Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:05:08 +0100 From: Martin Kristensen <mik@pc.dk> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd7 (and 8), radeon, xorg-server -> deadlock or so Message-ID: <20100210220508.790ee773@alpha.miknet.dk> In-Reply-To: <4B72FC0A.1020701@icyb.net.ua> References: <6101e8c41002091524q25a7e026u585e575eb4f1589c@mail.gmail.com> <4B728A7A.60706@gmail.com> <4B72D57D.6080002@icyb.net.ua> <4B72D854.5080902@gmail.com> <1265818363.8609.70.camel@balrog.2hip.net> <4B72FB00.3000105@gmail.com> <4B72FC0A.1020701@icyb.net.ua>
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On Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:33:46 +0200 Andriy Gapon <avg@icyb.net.ua> wrote: > on 10/02/2010 20:29 Vitaly Magerya said the following: > > Robert Noland wrote: > >>> It is not, and yes I use WITHOUT_HAL. Currently disabling DRI > >>> helps; should I try rebuilding xorg-server with HAL? > >> Yes, you can still disable hal at runtime by setting AutoAddDevices > >> "Off" in xorg.conf. > > > > Seems to work with HAL. > > I've long thought that xorg server should be linked with libthr > regardless of HAL option. Unfortunately, I never came up with patch, > nor have anyone else. Xorg server really uses pthreads when doing DRM > and HAL brings in libthr dependency only as an accident. > This is my first post to this list, so hello all. I have been running with NoAccel for a long time, since disabling DRI alone would cause a complete deadlock (screen to standby, no ssh, no response to keyboard, etc.). However, I rebuilt xorg-server with HAL support, and now simply disabling DRI allows me to start X. The card is RV790 based. -- Martin Kristensen
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