From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 20 07:54:13 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11FF116A407 for ; Wed, 20 Sep 2006 07:54:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from markus.hoenicka@mhoenicka.de) Received: from webmailv3.ispgateway.de (webmailv3.ispgateway.de [80.67.16.113]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F02543E5B for ; Wed, 20 Sep 2006 07:53:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from markus.hoenicka@mhoenicka.de) Received: from localhost (webmailv3.ispgateway.de [127.0.0.1]) by webmailv3.ispgateway.de (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k8K7rch5013535 for ; Wed, 20 Sep 2006 09:53:39 +0200 Received: from pc51997.klinik.uni-regensburg.de (pc51997.klinik.uni-regensburg.de [132.199.174.149]) by domainfactory-webmail.de (IMP) with HTTP for <472582@localhost>; Wed, 20 Sep 2006 09:53:38 +0200 Message-ID: <1158738818.4510f3827f318@www.domainfactory-webmail.de> Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 09:53:38 +0200 From: Markus Hoenicka To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) 3.2.8 X-Originating-IP: 132.199.174.149 Subject: Xorg (i810) freezes randomly when using hardware accel X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 07:54:13 -0000 Hi, I'm running FreeBSD 6.1 on a MSI260 subnotebook. It's a Centrino thing using the 915GM chipset. Xorg is running (mostly) alright using the current 6.9.0 ports. However, I suffer from random freezes when running programs that apparently try to use hardware acceleration. I see this e.g. when watching movie clips with Xine. This is not a problem with the clips themselves. They run ok a couple of times, then they randomly freeze X. This happens only if I use the i810 driver. I can run X just as well with the Vesa driver (without hardware acceleration). The frame rates are lower, but X is rock solid. It also never freezes if I use only applications that do not use hardware acceleration. The real bad thing is that after the i810 driver freezes X, I can't access the console anymore. Pressing Ctrl+Alt+backspace sometimes alters the frozen display to a modern-art style random pattern, but the box does not react to further keypresses, and the display never leaves graphics mode. FreeBSD is still running happily underneath as I can log in from a remote box without a hitch. The process list shows that all X-related stuff is gone, except a font server. My two questions: 1) is there anything I can do to prevent the crashes in the first place? 2) if it has to crash anyway, is there a magic incantation (even if I have to log in remotely) to activate the console again? Having to reboot makes me feel like running Windows. regards, Markus -- Markus Hoenicka markus.hoenicka@cats.de (Spam-protected email: replace the quadrupeds with "mhoenicka") http://www.mhoenicka.de