RP: X server refuses to die

Sometimes when I shutdown, the Raspberry Pi screen goes blank and it just hangs. I examined the log, in /tmp/xerrs.log, and it has this:



Curious Google finds nothing for the string "/usr/bin/xinit: Can't kill server".

Anyone got any thoughts on how to force the X server to die? Anyway, why won't it die?

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Comments

Healing and Well Being
Username: lobster
[code]program args & programpid=$! ... do stuff ... kill $programpid [/code] http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=640772#640772

Did a search for xinit can't kill x server
Username: shadower_sc
"Hi, I did a quick search for xinit can't kill x server and this is the second thing that came up. Do a quick search of the page using "xinit can't kill x server" to find the relevant section. http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=413326 Maybe something there will help?

found some infos
Username: puppy_apprentice
"http://raspi.tv/2012/how-to-safely-shutdown-or-reboot-your-raspberry-pi http://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/381/how-do-i-turn-off-my-raspberry-pi http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=7240 hope it helps

OT: Raspbian
Username: Dougal
"Barry, might it not be worthwhile to use Raspbian as the base for the RP Puppy? http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/1565 It's not ready yet, but you can update the packages every time you create a new image (like Ubuntu derivatives do while a new version is stabilizing).

Re Raspbian
Username: BarryK
"Dougal, Yes, it has a lot of optimisations. Not just the armhf. I will upload alpha4 based on Debian Squeeze armel debs. But, it is a good idea to do a build based on Raspbian. I am not sure though, 01micko is working on a secret RasPi project, don't know what distro it is based on. I don't want to tread on his toes. If he isn't doing a Raspbian-based build, I will see if I can knock one out.

no, secret, just taunting lobster
Username: 01micko
"Mine is based on wheezy, however raspian does look like the go. However many packages would need to be compiled. While I'm at it can I request a feature for woof? I have compiled the kernel in wheezy, latets GIT. Also requires the latest GIT firmware. Note that boot/Image is now just a direct copy to kernel.img with the latest firmware. So the request is.. a case for $REALKERNALNAME if REALKERNALNAME=Image and an 'if' statement if some directory/tarball containing alternate firmware exists allowing the copy of contents of that directory/tarball to the first partition on the SD card. I'll post woof diffs soon for what I have so far, well, when I get a usable distro (not far off) but there are a LOT of templates that needed hacking so that might be best as a separate package as not to upset the general functionality of woof. TIA

re REALKERNAME
Username: 01micko
"No, don't need that var altered, I can just copy Image as kernel.img in my kernel build script. (no need for the tools now with new fw) All I need is a small loop to copy the new firmwares to the SD image, I just put the tarball in the root of my woof tree. I named it raspi_boot_fw-DATE where date is the short form eg: 120717, so I have a tarball raspi_boot_fw-120717.tar.gz which expands to the dir raspi_boot_fw-120717. here's what I have added, (I'm sure there could be a more elegant way!) In 3builddistro just after copying the kernel.img file: [code]#120717 in case have new firmware for raspi BOOTFIRMWARE=`ls ../ | grep ^raspi_boot_fw |tail -n1` #ensure latest if more than 1? if [ $BOOTFIRMWARE ];then cp -af ../${BOOTFIRMWARE} ./ BOOTFIMWAREDIR=`basename $BOOTFIRMWARE .tar.gz` tar -xzf $BOOTFIRMWARE (cd $BOOTFIMWAREDIR ; for i in * ; do cp -af $i /mnt/sdimagep1/ ;done) fi[/code] About to test now.

About to test now.
Username: lobster
"Thanks to Micko for taunting me :doh: I won't be running Raspbian (no matter how good) because faster Debian is not for me. Puppi based on woof is what I want to use on ARM. It will be interesting to see Midori v Seamonkey(IceApe) v Chrome. I do know that the limitations of the cheap Rpi ARM are being overcome by our smartdogs Good luck to us all

killall
Username: ozsouth
"Pardon my 'arm' ignorance, but maybe something like sleep 10 killall -9 X

PIE1
– Raspberry Pi Sends Live Images from Near Space"PathFinder_Cate"A few days ago, a Raspberry Pi rose to new heights. See: [b]PIE1 – Raspberry Pi Sends Live Images from Near Space[/b] http://www.daveakerman.com/?p=592 [img]http://www.daveakerman.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/P1040569-1024x682.jpg[/img]

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