From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 11 10:23:14 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 80E9337B401; Fri, 11 Apr 2003 10:23:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from apollo.laserfence.net (apollo.laserfence.net [196.44.69.138]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE50A43FA3; Fri, 11 Apr 2003 10:23:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from will@unfoldings.net) Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]) by apollo.laserfence.net with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 1942F0-0006ka-00; Fri, 11 Apr 2003 19:23:07 +0200 Received: from prometheus-p0.datel.laserfence.net ([192.168.255.1] helo=prometheus.home.laserfence.net) by apollo.laserfence.net with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 1942Em-0006kM-00; Fri, 11 Apr 2003 19:22:53 +0200 Received: from phoenix.home.laserfence.net ([192.168.0.2]) by prometheus.home.laserfence.net with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 1942Eh-000Cv8-00; Fri, 11 Apr 2003 19:22:47 +0200 Received: from will by phoenix.home.laserfence.net with local (Exim 4.10) id 1942Eg-00017d-00; Fri, 11 Apr 2003 19:22:46 +0200 From: Willie Viljoen To: David Fleck Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 19:22:45 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.1 References: <200304092142.26122.will@unfoldings.net> <20030411092931.G11882@grond.sourballs.org> In-Reply-To: <20030411092931.G11882@grond.sourballs.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200304111922.46284.will@unfoldings.net> Sender: Willie Viljoen X-Spam-Score: (/) X-Scanner: exiscan for exim4 (http://duncanthrax.net/exiscan/) *1942Em-0006kM-00*V1mCB3iM87w* X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS snapshot-20020422 cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: XFree86 4.3.0, mysterious crash X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 17:23:15 -0000 On Friday 11 April 2003 18:34, someone, possibly David Fleck, typed: > On Wed, 9 Apr 2003, Willie Viljoen wrote: > > I've been experiencing mysterious crashes with XFree86 4.3.0 on FreeBSD > > 4.8-STABLE. The problem started occuring as soon as I installed 4.3.0 > > (with a portupgrade, all components have been upgraded) > > > > The system seems to simply hang completely, it responds to nothing but > > a hardware reset. I have tried with both my ATI Radeon 7500 and my SiS > > 6326 AGP, same thing. Other than that, everything works as before. > > > > Anyone out there had a similar problem? > > > > Will > > Yes, pretty much identical ones. When I portupgraded to 4.3.0 the system > would lock up hard whenever I tried to use X. The log file indicated > that the xserver tried to query the video card bios and failed, and this > apparently led to a kernel panic. 4.2.1 works on the system just fine, > so I just reinstalled the 4.2.1 files from packages and haven't bothered > trying to debug it more. Check your XFree86 log files and dmesg logs for > clues. > Video card is a Radeon 7500 also. I can't seem to find anything. I've found that when I disable Xvideo, the SiS6326 "seems to be" stable, I havn't had time to let it run for more than 6 hours though, so it might not be it. The Radeon drivers don't allow Xvideo to be disabled, so I can't say if it's Xv causing this or not. The crashes seem less frequent with the Radeon than with the SiS with Xv enabled though, so I don't think it's the Radeon which is guilty, probably Xv. Will -- Willie Viljoen Freelance IT Consultant 214 Paul Kruger Avenue, Universitas Bloemfontein 9321 South Africa +27 51 522 15 60 +27 51 522 44 36 (after hours) +27 82 404 03 27 (mobile) will@unfoldings.net