a web site that blows away my desktop session

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Wed, 11 Nov 2009, James Hubbard wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 5:21 PM, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday at crashcourse.ca> wrote:
> > On Wed, 11 Nov 2009, Michal Jaegermann wrote:
> >
> >> On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 09:51:20AM -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> >> >
> >> > 6: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libexa.so (0x7f41b9593000+0xd1b9) [0x7f41b95a01b9]
> >> > 7: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libexa.so (0x7f41b9593000+0xdfa2) [0x7f41b95a0fa2]
> >> > 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 "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.
>
> Desktop Effects exhibit some weirdness when enabled.  I don't use
> it, so it's not a big deal for me.

  so that same change solved your issues as well?

rday
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