[pkg-nvidia-devel] Bug#443870: xorg: Xorg segfaults on startup

[Phil Dibowitz]

Phil Dibowitz wrote:
> Doing some research I found this:
> 
> http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=7858bb6d26391d3abf310c8788143778&t=99016
> 
> which suggests that I can work around the problem by explicitly disabling
> "composite."
> 
> I'll try this when I get into the office tomorrow and report back if that works.

Actually, I realized I can try it remotely - while I can't see if my xserver
is doing what I expect, I *can* see if it segfaults pretty readily.

So yes, adding the following to my xorg.conf _does_ work around it. However,
the nvidia folks claim that they will actually fix this in the next version:

   Section "Extensions"
           Option "Composite" "Disable"
   EndSection

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