KDM problem after upgrading to 180.22

[jackson312]

After upgrading to 180.22, KDM fails to start. The build of the driver was successful as is X starting. In runlevel 3, I can start x into Windowmaker. Below is the KDM.log with an entry before the upgrade and after, note the "dlsym strcpy errornull)" message which was not present before. I have attached the Xorg.0.log and the nvidia-installer.log.

Does anyone know how to fix this and what the installer is doing?

I am running Slackware 12.2

Thanks,

Jackson

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Note that your system uses syslog. All of kdm's internally generated messages
(i.e., not from libraries and external programs/scripts it uses) go to the
daemon.* syslog facility; check your syslog configuration to find out to which
file(s) it is logged.
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X.Org X Server 1.4.2
Release Date: 11 June 2008
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Slackware 12.1 Slackware Linux Project
Current Operating System: Linux INDYZONE 2.6.27.10-smp #1 SMP Thu Dec 18 18:37:06 PST 2008 i686
Build Date: 30 June 2008 11:35:29PM

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to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Mon Jan 12 10:29:46 2009
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(II) Module "ramdac" already built-in
QImage::convertDepth: Image is a null image
QImage::smoothScale: Image is a null image
FreeFontPath: FPE "/usr/share/fonts/misc" refcount is 2, should be 1; fixing.
QImage::convertDepth: Image is a null image
QImage::smoothScale: Image is a null image
FreeFontPath: FPE "/usr/share/fonts/misc" refcount is 2, should be 1; fixing.


X.Org X Server 1.4.2
Release Date: 11 June 2008
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Slackware 12.1 Slackware Linux Project
Current Operating System: Linux INDYZONE 2.6.28-smp #0 SMP Mon Jan 5 16:34:14 PST 2009 i686
Build Date: 30 June 2008 11:35:29PM

Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Mon Jan 12 11:28:48 2009
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(II) Module "ramdac" already built-in
dlsym strcpy errornull)
FreeFontPath: FPE "/usr/share/fonts/misc" refcount is 2, should be 1; fixing.

[walmartshopper]

I have the same exact problem. I have another thread going over at linuxquestions.org.

From what I can tell so far, people using the default kernel are not having problems. There's something about the custom kernel config that seems to be causing it, but I have no idea which option it could be.

[walmartshopper]

Well, maybe not. I tried on the stock kernel and got the same results.

[xorbe]

Yeah, on my 64-bit machine, sometimes KDM fails to start with 180.22 -- also sometimes it starts, but then the 3D doesn't really work, and there are graphical oddities. And occasionally, it works fine. I reverted to 180.18 again.

edit: I updated mdv cooker rpms, and added nopat, and 180.22 works now. kdm was sucking down all ram and grinding the hdd and crashing, but only with 180.22 on 2.6.28, weird.

[Sean_W]

Pretty sure thats the X86 PAT Support option enabled in the kernel, KDM want load sometimes, when the option is off it's fine.

[jackson312]

I don't have X86 PAT support turned on in my kernel. I do have MTTR and MTTR cleanup support enabled which is a default setting.