Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 07:06:24 +0100 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 9.0 release hang in quiescent X Message-ID: <20120816070624.d876f75e.steve@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <502C7AFB.2020303@dreamchaser.org> References: <502C7AFB.2020303@dreamchaser.org>
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On Wed, 15 Aug 2012 22:45:47 -0600 Gary Aitken <ah@dreamchaser.org> wrote: > I've been struggling trying to ignore something and it refuses to go > away :-(. > > Running 9.0 release on an amd 64 box, standard kernel, 16GB, SSD > (/, /usr, /var, /tmp) + HDDs, visiontek 900331 graphics card (ati radeon > hd5550). > > As long as I am using the system, things seem to be fine. However, when > I leave the system idle for an extended period of time (e.g. overnight, > out for the day, etc.), it often refuses to return from whatever state it > is in. The screen is blank and in standby for power saving, and > <ctl><alt> Fn won't get me a console prompt. The only way I know to > recover is to power off and reboot. Are you running any kind of screensaver ? > Xorg.0.log shows the following errors: > (EE) RADEON(0): Acceleration initialization failed > However, the display works fine and I'm assuming I'm just getting slow > rendering, which is ok in this case. Sometimes the OpenGL screen saver modules crash without proper hardware support. If you're running a screensaver try disabling it and just using display blanking. -- Steve O'Hara-Smith | Directable Mirror Arrays C:>WIN | A better way to focus the sun The computer obeys and wins. | licences available see You lose and Bill collects. | http://www.sohara.org/
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