From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 30 20:16:29 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1F5F106566B for ; Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:16:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rnoland@FreeBSD.org) Received: from gizmo.2hip.net (gizmo.2hip.net [64.74.207.195]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C62D8FC1A for ; Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:16:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.4] (adsl-1-207-120.bna.bellsouth.net [65.1.207.120]) (authenticated bits=0) by gizmo.2hip.net (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id nBUKGQl0082331 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:16:27 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from rnoland@FreeBSD.org) From: Robert Noland To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Fran=E7ois?= Leclerc In-Reply-To: <363673bf0912301143x72aa6177g898648a7de5384e@mail.gmail.com> References: <363673bf0912301143x72aa6177g898648a7de5384e@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Organization: FreeBSD Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:16:21 -0600 Message-Id: <1262204181.2314.189.camel@balrog.2hip.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.26.3 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_PBL, RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL, RDNS_DYNAMIC, SPF_SOFTFAIL autolearn=no version=3.2.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on gizmo.2hip.net Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Xorg crashes and reboots my computer X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:16:29 -0000 On Wed, 2009-12-30 at 14:43 -0500, François Leclerc wrote: > Hi, > > I saw that someone already posted something similar. I have the same > problem. > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-x11/2009-December/009124.html > > My system is: Intel Q6600 on a ASUS Maximus X38 board with a Radeon HD 3870. > > I have FreeBSD - 8.0 - STABLE - AMD64 installed. > > It doesn't matter which driver I use (radeon or radeonhd), my machine > freezes or reboots when switching to graphical mode. Note that my xorg.conf > file is ok as per "Xorg -config xorg.conf -retro": I get the grey screen and > my mouse cursor is working correctly. Things get bad when I "xinit" or > "startx". If I disable "dri" and "dri2" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf things work > flawlessly. > > I read the list and someone else mentionned a new version of Xorg (7.6.1 I > think) is due soon. Will it fix issues like the one we are having? When will > it be released? The "7.6.1" that is referred to is Mesa, not Xorg. (libGL and dri, among other bits) That is needed for 3d. I'll need a bit more info before I can try to diagnose the issue though. Let's start with a "pciconf -lvb". I may already have a patch to fix this, but the reported issue is generally screen corruption, not panics. robert. > Like the other poster, I can work with VESA in the meantime, but I would > prefer this issue fixed! > > Cheers! > > François > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-x11@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-x11 > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-x11-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Robert Noland FreeBSD