Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2011 22:45:53 -0500 From: jhell <jhell@DataIX.net> To: Dominic Fandrey <kamikaze@bsdforen.de> Cc: David Demelier <demelier.david@gmail.com>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xf86-video-ati 6.14.0 crashes System Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1103012229380.5181@qvfongpu.qngnvk.ybpny> In-Reply-To: <4D6D556A.2000003@bsdforen.de> References: <8abq38-242.ln1@news.hansenet.de> <20110227181950.GA1786@elch.exwg.net> <ikeddr$fih$1@lorvorc.mips.inka.de> <4D6ACAA8.8050504@gmail.com> <4D6D556A.2000003@bsdforen.de>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 1 Mar 2011 15:22, kamikaze@ wrote: > On 27/02/2011 23:05, David Demelier wrote: >> On 27/02/2011 21:50, Christian Weisgerber wrote: >>> Christoph Moench-Tegeder<cmt@burggraben.net> wrote: >>> >>>>> after update tu the new xorg on my FreeBSD8 my system crashes all time >>>>> I start X. >>>> >>>> Same here with >>> >>> Also reported by me for the ATI Radeon RV370 X300 SE and somebody >>> else for a differently branded card with the same chip. >>> >>>> When using the ati/radeon driver, the system crashes too fast to leave >>>> any log (literally, Xorg.0.log was not changed), so I can't provide any >>>> information from there. >>> >>> Yup. >>> >>> As a workaround, install the version 6.13 driver. A separate port >>> has been created for it. >>> >>> # portupgrade -o x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati613 xf86-video-ati >>> >> >> That's sad, yet another panic :(. This time that's me who is lucky. I've >> got a radeon 4330 and it's working absolutely fine. >> > > Just to put this thread into context, the new driver improves the > situation for some people, of course you don't see them complaining > here. In light of this just for testament, it has improved the performance of my Radeon 9700 Pro (R300). > > My machine has 2 ATI cards, one onboard (HD4200) and one in the PCIE > slot (HD5770). The new driver allows me to switch back to the console > when using the HD5770. > Just one card here in the AGP slot of this old mother board. Some tweaking that I had to do in order to get it to behave was switch it to PCI mode, and a few other things listed here: Option "DMAForXv" "off" Option "BusType" "PCI" Option "AccelMethod" "XAA" Option "DynamicPM" "on" Option "Int10" "on" Option "DRI" "off" Option "RenderAccel" "on" Keep in mind though that this is a hacked up machine with a new video card in even older hardware so settings mentioned here will rarely match new machines with equally new hardware. > In conjunction with the Xorg upgrade a reproducible panic with certain > combinations of BIOS and xorg.conf configurations disappeared. > These combinations still don't work, but instead of panicking the > system, the Xorg process can be killed and the xorg.conf can be > changed to a working configuration without a reboot or risk of > data loss. > No panics here because of the driver or new X.org but until the settings above were put into place and after a few thousand redraws of a browser on this system I was left to hit the power button and wait for watchdog to kick in and shut the system down because a frozen non responsive screen. All is well now. Thanks for the upgrades! nice job to all! Regards, - -- jhell -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: THIS SOFTWARE AND/OR CONTENTS IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND Comment: ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE Comment: IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR Comment: PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY Comment: DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL Comment: DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS Comment: OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) Comment: HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, Comment: STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING Comment: IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE Comment: POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJNbb18AAoJEJBXh4mJ2FR+NygH/iYcfiu2NEutcVAQuSlmLQER hZlPMA8upZHT4DI1134UMzFZMPE+rdXH7mlENk7EFTqTr/HF4TV+eftqgqY9m8fk n0vzci64y1zWXKSYF2YetXIwg8nFostiplC2jPnBqdQnflB7+d1QhDbha3gAwDiw O29x62df5H+amgkOX/cxnnE1u/uXporWwOvJVEzFtecY7K+eEufC5vL0IVkaBOcD gcoL/snWULLtpFatdBX35v1L4M5XUtaIkzQRbxpso1bZSAN4Uxn8r2oQqj03HVKb ww9Ug+dJ0i16eye32ha09fqJYkIxw5TZ7fPorUvzSr2lVAfCeMlwiGB6q6mXHLw= =987g -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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