From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 14 03:22:14 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7EF12106564A for ; Sun, 14 Aug 2011 03:22:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mx02.qsc.de (mx02.qsc.de [213.148.130.14]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F1598FC0A for ; Sun, 14 Aug 2011 03:22:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from r56.edvax.de (port-92-195-15-138.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.15.138]) by mx02.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4D60245E0; Sun, 14 Aug 2011 05:22:12 +0200 (CEST) Received: from r56.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r56.edvax.de (8.14.5/8.14.5) with SMTP id p7E3MB9g019129; Sun, 14 Aug 2011 05:22:12 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 05:22:11 +0200 From: Polytropon To: Frank Shute Message-Id: <20110814052211.02213877.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20110814025520.GA75595@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> References: <20110814032206.49ad7062.freebsd@edvax.de> <20110814025520.GA75595@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 1.0.6 (GTK+ 1.2.10; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: System lockups in X with nVidia GeForce 7600 GS (G73) and Gtk+ X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Polytropon List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 03:22:14 -0000 On Sun, 14 Aug 2011 03:55:20 +0100, Frank Shute wrote: > On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 03:22:06AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: > > Has anyone got the "nouveau" driver working, and if, > > how precisely has he done so? > > Yes. I got it working once by following the package instructions but > on a subsequent system upgrade it stopped working and all my efforts > to get it working again have been unsuccessful. The instructions in the pkg-message seem to be incomplete (in comparison to what I read in the article. > > Is there an explaination of the lockups (always only > > in relation to Gtk+ triggering it)? Does it indicate > > a defective driver or a defective hardware? What do > > you think? > > It doesn't seem to make sense. Have you got something missing/added to > xorg.conf that's causing it? My xorg.conf looks quite like yours. I am not using HAL (compiled X without that). Monitor attached is a 21" CRT. The xorg.conf has been autogenerated and then trimmed. Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Layout0" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" # Option "SingleCard" "true" EndSection Section "ServerFlags" Option "DontVTSwitch" "false" Option "DontZap" "false" Option "DontZoom" "false" # Option "Xinerama" "false" # Option "AIGLX" "true" EndSection Section "Files" ModulePath "/usr/local/lib/xorg/modules" FontPath "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/misc/" FontPath "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/" FontPath "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/OTF" FontPath "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/" FontPath "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/" FontPath "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/" FontPath "/usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/" # FontPath "/usr/local/share/fonts/amspsfont/type1/" # FontPath "/usr/local/share/fonts/cmpsfont/type1/" # FontPath "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/truetype/" EndSection Section "Module" Load "extmod" Load "record" Load "dbe" Load "glx" Load "dri" Load "dri2" Load "freetype" Load "type1" EndSection Section "DRI" Mode 0666 EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "kbd" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "de" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "auto" Option "Device" "/dev/sysmouse" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true" Option "EmulateWheel" "true" Option "EmulateWheelButton" "2" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "Eizo" ModelName "FlexScan F980" HorizSync 30.0 - 137.0 VertRefresh 50.0 - 160.0 Option "DPMS" "false" Option "PreferredMode" "1152x864" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Card0" # Driver "nouveau" Driver "nv" VendorName "nVidia Corporation" BoardName "G73 [GeForce 7600 GS]" BusID "PCI:2:0:0" Screen 0 EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Card0" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 24 Option "Accel" SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 Visual "TrueColor" Modes "1400x1050" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "320x240" EndSubSection EndSection > I don't have any ideas but I wish the nouveau driver port would get > some love and attention. I sould like that too - especially as the "nv" driver seems (at least according to the documentation) no 3D functionality which would be a real waste of money and power. Aligning it a bit more with the ports infrastructure to allow a "quite immediate" use would be nice. > Downloading and applying patches etc. should be automatic shouldn't > it? It seems rather "brittle" too. Installing git to get the other stuff (as described in the article) was a real horror to me. :-) But as I said: The symptom is _SPECIFIC_ (!!!) to the use of Gtk+ based programs. Everything else seems to be normal (except the usual degrading of program quality allover). What I found strange is stat in the gv viewer, th four keys for the page printing selection are "squished", e. g. the usual rectangular shape +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ |#----| | ----| | ----| | ----| | ----| |#----| | ----| | ----| |#----| | ----| |#----| | ----| | ----| |#----| | ----| | ----| +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ is now deformed to less than a quare. +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ |#####| |#####| |#####| |#####| |#####| |#####| |#####| |#####| +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ I don't know if this has something to do with the nVidia problem, or it's just another symptom of programs losing their expected functionality... PS. Looking at your xorg.conf, maybe the reason why I can't do Ctrl+Alt+Backspace anymore is that DontZap belongs to ServerLayout, not to ServerFlags - I'll quickly check that. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...