From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 10 01:20:43 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 033A8106566C for ; Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:20:43 +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 A0F5D8FC12 for ; Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:20:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.4] (adsl-19-244-133.bna.bellsouth.net [68.19.244.133]) (authenticated bits=0) by gizmo.2hip.net (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o1A1JB5x000281 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 9 Feb 2010 20:19:12 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from rnoland@FreeBSD.org) From: Robert Noland To: David Wolfskill , x11@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20100208172654.GA391@bunrab.catwhisker.org> References: <20100208172654.GA391@bunrab.catwhisker.org> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: FreeBSD Date: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:19:06 -0600 Message-Id: <1265764746.8609.18.camel@balrog.2hip.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.26.3 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.2 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, FH_DATE_PAST_20XX, 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: Subject: Re: DRI problems with ati/radeon on stable/7 r203425 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, 10 Feb 2010 01:20:43 -0000 On Mon, 2010-02-08 at 09:26 -0800, David Wolfskill wrote: > I had written to ports@ some months ago; at the time, my laptop was > configured to boot stable/6 from slice 1, stable/7 from slice 2, > stable/8 from slice 3, and head from slice 4; all ports (save compat6x & > compat7x) were built under stable/6. > > The reason for the message at the time was that I had found that > sometimes -- though not always -- the laptop would seem to lock up > instead of starting xdm (as it is configured to do). I found that while > I could reliably use DRI while running X under stable/6, the only way I > could find to run X built under stable/6 reliably under the other OSen > was to disable DRI in xorg.conf. > > Given the recent activity in ports (with the upgrade to jpeg & every > port that depends on it getting a bump over the weekend), I decided > to "bite the bullet" and install all 800+ ports anew, building > everything under stable/7, and bidding a rather fond farewall to > stable/6. > > By yesterday afternoon, I had finally managed to get enough of the > ports built to have a usable X environment, which worked OK -- > though I noticed that I still had DRI disabled in xorg.conf (as an > artifact of having last booted the laptop when the installed X.org > had been built under stable/6). So in prepartation for the next > boot, I re-enabled DRI in xorg.conf. > > Well, the time for the next boot has come, and from about 10 minutes > before I started typing this note until just now, xdm would not start. > Nor could I use ssh(1) to login to the machine, and attempting to login > via serial got very sluggish response, to the point that it took a > couple of minutes to echo the login I typed, and after I hit Enter, I > got "Login timed out after 300 seconds" before the Password: prompt > appeared. > > And the xdm login banner finally showed up; I'd estimate that was around > 20 minutes of idle time before that happened. > > The ports tree is almost as up-to-date as my local SVN mirror, which was > at r203541 as of Sat Feb 6 03:30:08 PST 2010. (Local CVS mirror had > been updated from cvsup4 at around Sat Feb 6 04:46:28 PST 2010.) > > I had thought that the apparent "lock-ups" were because of an > unaddressed issue in compat6x; I believe the recent evidence indicates > otherwise. > > I've attached copies of: > > * /var/run/dmesg.boot > * /var/log/Xorg.0.log > * /var/log/xdm.log > > and would appreciate suggestions for resolving the issue. Are you under fairly severe memory pressure? robert. > (Please include me in replies; while I am subscribed to ports@, I am not > currently subscribed to x11@.) > > Thanks. > > Peace, > david -- Robert Noland FreeBSD