From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 7 13:22:18 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D854116A4CE for ; Sun, 7 Dec 2003 13:22:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from carver.gumbysoft.com (carver.gumbysoft.com [66.220.23.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09BF243FA3 for ; Sun, 7 Dec 2003 13:22:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gumbysoft.com) Received: by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id F248472DB5; Sun, 7 Dec 2003 13:22:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id F03FD72DAD; Sun, 7 Dec 2003 13:22:17 -0800 (PST) Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2003 13:22:17 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White To: Thierry Herbelot In-Reply-To: <200312071013.12797.thierry@herbelot.com> Message-ID: <20031207131848.W7085@carver.gumbysoft.com> References: <200312071013.12797.thierry@herbelot.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Incompatibility between ACPI and the X server X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2003 21:22:19 -0000 On Sun, 7 Dec 2003, Thierry Herbelot wrote: > I'm trying to update a notebook, to run 5.2. The beast is an oldish Vaio > PC-F707 (Pent-III + Neomagic). > > When booting with ACPI enabled, X-Windows just stays "frozen" : the screen is > blanked, then there is no more progress (and no log in /var/log/XFree.log). > When booting without ACPI, X-Windows runs happily. > > How do I help debugging this problem ? When the screen is frozen, I can't > escape to the kernel debugger. You can set up a serial console and use that to hit the debugger. You can also see if that is causing a full hang of the system or if just X is stuck. Check the kernel debugging section of the Handbook for details. It sounds like, though, that the ACPI tables on your system are not routing interrupts or otherwise specifying correct resources for your video card. You should capture the output of boot -v (serial console is also handy for this) and use acpidump to grab your ACPI tables. > PS3 : an ACPI dump is accessible at http://thierry.herbelot.free.fr/foo.asl On the ball there :) Also, nitpick: It's "X" or "X11" or "XFree86", but never "X-Windows." -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org