From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 15 19:12:19 2012 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 F3E75106566B for ; Sun, 15 Apr 2012 19:12:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rloefgren@forethought.net) Received: from mzpi3.forethought.net (mzpi3.forethought.net [216.241.36.12]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C74DA8FC14 for ; Sun, 15 Apr 2012 19:12:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from 216-241-45-95.static.forethought.net ([216.241.45.95] helo=auden.jmla.com) by mz1.forethought.net with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-MD5:128) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SJPLO-0002YQ-AX for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Sun, 15 Apr 2012 07:18:18 -0600 Message-ID: <4F8ACA99.1020500@forethought.net> Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2012 07:18:17 -0600 From: Reed Loefgren User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:10.0.3) Gecko/20120325 Thunderbird/10.0.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org References: <20120330022806.GA30761@shell.eskimo.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: FreeBSD 8.3 and 9.0 freeze with firefox 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: Sun, 15 Apr 2012 19:12:19 -0000 On 04/15/12 03:29, Ronald Klop wrote: > On Fri, 30 Mar 2012 04:28:06 +0200, Joseph Olatt wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Starting with 8.3, I've been experiencing FreeBSD freezing up completely >> after using firefox for a while. Thinking the problem would go away if I >> upgraded to 9.0, I did that and I am still experiencing the same >> freezing up. The mouse pointer freezes, the keyboard freezes (caps lock >> light will not come on; Ctrl-Alt-F[1-10] does not work etc.). The only >> way to get the system back is by pressing and holding down the power >> button. >> >> The problem seems similar to: kern/163145 >> >> >> There is nothing in /var/log/messages to indicate a problem. Output of >> pciconf -lv and uname -a are at: >> >> http://www.eskimo.com/~joji/wisdom/ >> >> Anybody else experiencing similar freeze ups with 8.3 or 9.0 while using >> firefox? > > Since Firefox uses all kinds of GPU stuff nowadays. Is it possible it > locks up your graphics card? > I suggest trying to turn of GPU hardware acceleration in Firefox. > > Ronald. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Ronald and Joseph, I've been seeing this too on an AMD Phenom II X3 720 running Stable from 2012-03-23. A Prescott Dell, 9 Stable, I use at work does it too. The freezes last some number of second, longer if Youtube types of video is involved. Annoying. I'll try the graphics tip. Thanks, r