From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 10 13:48:52 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 65BD2106567E for ; Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:48:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsam@ipt.ru) Received: from services.ipt.ru (services.ipt.ru [194.62.233.110]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 196A48FC20 for ; Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:48:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsam@ipt.ru) Received: from bb.ipt.ru ([194.62.233.89]) by services.ipt.ru with esmtp (Exim 4.54 (FreeBSD)) id 1KdQ3v-000FiC-3I for freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org; Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:48:51 +0400 To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org References: <20080910122127.GA70086@lpthe.jussieu.fr> From: Boris Samorodov Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:48:41 +0400 In-Reply-To: <20080910122127.GA70086@lpthe.jussieu.fr> (Michel Talon's message of "Wed\, 10 Sep 2008 14\:21\:27 +0200") Message-ID: <58327942@bb.ipt.ru> User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.3 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Subject: Re: radeon and FreeBSD freeze X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:48:52 -0000 Michel Talon writes: > Boris Samorodov wrote: >> The most convenient way to freeze the OS is to finish gnome session. >> When gdm is reloading the whole mashine freezes at gnome greeter. >> The mouse cursor freezes while being a clock-buzzer. Ctrl-alt-del >> doesn't help, only reset does. >> >> > Does disabling DRI in xorg.conf fixes the problem ? >> >> Didn't try, but may do if it may help. > > This is a well known problem, with radeon cards on machines with Via > chipsets. The freeze occurs under FreeBSD, Linux and even Windows, > most easily with DRI but sometimes without DRI. The only solution i have > found is to exchange the video card on the machine with a Via chipset to > an nVidia card, and put the Radeon on a machine with an Intel chipset. > Now i have zero problem, including with DRI. The radeon card now drives > a beautiful 1920x1200 screen without any problem, and gives a very good > display quality. I have an ASUS P5K motherboard with Intel P35/ICH9 chipset together with the radeon card. WBR -- Boris Samorodov (bsam) Research Engineer, http://www.ipt.ru Telephone & Internet SP FreeBSD committer, http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve