Sunday, October 26, 2014

linux - Troubleshooting X sudden restart/crash using XFCE 4.8 with stylus pen

I have a convertible laptop/tablet with graphics tablet screen, which often logs out of the current X session whilst using GIMP 2.6. I am dropped back to the login prompt without a system wide restart. All unsaved work is lost, making this a real problem for me.


This only seems to happen whilst reaching over the keyboard to draw on the screen. I have disabled the CTRLAltBackspace shortcut so I don't believe leaning on the keyboard is causing the problem.


There is no output to dmesg or xsession-errors when the restart occurs.
Any advice on how to track down or deal with this problem would be appreciated.


OS: Linux mint 13, 64 bit (up to date)
Hardware: unmodified HP Compaq 2710p, (laptop/wacom graphics tablet), no external devices connected.


I have sought an answer at the XFCE forums but with no response after two weeks.

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