Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:18:19 +0200 From: Andriy Gapon <avg@icyb.net.ua> To: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X doesn't update until the mouse moves (not HAL related) Message-ID: <4BA2281B.9080904@icyb.net.ua> In-Reply-To: <201003180949.02302.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> References: <201003180949.02302.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
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on 18/03/2010 10:48 Daniel O'Connor said the following: > Hi, > I have a perplexing problem on FreeBSD 7.2 where the X server freezes > unless the mouse is moved, however it isn't HAL related - I have tried > the usual fix (which worked on my laptop and others). I also have tried > rebuilding X without HAL support and it _still_ happens. > > I notice that GL apps don't work properly and I get a message saying > that IRQs don't appear to work and that reminded me of a commit which I > think fixed it, however I am not sure if it has been MFC'd (or if it > would fix the problem). > > The hardware is a Supermicro C2SBA+ which has G33 video onboard: > (II) intel(0): Creating default Display subsection in Screen section > "Builtin Default intel Screen 0" for depth/fbbpp 24/32 > (==) intel(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32 > (==) intel(0): RGB weight 888 > (==) intel(0): Default visual is TrueColor > (II) intel(0): Integrated Graphics Chipset: Intel(R) G33 > (--) intel(0): Chipset: "G33" > (--) intel(0): Linear framebuffer at 0xC0000000 > (--) intel(0): IO registers at addr 0xD2300000 > (==) intel(0): Using EXA for acceleration > (II) intel(0): 2 display pipes available. > > Any help appreciated, thanks! I'd say that in your case it's worth trying upgrading to stable/7 or releng/7.3 (soon to become 7.3 release). You could start by trying only a new kernel(+modules). -- Andriy Gapon
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