terminal crashes X

[oneill]

Hello Everyone

While attempting to run /usr/bin/Terminal from within XFCE on Zenwalk 5.0
X crashes and im given the error:
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Unable to register terminal service: Did not receive a reply.
Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply,
the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired,
or the network connection was broken.
Terminal: Fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server :0.0.
--------------------------------------------------------------------

I am then returned back to the graphical login. After loging back in again
viewing /var/log/Xorg.log.old shows:

---------------------------------------------------------------------
...
Backtrace:
...
17: /usr/bin/X(main+0x496) [0x806dca6]
18: /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xdc) [0xb7c6036c]
19: /usr/bin/X(FontFileCompleteXLFD+0x201) [0x806cfd1]

Fatal server error:
Caught signal 11. Server aborting
---------------------------------------------------------------------

I’m wondering if anyone else has had this problem, and knows how this
can be remedied, I don’t have a clue. Please can anyone enlighten me?

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you

[oz]

I remember there being some kind of bug that was causing terminal crashes for some XFCE4 users. I think the temporary fix was to go with 16 as the default color depth rather than 24 in your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file.

Let us know if that works.

[oneill]

Thank you oz i'll give it a go, i'll let you know if it works. Cheers

[oneill]

yer i tryed that i did'nt work. the screen went nuts i have XFCE 4.4 by the way.

[devils casper]

Post the contents of /etc/X11/xorg.conf file here.

[oneill]

hi devils_casper sorry for the delay in posting, i dont have the net at home. Below is a copy of /etc/X11/xorg.conf

# ************************************************** ********************
# Files section -- This allows default font and rgb paths to be set
# ************************************************** ********************

Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/OTF"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
EndSection

# ************************************************** ********************
# Module section -- this section is used to specify
# which dynamically loadable modules to load.
# ************************************************** ********************

Section "Module"
Load "synaptics"
Load "extmod"
Load "record"
Load "dbe"
Load "xtrap"
Load "dri"
Load "GLcore"
Load "glx"
Load "freetype"
Load "type1"
EndSection

# ************************************************** ********************
# Server flags section
# ************************************************** ********************

Section "ServerFlags"
# Option "NoTrapSignals"
# Option "DontVTSwitch"
# Option "DontZap"
# Option "DontZoom"
# Option "DisableVidModeExtension"
# Option "AllowNonLocalXvidtune"
# Option "DisableModInDev"
# Option "AllowNonLocalModInDev"
# Option "blank time" "10" # 10 minutes
# Option "standby time" "20"
# Option "suspend time" "30"
# Option "off time" "60"

# Option "EstimateSizesAggresively" "0"

EndSection


# ************************************************** ********************
# DRI section
# ************************************************** ********************

Section "dri"
# Access to OpenGL ICD is allowed for all users:
Mode 0666
# Access to OpenGL ICD is restricted to a specific user group:
# Group 100 # users
EndSection


# ************************************************** ********************
# Extensions section
# ************************************************** ********************

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection


# ************************************************** ********************
# Keyboard section
# ************************************************** ********************

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "kbd"
# Option "Protocol" "Xqueue"
# Option "AutoRepeat" "500 5"
# Option "Xleds" "1 2 3"
# Option "XkbDisable"

Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "gb"
# Option "XkbVariant" "us"
Option "XkbOptions" ""
EndSection


# ************************************************** ********************
# Pointers section
# ************************************************** ********************

Section "InputDevice"

# Identifier and driver
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "Auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
# Option "Protocol" "Xqueue"
# Option "BaudRate" "9600"
# Option "SampleRate" "150"
# Option "Emulate3Buttons"
# Option "Emulate3Timeout" "50"
# Option "ChordMiddle"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Pad1"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/ts0"
Option "LeftEdge" "1700"
Option "RightEdge" "5300"
Option "TopEdge" "1700"
Option "BottomEdge" "4200"
Option "FingerLow" "25"
Option "FingerHigh" "30"
Option "MaxTapTime" "180"
Option "MaxTapMove" "220"
Option "VertScrollDelta" "100"
Option "MinSpeed" "0.09"
Option "MaxSpeed" "0.18"
Option "AccelFactor" "0.0015"
Option "SHMConfig" "on"
EndSection


# ************************************************** ********************
# Monitor section
# ************************************************** ********************

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor1"
VendorName "MEI"
ModelName "34c"

Modeline "1024x768_74.927" 80.000000 1024 1056 1152 1328 768 771 774 804 -HSync -VSync

### Comment all HorizSync and VertRefresh values to use DDC:
HorizSync 30.0 - 70.0
### Comment all HorizSync and VertRefresh values to use DDC:
VertRefresh 50.0 - 180.0

Option "DPMS"
Option "ReducedBlanking"

EndSection


# ************************************************** ********************
# Graphic devices section
# ************************************************** ********************

# Any number of graphic devices sections may be present

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard1"
VendorName "Intel Corporation"
BoardName "82810 (CGC) Chipset Graphics Controller"
Driver "intel"
BusID "PCI:0:1:0"
Option "RenderAccel" "true"
EndSection

# ************************************************** ********************
# Screen section
# ************************************************** ********************

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Videoconfig"
Device "Videocard1"
Monitor "Monitor1"

DefaultDepth 24

Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1024x768_74.927" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768_74.927" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768_74.927" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "1024x768_74.927" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection
EndSection

# ************************************************** ********************
# ServerLayout section
# ************************************************** ********************

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Simple Layout"
Screen "Videoconfig"
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Pad1" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

[devils casper]

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Videoconfig"
Device "Videocard1"
Monitor "Monitor1"

DefaultDepth 24

Have you tried setting DefaultDepth 16 as suggested by ozar already?

In case it doesn't work, try using vesa driver instead of intel.

Section "Device"
	Identifier     "Videocard1"
	VendorName  "Intel Corporation"
	BoardName   "82810 (CGC) Chipset Graphics Controller"
	Driver     "vesa"
	BusID       "PCI:0:1:0"
	Option "RenderAccel" "true"
EndSection

[oneill]

i tryed setting the default to 16 it never worked, i'll try using vesa driver. Cheers Casper.

[devils casper]

Do let me know how it goes. Good Luck !

[oneill]

I’ve tried it, no luck I’m afraid, the resolution was to small (600 x 400) and this was the only setting offered by the display setting via XFCE. However terminal did start. I’ve provide a screenshot. I then tried other screen resolutions and refresh rates using the Intel driver and in all cases X still crashes crashes.