[Nix-dev] What kills my xserver?

[Mathijs Kwik]

Intel driver (and probably other modern drivers) _need_ KMS to set
their resolution among other things.
So X11 just won't start with nomodeset.

On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 9:19 PM, Sol Reynolds <sol.reynolds at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hmm - I'm wondering if it might be KMS related..
>
> Does disabling KMS change anything?
>
> boot.kernelParams = [ "nomodeset" ];
>
> Cheers,
>
> Sol
>
> On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 9:53 AM, Mathijs Kwik <mathijs at bluescreen303.nl>
> wrote:
>>
>> Same here, KDE with xmonad instead of kwin, intel open source driver.
>>
>> Sometimes logging out takes 10 seconds, sometimes dialog just won't
>> show up at all.
>>
>> On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 6:41 PM, Cillian de Róiste
>> <cillian.deroiste at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hi Arie,
>> >
>> > On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 2:25 PM, Arie Middelkoop <amiddelk at gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >> Hi Nixos-ers,
>> >>
>> >> I've never been able to reboot my machine from inside a KDE session in
>> >> combination with KDM. Also, a logout takes excessively long (10
>> >> seconds). Lately, I investigated the crime scene, found some good
>> >> leads,
>> >> but now I'm stuck.
>> >
>> > ...
>> >
>> > For what it's worth, I have the same symptoms although I have not
>> > investigated it at all. I am using the ati videoDriver (the Free one).
>> > I'd be happy to collect some information if it helps to debug. I had
>> > always assumed that a fresh ~/.kde would solve it but never bothered
>> > to try.
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> > Cillian (goibhniu)
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