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Date:      Tue, 14 Sep 2010 15:14:04 -0600 (MDT)
From:      Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To:        Eivind E <eivinde@terraplane.org>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de>
Subject:   Re: Freebsd 8.1 + xorg + radeonhd hang
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.1009141512120.54615@wonkity.com>
In-Reply-To: <20100913234355.I96626@rumrunner.mine.nu>
References:  <201009132016.o8DKGmw5053180@lurza.secnetix.de> <20100913234355.I96626@rumrunner.mine.nu>

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On Mon, 13 Sep 2010, Eivind E wrote:

> On Mon, 13 Sep 2010, Oliver Fromme wrote:
>
>> > The machine is now running FreeBSD 8.1, but after rebuilding all
>> > packages via ports, the problem with the radeonhd driver is back,
>> > showing exactly the same behaviour as before.
>> 
>> Did you try the normal radeon driver (not radeonhd)?
>> It supports the RV515 chip used by the X1550, too.
>
> Yeah, still hangs hard. Trying the normal radeon driver together
> with Option "DRI" "False" as suggested to me in another mail
> did let X start up once, but set the screen to much darker
> colours (which also continued when exiting). Starting X
> another time again made the machine hang again.

Could you post pointers to your xorg.conf and Xorg.0.log?  I wouldn't 
think the X1550 is very different from my X1650, which is AFAICT 
problem-free.




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