3.672518 seconds
Sep 11 16:33:02 bizet gdm-binary[2377]: WARNING: GdmDisplay: display lasted 
3.664536 seconds
Sep 11 16:33:06 bizet gdm-binary[2377]: WARNING: GdmDisplay: display lasted 
3.666638 seconds
Sep 11 16:33:10 bizet gdm-binary[2377]: WARNING: GdmDisplay: display lasted 
3.664443 seconds
Sep 11 16:33:10 bizet gdm-binary[2377]: WARNING: GdmLocalDisplayFactory: 
maximum number of X display failures reached: check X server log for errors
Sep 11 16:33:10 bizet init: prefdm main process (2377) terminated with status 
1
Sep 11 16:33:10 bizet init: prefdm main process ended, respawning
Sep 11 16:33:13 bizet gdm-binary[4800]: WARNING: GdmDisplay: display lasted 
3.664471 seconds
Sep 11 16:33:17 bizet gdm-binary[4800]: WARNING: GdmDisplay: display lasted 
3.671504 seconds
Sep 11 16:33:21 bizet gdm-binary[4800]: WARNING: GdmDisplay: display lasted 
3.669587 seconds
Sep 11 16:33:24 bizet gdm-binary[4800]: WARNING: GdmDisplay: display lasted 
3.681581 seconds
Sep 11 16:33:28 bizet gdm-binary[4800]: WARNING: GdmDisplay: display lasted 
3.668550 seconds
Sep 11 16:33:32 bizet gdm-binary[4800]: WARNING: GdmDisplay: display lasted 
3.685263 seconds
Sep 11 16:33:32 bizet gdm-binary[4800]: WARNING: GdmLocalDisplayFactory: 
maximum number of X display failures reached: check X server log for errors
Sep 11 16:33:32 bizet init: prefdm main process (4800) terminated with status 
1
Sep 11 16:33:32 bizet init: prefdm main process ended, respawning


  Maybe it could be of interest to show what I get from my daily logwatch. I'm 
not sure if it is related to the main problem.

 
 --------------------- Init Begin ------------------------ 
 
 **Unmatched Entries**
 tty4 main process (2776) killed by TERM signal
 tty5 main process (2777) killed by TERM signal
  ........  (idem)
  ........
  ........
 
 ---------------------- Init End ------------------------- 

   It should be added that in the same computer I have Fedora 8 and when I 
boot with it there is no problem.
 
  Any advice, whatsoever, could be a great help


 F Nunez




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