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[Pauli <suokkos@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 11:23 PM, RdeWit <ubuntu@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Pauli,
>
> When would I start this valgrind session? Just any time, just to collect
> information, immediately after the crash happens (logged in from another
> machine), after reboot (when back in X) or in some other way?
>

Valgrind had to run from program start. So you need to start new
xserver to collect valgrind report. So you need to go to console and
stop current xserver  (sudo stop gdm or sudo stop kdm)

> Please note that when my screen is blank, there is no monitor input (ie,
> no console visible). Sometimes a CTRL-ALT-DEL allows me to reboot,
> sometimes I need to use the infamous REISUB method.
>

Yes. When X goes bad there isn't much you can do to fix the graphics
card state.

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