a web site that blows away my desktop session

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Wed, 11 Nov 2009, Michal Jaegermann wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 09:51:20AM -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> >
> > Backtrace:
> > 0: /usr/bin/Xorg (xorg_backtrace+0x28) [0x49e8d8]
> > 1: /usr/bin/Xorg (0x400000+0x619c9) [0x4619c9]
> > 2: /lib64/libpthread.so.0 (0x3feb600000+0xefa0) [0x3feb60efa0]
> > 3: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/radeon_drv.so (0x7f41ba185000+0xd507f) [0x7f41ba25a07f]
> > 4: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/radeon_drv.so (0x7f41ba185000+0x9f5b5) [0x7f41ba2245b5]
> > 5: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/radeon_drv.so (0x7f41ba185000+0xa1bac) [0x7f41ba226bac]
> > 6: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libexa.so (0x7f41b9593000+0xd1b9) [0x7f41b95a01b9]
> > 7: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libexa.so (0x7f41b9593000+0xdfa2) [0x7f41b95a0fa2]
> > 8: /usr/bin/Xorg (0x400000+0xd1c80) [0x4d1c80]
> > 9: /usr/bin/Xorg (miCompositeRects+0x230) [0x563c70]
> > 10: /usr/bin/Xorg (0x400000+0xcc274) [0x4cc274]
> > 11: /usr/bin/Xorg (0x400000+0x2c69c) [0x42c69c]
> > 12: /usr/bin/Xorg (0x400000+0x21cfa) [0x421cfa]
> > 13: /lib64/libc.so.6 (__libc_start_main+0xfd) [0x3feae1eb1d]
> > 14: /usr/bin/Xorg (0x400000+0x218a9) [0x4218a9]
> > Segmentation fault at address 0x20
> >
> > Fatal server error:
> > Caught signal 11 (Segmentation fault). Server aborting
>
> Oh, libexa.  Did you try what happens with
>
>    Option "AccelMethod" "XAA"
>
> by any chance?  You will need some minimal xorg.conf for that to be
> able to put that into a "Device" section.

  that fixed it.  this is now my entire xorg.conf (after adding that
one line):

Section "ServerFlags"
	Option "DontZap" "false"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier "Videocard0"
	Driver "radeon"
	Option "AccelMethod" "XAA"
EndSection

i tested three different sites that borked my X session earlier, and
they now all show up fine using XAA.

rday
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