[SOLVED] X freezes after "exit"; can't kill X nor use the keyboard

Question

Hi!
I've got a problem with my X server on my fresh installed Arch system. I followed the "Beginner's Guide" and edited the .xinitrd to start xterm for testing. This works well, but unfortunately X seems to freeze when I want go back to the shell via "exit" or when I want to change to another virtual console (Ctrl-Alt F1).
When this happens, my screens go black and my keyboard doesn't work anymore, however I can log in via SSH. I can't kill X and the fourth core of my cpu is at 100%.
This happens when I use a auto-configured xorg.conf from nvidia-xconfig (http://paste.pocoo.org/show/224004/) or when I use my "old" configuration from Ubuntu 9.10 (http://paste.pocoo.org/show/224005/). When I don't use the xorg.conf file at all, then X wont even start.
I've got a Xorg.0.log from the test with the nvidia-xconfig generated xorg.conf: http://paste.pocoo.org/show/224002/ I can't see what's wrong here.
Thanks for your help!
Last edited by quaec (2010-06-11 22:08:35)

Answer 1

Ok, I had started to write that the nvidia-beta driver didn't changed anything, but after a reboot it seems to work.
So, with the nvidia-beta driver from the AUR and the following x.org configuration it works:
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "X.org Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
# Screen 1 "Screen1" RightOf "Screen0"
# InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
# InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "Files"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Disable "glx"
Load "glx"
Load "dbe"
Load "dri"
Load "record"
Load "dri2"
Load "extmod"
EndSection
#Section "InputDevice"
# Identifier "Keyboard0"
# Driver "kbd"
#EndSection
#Section "InputDevice"
# Identifier "Mouse0"
# Driver "mouse"
# Option "Protocol" "auto"
# Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
# Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
#EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Monitor Model"
EndSection
#Section "Monitor"
# Identifier "Monitor1"
# VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
# ModelName "Monitor Model"
#EndSection
Section "Device"
### Available Driver options are:-
### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
### [arg]: arg optional
#Option "SWcursor" # [<bool>]
#Option "HWcursor" # [<bool>]
#Option "NoAccel" # [<bool>]
#Option "ShadowFB" # [<bool>]
#Option "UseFBDev" # [<bool>]
#Option "Rotate" # [<str>]
#Option "VideoKey" # <i>
#Option "FlatPanel" # [<bool>]
#Option "FPDither" # [<bool>]
#Option "CrtcNumber" # <i>
#Option "FPScale" # [<bool>]
#Option "FPTweak" # <i>
#Option "DualHead" # [<bool>]
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "nVidia Corporation"
BoardName "GT200 [GeForce GTX 260]"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection
Section "Device"
### Available Driver options are:-
### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
### [arg]: arg optional
#Option "SWcursor" # [<bool>]
#Option "HWcursor" # [<bool>]
#Option "NoAccel" # [<bool>]
#Option "ShadowFB" # [<bool>]
#Option "UseFBDev" # [<bool>]
#Option "Rotate" # [<str>]
#Option "VideoKey" # <i>
#Option "FlatPanel" # [<bool>]
#Option "FPDither" # [<bool>]
#Option "CrtcNumber" # <i>
#Option "FPScale" # [<bool>]
#Option "FPTweak" # <i>
#Option "DualHead" # [<bool>]
Identifier "Card1"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "nVidia Corporation"
BoardName "G98 [GeForce 8400 GS]"
BusID "PCI:2:0:0"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 1
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 4
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 8
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 15
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
#Section "Screen"
# Identifier "Screen1"
# Device "Card1"
# Monitor "Monitor1"
# SubSection "Display"
# Viewport 0 0
# Depth 1
# EndSubSection
# SubSection "Display"
# Viewport 0 0
# Depth 4
# EndSubSection
# SubSection "Display"
# Viewport 0 0
# Depth 8
# EndSubSection
# SubSection "Display"
# Viewport 0 0
# Depth 15
# EndSubSection
# SubSection "Display"
# Viewport 0 0
# Depth 16
# EndSubSection
# SubSection "Display"
# Viewport 0 0
# Depth 24
# EndSubSection
#EndSection
Thanks for your help, BKLive!
Last edited by quaec (2010-06-11 22:08:05)