From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 15 14:35:08 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 16751B12 for ; Wed, 15 Oct 2014 14:35:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "wonkity.com", Issuer "wonkity.com" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B9580F07 for ; Wed, 15 Oct 2014 14:35:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id s9FEYxHg060444 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 15 Oct 2014 08:34:59 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.9/8.14.9/Submit) with ESMTP id s9FEYwJ0060441; Wed, 15 Oct 2014 08:34:59 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 08:34:58 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: William Bulley Subject: Re: exiting Xorg locks up 9.2-STABLE system In-Reply-To: <20141015114721.GE3110@itcom245.staff.itd.umich.edu> Message-ID: References: <20141015114721.GE3110@itcom245.staff.itd.umich.edu> User-Agent: Alpine 2.11 (BSF 23 2013-08-11) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.4.3 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Wed, 15 Oct 2014 08:34:59 -0600 (MDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 14:35:08 -0000 On Wed, 15 Oct 2014, William Bulley wrote: > I recently upgraded to 9.2-STABLE and rebuilt _ALL_ my ports from scratch. > > One was x11/xorg (xorg-7.7_1) and this is on a Dell Optiplex 960 with an > ATI Technologies RV730XT [Radeon HD 4670] video card installed. When I > start an Xorg session, it comes up and runs fine, but when I exit Xorg > the system locks up. No mouse response. No keyboard response. No vty > is available (Alt-F2, etc.) > > I run x11-toolkits/open-motif (open-motif-2.3.4_1) and the last line in > my .xinitrc file is as follows: > > /usr/local/bin/mwm 2>&1 /dev/null > > When I exit mwm (f.quit_mwm), the Xorg session should die as well. > I have been using open-motif (this very version) for _years_ in this > same fashion so I don't think this behaviour is due to open-motif. > > A friend who runs FreeBSD on his laptop (IBM Thinkpad T500) has built > the same x11/xorg (xorg-7.7_1) from source and is experiencing the > exact same behaviour. He runs fvwm not open-motif, and, of course, > his hardware is completely different from my Dell desktop. > > This makes me suspect Xorg. Can anyone give me a clue as to where to > look, or what to look for, that may be causing this problem? Thanks! Does it really lock up, or is it just that text console does not display anything? Test by typing startx again. If that works, use vt(4): https://wiki.freebsd.org/Newcons That might require updating to 9.3 and the newer version of xorg.