X server crashes randomly on ThinkPad X201i with GNOME2 as desktop env

Question

Hi folks,
I installed archlinux with gnome2 on my new X201i, which has intel graphic chip.
But the gnome2 (i.e., the xorg server) randomly crashes, quitting to command line suddenly, with all my work lost!
The sad thing is, I manually 'startx' after booting, without using gdm. So the workaround of 'moving gdm to the end of DAEMON list' doesn't work for me.
And I even cannot stably reproduce the crash: it just happen randomly, about once per day.
The DAEMONs I start at boot time are:
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng dbus hal network netfs crond alsa laptop-mode ntpd)
The MODULEs are:
MODULES=(fuse tp_smapi vboxdrv)
The command I use to startx is: (in .xinitrc)
exec ck-launch-session dbus-launch gnome-session
I hereby copy part of the information from /var/log/Xorg.0.log:
Backtrace:
[ 20182.223] 0: /usr/bin/X (xorg_backtrace+0x28) [0x49f598]
[ 20182.223] 1: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x603b9) [0x4603b9]
[ 20182.223] 2: /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0x7f1d27a57000+0xf750) [0x7f1d27a66750]
[ 20182.223] 3: /usr/lib/libdrm_intel.so.1 (drm_intel_bo_emit_reloc+0x0) [0x7f1d24be5b50]
[ 20182.223] 4: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/intel_drv.so (0x7f1d24def000+0x218bc) [0x7f1d24e108bc]
[ 20182.223] 5: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/intel_drv.so (0x7f1d24def000+0x2b3c9) [0x7f1d24e1a3c9]
[ 20182.223] 6: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0xda685) [0x4da685]
[ 20182.223] 7: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0xd3ae3) [0x4d3ae3]
[ 20182.223] 8: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x2d341) [0x42d341]
[ 20182.223] 9: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x213ee) [0x4213ee]
[ 20182.223] 10: /lib/libc.so.6 (__libc_start_main+0xed) [0x7f1d269ddf6d]
[ 20182.223] 11: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x20f99) [0x420f99]
[ 20182.223] Segmentation fault at address (nil)
[ 20182.223]
Fatal server error:
[ 20182.223] Caught signal 11 (Segmentation fault). Server aborting
[ 20182.223]
[ 20182.223]
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at http://wiki.x.org
for help.
[ 20182.223] Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
Last edited by kevin_chn (2011-04-27 08:42:34)

Answer 1

Do you still encounter the problem?
Might it be related to(...?):
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 4#p1530974