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Date:      Sun, 6 Sep 2009 21:38:12 +0200
From:      Jens Rehsack <rehsack@googlemail.com>
To:        "Paul B. Mahol" <onemda@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-x11@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: X11 freezes machine ...
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2009/9/6 Paul B. Mahol <onemda@gmail.com>:
> On 9/6/09, Jens Rehsack <rehsack@googlemail.com> wrote:
>> 2009/9/6 Paul B. Mahol <onemda@gmail.com>:
>>> On 9/6/09, Jens Rehsack <rehsack@googlemail.com> wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I had to update my system due a harddisk failure of the boot device
>>>> (using a new harddisk). I updated kernel+world and ports (portupgrade
>>>> -fvarR) after csup.
>>>> After I finished that, I tried to start gdm as usual (and as I did
>>>> before the update) - the machine freeze and didn't recover.
>>>> When I tried to switch to tty0, the machine begins to "beeeep".
>
> Explain this in more detail.

# startx
<nothing happens>
<wait 30 seconds>
<try press <Ctrl>+<F1>, <Ctlr>+<F2> to see if another tty shows sth.
3rd or 4th switch the machine starts a continuous beep.

Meanwhile I tried to type "panic" there - nothing happens, but "reset"
reboots the machine.
I think, I just can't see that the machine is in kernel debugger, but
it's a panic condition.

>>>> I tried to build the kernel without drm, without DEVICE_POLLING etc. -
>>>> I tried to comment out nearly each option in my own kernel, which I
>>>> had previously added.
>>>> I tried to use the vesa driver and nouveau instead of nv, which I'd
>>>> usually used - same results. I added the mem device back to the kernel
>>>> config and rebuild, same result.
>>>
>>> And your kernel is?
>>
>> I attached latest tried kernel and latest tried xorg.conf.
>
> What FreeBSD version?

7.2-STABLE, yesterday last time updated.

Best regards,
Jens



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