On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 18:34:34 +0100, herve couvelard wrote:
ok i tried in upgrading gdbm -> same problems So i downgrade to gtk2-2.2 / inkscape 0.38 (rpm -Uvh --force --nodeps) and everything return to normal.
This may be a variant of the GObject changes - when you log out does the logout proceed normally, or does it hang before X shuts down correctly?
I suspect what is happening is that a known backwards compatibility issue the GObject maintainer refused to fix is deadlocking the GNOME logout screen at some point, but the system shutdown has already started. This means X doesn't shut down correctly as it's grabbed by GNOME, meaning it'll be sent SIGKILL just before the system halts.
Next time the system starts up, the dead X socket is still on the filing system so preventing the new X server from starting.
Total stab in the dark but this is my guess.
thanks -mike