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From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
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Subject: Re: Complete System Freeze when log out of X session
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On Tue, 5 Aug 2008, vangogh wrote:

> My laptop has xorg 7.3 on Freebsd 7.
> My xorg.conf file has:
> Section "Device"
>   Identifier "card0"
>   Driver "vesa"
>   VendorName "S3 Inc"
>   BoardName "VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266]"
>   BusID   "PCI:1:0:0"
> EndSection
>
> Problem is when I log out of gnome my system freezes completely and 
> control+alt+backspace does not work. The keyboard becomes totally 
> unresponsive and i must unplug the system to turn it off. I have searched 
> this problem and seen that posts appear in the archives back in 2006 about 
> this issue. However, I cannot find any solution. Can someone please point me 
> in the right direction for a solution to this please?

As I've posted twice in comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:

Try using the xf86-video-savage driver instead of vesa, and disable DRI 
in xorg.conf.

-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA