Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (4208 mails)

[Leendert Meyer <leen.meyer@xxxxxxx>]

On Sunday 04 July 2004 12:07, Leendert Meyer wrote:
> On Sunday 04 July 2004 04:16, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
> > * Leendert Meyer <leen.meyer@xxxxxxx> [07-03-04 21:05]:
> > > If you select 'Failsafe' as window manager, what happens then?
> >
> > below
> >
> > > > The <test-user> I created can login (after init 5) to kde, gnome, and
> > > > xfce and out and in w/o a problem.
> > >
> > > The common factor here is X, perhaps Qt.
> > >
> > > .DCOPserver is KDE related (AFAIK), therefore not to blame (I'm not
> > > sure though).
> > >
> > > Perhaps ~/.ICEauthority or ~/.Xauthority?
> > >
> > > What happens if you rename those files, or move them out of the way?
> > > (logout first).
> >
> > logged out, renamed both files (.ICExx & .Xautxxx)
> > init 5
> > logon screen, name, password, window manager = 'failsafe'
> >
> > welcome screen with mouse movement, nothing else.  sameo...
>
> Finally. I can reproduce the same error message.
>
> I can start a first X session normally with NVIDIA's driver. A second X
> session fails with the same error message:
>
> (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to allocate external video decoder object
> (EE) NVIDIA(0):  *** Aborting ***
>
> Note: from /var/log/kdm.log
>
> I tried to start the 2nd X session with <KDE-menu> -> Switch User
>
> With a new created user, and issuing a 'startx -- :1' I get the same error
> message! (~/.X.err).
>
> I'll try older NVIDIA drivers now. Hangon.

Tried the previous NVIDIA driver (1.0-5336), previous kernel (2.6.5-7.75), and 
kernel-default-2.6.4-54.5. Tried even the previous mkinitrd package 
(1.0-199.17).

Same result.

Cheers,

Leen