From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 12 10:52:56 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 962C3106566B for ; Sat, 12 Sep 2009 10:52:56 +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 610528FC13 for ; Sat, 12 Sep 2009 10:52:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.4] (adsl-241-169-177.bna.bellsouth.net [74.241.169.177]) (authenticated bits=0) by gizmo.2hip.net (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n8CAqqpI081020 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sat, 12 Sep 2009 06:52:52 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from rnoland@FreeBSD.org) From: Robert Noland To: Pedro Azevedo In-Reply-To: <2f5fcc70909111412m735629fcx7f2153ddeec80483@mail.gmail.com> References: <2f5fcc70909111412m735629fcx7f2153ddeec80483@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: FreeBSD Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 05:52:46 -0500 Message-Id: <1252752766.25534.1079.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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_PBL, 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: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Radeon Mobility 9700 hangs on FreeBSD 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: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 10:52:56 -0000 On Fri, 2009-09-11 at 22:12 +0100, Pedro Azevedo wrote: > Hi there, > > I installed FreeBSD, and PC-BSD as well, and when I try starting X the > screen just goes black and the CPU usage increases a lot, I can't use any > keys, I tried ctrl+alt+f1 but the screen remained black, I had to power down > the computer to get it to reboot. > I tried this on FreeBSD 7.x and 8.x and the results were the same. However > on Linux there were no problems. (Ubuntu, Mint, Fedora, OpenSuse, Mandriva, > CentOS) > I tried getting some help on Freenode, and someone told me the problem could > be FreeBSD's DRM implementation and directed me to this mailling list for a > possible solution. > I realize this isn't the most extensive bug report, but I wasn't able to get > a Xorg.log, still if you can help it's appreciated. The drm code that we ship is nearly identical to linux and the 9700 should be fine. I would start by getting back to basics... Verify your xorg.conf and try just running startx from console. If this is an AGP chip, you can try forcing PCI mode or changing the AGPMode option. IIRC, the default is now 1x. Without any logging it is really hard to guess what might be going on. robert. > Regards, > Pedro Azevedo > _______________________________________________ > 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 FreeBSD