From owner-freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 18 20:08:31 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A632016A4CE for ; Sun, 18 Jul 2004 20:08:31 +0000 (GMT) Received: from lakermmtao12.cox.net (lakermmtao12.cox.net [68.230.240.27]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3771B43D48 for ; Sun, 18 Jul 2004 20:08:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from conrads@cox.net) Received: from dolphin.local.net ([68.11.71.51]) by lakermmtao12.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.03.02 201-2131-111-104-20040324) with ESMTP id <20040718200828.VCDA25657.lakermmtao12.cox.net@dolphin.local.net> for ; Sun, 18 Jul 2004 16:08:28 -0400 Received: from dolphin.local.net (localhost.local.net [127.0.0.1]) by dolphin.local.net (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i6IK8STN000931 for ; Sun, 18 Jul 2004 15:08:28 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from conrads@dolphin.local.net) Received: (from conrads@localhost) by dolphin.local.net (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id i6IK8SH2000930 for freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org; Sun, 18 Jul 2004 15:08:28 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from conrads) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.5.5 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2004 15:08:28 -0500 (CDT) Organization: A Rag-Tag Band of Drug-Crazed Hippies From: "Conrad J. Sabatier" To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: It appears I was mistaken (re: lockups) X-BeenThere: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: conrads@cox.net List-Id: GNOME for FreeBSD -- porting and maintaining List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2004 20:08:31 -0000 If another list would be more appropriate for this topic, please feel free to redirect. I had posted several weeks ago about constant hard lockups of my amd64 box. At first, I attributed the problem to GNOME, then to my kernel config, but now it appears to me that the problem really lies with Mozilla/Firefox. I'm currently using the xfce4 desktop, and have experimented with other setups, including plain vanilla twm, vtwm, sawfish, ... Xorg is the base for all. In all scenarios, Mozilla and Firefox invariably lock up the machine. Dead, cold, hard. Powering off the machine is the only way out. I've rebuilt libraries, all port dependencies, as well as Mozilla and Firefox themselves, so many times I've lost count now, but invariably with the same results. Each browser will run OK for a few minutes, then the whole machine goes south. Is anyone else experiencing anything like this? On the amd64 platform or any other? Any solution? I'm currently avoiding using either browser like the plague, resorting to Konqueror mainly for the time being. But I would, of course, like to find a resolution to this problem. Debugging is practically impossible, as no information is left behind anywhere after this happens. I'm totally at a loss as to how to proceed. -- Conrad J. Sabatier -- "In Unix veritas"