ALT Linux Bugzilla – #26660

gdm2.20-2.20.8-alt6 in the live system in Simply Linux 6.0.2 RC2 DVD.

Something happened with the running X (perhaps, I/O problem with the DVD) and X finished; after that, there was some error dialog in the Linux console (number 8), but it is unreadable because black squares are displayed instead of the Russian letters, like this:

[root@localhost ~]# setterm -dump 8; cat screen.dump 



























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                                                      � ������ X-������� ������ ��������.              �
                                                      � ������������� GDM ����� ��������������         �
                                                      � ���������� ��������� X-�������.                �
                                                      �                                                �
                                                      ������������������������������������������������Ĵ
                                                      �                   <  OK  >                     �
                                                      �������������������������������������������������





























[root@localhost ~]# 

I suggest to either use English for the console messages of GDM or to set up the console correctly for displaying the Russian messages.

More info about the crash of X:

# cat /var/log/gdm/\:0.log

X.Org X Server 1.10.3
Release Date: 2011-07-08
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: ALT Linux p6 (Ziziphora) i686
Current Operating System: Linux localhost.localdomain 3.0.6-std-def-alt0.M60P.1 #1 SMP Fri Oct 7 17:14:19 UTC 2011 i686
Kernel command line: initrd=alt0/full.cz live lowmem fastboot splash stagename=live quiet=1 vga=normal lang=ru_RU automatic=method:cdrom
Build Date: 13 July 2011  03:39:43PM
 
Current version of pixman: 0.22.0
	Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
	to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
	(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
	(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Tue Nov 29 20:25:23 2011
(==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
(==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"

Backtrace:
0: /usr/bin/X (xorg_backtrace+0x3b) [0x80a35eb]
1: /usr/bin/X (0x8048000+0x5f7f5) [0x80a77f5]
2: (vdso) (__kernel_rt_sigreturn+0x0) [0xb777640c]
3: /usr/bin/X (InitOutput+0x7c5) [0x80b8c15]
4: /usr/bin/X (0x8048000+0x1a2d5) [0x80622d5]
5: /lib/libc.so.6 (__libc_start_main+0xe6) [0xb7364c96]
6: /usr/bin/X (0x8048000+0x1a071) [0x8062071]
Bus error at address 0x81545c0

Fatal server error:
Caught signal 7 (Bus error). Server aborting


Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support 
	 at http://wiki.x.org
 for help. 
Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.

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(But it's not a bug probably, merely a hardware problem.)