From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 4 11:29:39 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6856C16A403 for ; Thu, 4 Jan 2007 11:29:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rrs@cisco.com) Received: from sj-iport-6.cisco.com (sj-iport-6.cisco.com [171.71.176.117]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4203B13C448 for ; Thu, 4 Jan 2007 11:29:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rrs@cisco.com) Received: from sj-dkim-4.cisco.com ([171.71.179.196]) by sj-iport-6.cisco.com with ESMTP; 04 Jan 2007 03:29:39 -0800 X-IronPort-AV: i="4.12,236,1165219200"; d="scan'208"; a="97945622:sNHT46549116" Received: from sj-core-2.cisco.com (sj-core-2.cisco.com [171.71.177.254]) by sj-dkim-4.cisco.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id l04BTdue028910; Thu, 4 Jan 2007 03:29:39 -0800 Received: from xbh-sjc-231.amer.cisco.com (xbh-sjc-231.cisco.com [128.107.191.100]) by sj-core-2.cisco.com (8.12.10/8.12.6) with ESMTP id l04BTXZH008828; Thu, 4 Jan 2007 03:29:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from xfe-sjc-212.amer.cisco.com ([171.70.151.187]) by xbh-sjc-231.amer.cisco.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Thu, 4 Jan 2007 03:29:33 -0800 Received: from [127.0.0.1] ([171.68.225.134]) by xfe-sjc-212.amer.cisco.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Thu, 4 Jan 2007 03:29:33 -0800 Message-ID: <459CE507.1090804@cisco.com> Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2007 06:29:11 -0500 From: Randall Stewart User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.0.8) Gecko/20061029 FreeBSD/i386 SeaMonkey/1.0.6 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Vlad Galu References: <459C0F84.7090607@cisco.com> <20070103220014.GA22308@heechee.tobez.org> <459CD8D1.5020803@cisco.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 04 Jan 2007 11:29:33.0282 (UTC) FILETIME=[9B531420:01C72FF3] DKIM-Signature: v=0.5; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; l=2713; t=1167910179; x=1168774179; c=relaxed/simple; s=sjdkim4002; h=Content-Type:From:Subject:Content-Transfer-Encoding:MIME-Version; d=cisco.com; i=rrs@cisco.com; z=From:=20Randall=20Stewart=20 |Subject:=20Re=3A=20strange=20crash |Sender:=20; bh=Kzac8FsKG8oYG9xCpj0HbXG72f7Hbz72rei+cGzsDKI=; b=XX6yiMJw1uPjyypJcZMKPFrk2NiTmxmUAkuFRzchOvsDR2yxREePDSS4EWOFFR4MJnJ/Y4j9 N7RTtty0hamFrRXkZFbuA+jaMrBh1pH7kz1qI//+KbRapzWKJ6CEaH3C; Authentication-Results: sj-dkim-4; header.From=rrs@cisco.com; dkim=pass (sig from cisco.com/sjdkim4002 verified; ); Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: strange crash X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 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: Thu, 04 Jan 2007 11:29:39 -0000 Vlad Galu wrote: > On 1/4/07, Randall Stewart wrote: >> Anton Berezin wrote: >> > On Wed, Jan 03, 2007 at 03:18:12PM -0500, Randall Stewart wrote: >> > >> >> My "vacation" project was to reload the 80Gig disk that >> >> came with my Thinkpad T43 with the latest version of >> >> current... >> > >> > ... >> > >> >> I just decided to rebuild and reload my latest kernel changes I am >> >> working on for SCTP.. and for the first time I did the logout button. >> >> >> >> Bam.. black-screen.. and reboot. >> > >> > I have the same experience with my T-43, but only when there is a >> > /etc/X11/xorg.conf present. If I just start X without configuration, >> > everything's fine and dandy. With configuration, ANY configuration >> (I had >> > to build some to work with external monitor, with presentation >> projector, >> > that sort of thing), I get exactly the symptoms you describe. >> > >> > It's been like that since I got the machine in the beginning of August. >> > It's been running moderately recent -current (never older than a >> month or >> > so). I did not got around reporting this. >> > >> > So, just for the sake of it: move /etc/X11/xorg.conf out of the way, >> sync >> > and wait, do your reboot magic, then see whether it works. >> > >> > \Anton. >> Hmm.. >> >> Do you mean /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xorg.conf >> >> I don't have anything in the /etc/X11 directory... >> >> And I thought that is where X11 got its know-how on how >> to initialize.... >> >> I will try moving the one I have out of the way.. in fact >> thinking about it.. I did not regenerate this (with the >> config program) but copied it from my old disk.. but of >> course even if its bad it should not crash the kernel. > > FWIW, I experience the same symptoms on a Radeon Mobility X300. > They go away when I disable DRI. I think that by not using a > /etc/X11/xorg.conf, X switches to either vesa(4) or ati(4) drivers > instead of using radeon(4). > >> R >> >> >> -- >> Randall Stewart >> NSSTG - Cisco Systems Inc. >> 803-345-0369 803-317-4952 (cell) >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> > > Ok.. I now have a work around :-) with a bit of playing.. I find that if you go into the xorg.conf file and comment out the line: Section "Module" # Load "dri" <---- Then everything is fine.. no more crashes :-) R -- Randall Stewart NSSTG - Cisco Systems Inc. 803-345-0369 803-317-4952 (cell)