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Date:      Sun, 10 Nov 2013 12:34:54 -0500
From:      Daniel Eischen <deischen@freebsd.org>
To:        "dt71@gmx.com" <dt71@gmx.com>
Cc:        "freebsd-current@freebsd.org" <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: new Xorg (KMS, etc.) for Radeon 9600
Message-ID:  <C7DDC881-C320-4C7D-B869-A9273429AF47@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <527FC05D.8080703@gmx.com>
References:  <527F95BE.7080908@gmx.com> <Pine.GSO.4.64.1311101135590.9459@sea.ntplx.net> <527FC05D.8080703@gmx.com>

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On Nov 10, 2013, at 12:20 PM, dt71@gmx.com wrote:
>=20
> Daniel Eischen wrote, On 11/10/2013 17:40:
>> My -current is still from ~July 3, and I also got panics
>> when trying new Xorg.  Take the drm devices out of your
>> kernel configuration and let X load the necessary drm2
>> devices when it starts.  This allowed it to work for me.
>=20
> Hmm, works for me to avoid panics and hard reboots. Problems:
> 1. Switching to the virtual terminals or shutting down X causes the displa=
y to go black and unrevivable -- a (soft) reboot is necessary.
> 2. A 3D application crashes with SIGBUS, and the stack gets toasted.

Yes, I can get it to crash also when using a Java-based GUI, but it works fo=
r all the basic X apps that I need.  I also have the virtual terminal switch=
ing problem also, but I think that is being addressed with newsyscons.

It really does suck not having a functional X.

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