[mythtv-users] OT problem with Xorg

[Gary Dawes]

2008/6/30 Mark Greenwood <fatgerman at ntlworld.com>:

> On Monday 30 June 2008 20:27:51 Gary Dawes wrote:
> > 2008/6/30 Joe Ripley <vitaminjoe at gmail.com>:
> >
> > > On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 2:48 PM, Gary Dawes <gary.dawes at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I've popped the use events true in the Xorg,conf, and checked that
> there
> > > is
> > > > plenty of disk space, even checked that the network is up - I'm
> stumped.
> > >
> > > It sounds like X might be stuck in a loop of some kind.  strace might
> > > be able to give you some info on what it's doing...  try something
> > > like this:
> > >
> > > # ps a |grep X
> > > (get X's pid)
> > >
> > > # strace -p 4066
> > > (or whatever X's pid is)
> > >
> > > The output may give you some insight as to what's going on.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Joe Ripley
> > >
> > > <vitaminjoe at gmail.com>
> >
> > Thanks for that. I think (everything crossed) thta I have now managed to
> > resolve it. "useevents" "true" and a couple of other driver config tricks
> > did not fix the problem, but since I started using Myth I have had a
> custom
> > PAL modline, which is now crippling Xorg for some reason. Strange as I
> have
> > not changed anything  for months, software or hardware wise, and have
> used
> > that modeline for years.
> >
> > Just happy that it's fixed.
> >
>
Bugger - It's not fixed. Joe's strace has revealed that X seems to be stuck
in a loop processing gettimeofday. machine time is correct and NTP is
functioning as normal.
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