a web site that blows away my desktop session

[James Hubbard]

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.