Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2007 23:24:14 -0500 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net> Cc: gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gnome-screensaver fails since recent update Message-ID: <1170995054.67014.5.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <20070208180018.092A445053@ptavv.es.net> References: <20070208180018.092A445053@ptavv.es.net>
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--=-q9GRmtijF0fzLTrfHZHC Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 2007-02-08 at 10:00 -0800, Kevin Oberman wrote: > gnome-screensaver is behaving rather badly. I'm running with two display > in xinerama mode. I don't know whether this started when 2.16.3 came out > or when xorg-server was last updated, but I think it started doing this > last week. I have been on travel this week, so I really didn't get a > chance to look at it until today. >=20 > When gnome-screensaver is activated, stderr gets: > The program 'gnome-screensaver' received an X Window System error. > This probably reflects a bug in the program. > The error was 'BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)'. > (Details: serial 8169 error_code 2 request_code 78 minor_code 0) > (Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously; > that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it. > To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line > option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful > backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() functio= n.) >=20 > (gnome-screensaver-command:56091): gnome-screensaver-WARNING **: org.free= desktop.DBus.Error.NoReply raised: > Message did not receive a reply (timeout by message bus) >=20 > >From that point my "primary" screen is black and I have been unable to > get to back to life without restarting and Gnome. >=20 > Interestingly, the screen is still "on" and I can see the cursor. If I > can locate a window, I can drag it to my "secondary" screen, which is > still working. g-s still works for me, and you're the only one to complain. These type of X errors may be driver-related. If you use the nVidia driver, make sure you force an upgrade everytime you upgrade your xorg-libraries and/or xorg-server ports. Joe --=20 PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc --=-q9GRmtijF0fzLTrfHZHC Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBFy/dub2iPiv4Uz4cRAv6lAJ4uOZIORDLUugKlqDV0v3rntA4vTgCbBEob 6hVGOBBEg2q10YZMv/GSBmI= =5wdT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-q9GRmtijF0fzLTrfHZHC--
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