Xfce crashing when I run it with my wlan card plugged in

[Tine Brumec]

On 1/19/06, Erik Harrison <erikharrison at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 1/19/06, Tine Brumec <agrabah at gmail.com> wrote:
> >*snip*
> > After that I get the following lines (Xorg.0.log doesn't registr them):
> >
> > Fatal server error:
> > Caught signal 11. Server aborting
> >
> > The application 'xfce4-session' lost its connection to the display: 0.0;
> > most likely the x server was shut down or you killed/destroyed the application
> >
> > the same text, but with the app xfce-mcs-manager
> >
> > (xfwm4:1034): libxfcegui4 - WARNING **: ICE I/O Error
> >
> > (xfwm4:1034): libxfcegui4 - WARNING **: Disconnected from session manager
> > The application 'xfwm4' lost its connection to the display: 0.0;
> > most likely the x server was shut down or you killed/destroyed the application
> >
> > again, the same text but replace (xfwm:1034) with (xftaskbar:1036),
> > (xfdesktop:1036), (xfce4-panel:1040)
> >
> > and, finally:
> >
> > xinit: connection to x server lost
> >
> > That's the end of the console output.
> >
> > I hope it gives you at least a hint of the problem (x or xfce4?)
> >
>
> This is almost definately an X problem. Xfce closes as nicely as it
> can, considering the X server dies out from under it.
>
> You should probably try the X.org list. X does some funky things to
> the hardware behind the OS's back in a way it really shouldn't (and is
> trying not to in the long run, to be fair).
>
> Of course, you're running an out of kernel tree wrapper for binary
> drivers from another operating system, and an old (though not very
> old) version of X.org. It's highly likely no one will be able to help
> you. Not to discourage you, just a warning.
>
> Good luck
>
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Tine
> >
> >
> > On 1/19/06, Brian J. Tarricone <bjt23 at cornell.edu> wrote:
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> > > On 1/18/2006 3:46 PM, Tine Brumec wrote:
> > > > Odd as it may sound, it is the truth. When my wlan card is plugged in
> > > > (I'm using ndiswrapper, btw.), x starts, xfce gets going (I can see
> > > > the splash screen) and then quits with segmentation fault (It says
> > > > error 11).
> > > > I can't pinpoint it to a single app that would crash it or would be
> > > > crashed at that moment.
> > > >
> > > > Anyway, when I boot the computer without the wlan card and start xfce
> > > > (it runs normally), I just have to plugin the wlan card and run the
> > > > network script. It works just fine.
> > > >
> > > > What should I do? Any idea?
> > >
> > > The main question is: *what* quits with signal 11?  Xfce is made up of
> > > several programs working together.  I'd bet it's actually the X server
> > > itself that's crashing (IIRC, when it crashes I believe it prints out
> > > the signal number like that), which we can't really help you with.
> > >
> > > At any rate, you simply haven't provided enough information.  Give us
> > > the console output of running X and showing where the crash happens.
> > > Does anything leave a 'core' file in your home directory?  If so, using
> > > 'gdb' to get some more information would be helpful[1].
> > >
> > >         -brian
> > >
> > > [1] A nice quick howto for gdb is here: http://gaim.sf.net/gdb.php
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> Erik
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Thanks for your help anyway. I'll try to upgrade x, and then think
about my next steps later.
The oddest thing though: when I (my friend, that is) installed linux
and xfce4, the wlan card and x worked quite hapily together. So there
is hope :)

Anyway... is xfce4 working problem-free with the X11R7, or should I
stick with X11R6.9?

Tine


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