Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:35:22 -0500 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Fran=E7ois_Leclerc?= <fleclerc@gmail.com> To: Robert Noland <rnoland@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Xorg crashes and reboots my computer Message-ID: <363673bf0912301335g5d1594f3habf90e7f2d047179@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1262207322.2314.195.camel@balrog.2hip.net> References: <363673bf0912301143x72aa6177g898648a7de5384e@mail.gmail.com> <1262204181.2314.189.camel@balrog.2hip.net> <363673bf0912301248o695fac5jd128d26b4fd7929f@mail.gmail.com> <1262207322.2314.195.camel@balrog.2hip.net>
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Hi Robert, I just installed FreeBSD yesterday. Installed the new world this morning. I too thought my installation was at fault. This is why I reinstalled (I didn't do a lot on the system, only configuring the firewall, so it is rather inexpensive to reinstall thought I would like to get over it and start actually using the system!) I would think that the version of Xorg installed by "portinstall -P xorg" i= s the latest. This is the one suggesting radeonhd as the driver. Things seem to be "better" when I use radeonhd with this version althought my system crashes anyway. I will see if I can provide a Xorg.0.log file. If I remember, I had something wrong in there: "Failed to change owner or group for file /dev/dri! 2: No such file or directory". My ports tree was checked out from cvsup1.freebsd.org yesterday. Fran=E7ois. 2009/12/30 Robert Noland <rnoland@freebsd.org> > On Wed, 2009-12-30 at 15:48 -0500, Fran=E7ois Leclerc wrote: > > Hi Robert, > > > > I have attached to this message the result of running "pciconf -lvb". > > > > I have a question regarding the version of Xorg that must be > > installed. Which is the best? The one installed using "portinstall -P > > xorg" or the one installed using "pkg_add -r xorg"? The question might > > look strange but the two commands install a different version. One > > suggests the radeon driver when running "Xorg -configure" and the > > other radeonhd. Note that I tried both versions of Xorg (and both with > > radeon and radeonhd) without success. But I'm guessing one is a better > > choice? Which one? > > Well, If you ports tree is up to date, then the one from ports will be > the latest available. Your card doesn't locate the framebuffer where I > thought it might and so I doubt that the patch that I was referring to > will fix the issue. Based on the above, I can't help but wonder if > something in your ports is out of sync and may be triggering this. That > said, the kernel still shouldn't panic. If you can get a backtrace from > the kernel panic, that would be good. > > robert. > > > Thanks for your quick reply! > > > > Fran=E7ois. > > > > > > 2009/12/30 Robert Noland <rnoland@freebsd.org> > > On Wed, 2009-12-30 at 14:43 -0500, Fran=E7ois 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! > > > > > > Fran=E7ois > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 <rnoland@FreeBSD.org> > > FreeBSD > > > > > -- > Robert Noland <rnoland@FreeBSD.org> > FreeBSD > >
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