Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2012 11:29:42 +0200 From: "Ronald Klop" <ronald-freebsd8@klop.yi.org> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 8.3 and 9.0 freeze with firefox Message-ID: <op.wcsvbsg08527sy@pinky> In-Reply-To: <20120330022806.GA30761@shell.eskimo.com> References: <20120330022806.GA30761@shell.eskimo.com>
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On Fri, 30 Mar 2012 04:28:06 +0200, Joseph Olatt <joji@eskimo.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Starting with 8.3, I've been experiencing FreeBSD freezing up completely > after using firefox for a while. Thinking the problem would go away if I > upgraded to 9.0, I did that and I am still experiencing the same > freezing up. The mouse pointer freezes, the keyboard freezes (caps lock > light will not come on; Ctrl-Alt-F[1-10] does not work etc.). The only > way to get the system back is by pressing and holding down the power > button. > > The problem seems similar to: kern/163145 > > > There is nothing in /var/log/messages to indicate a problem. Output of > pciconf -lv and uname -a are at: > > http://www.eskimo.com/~joji/wisdom/ > > Anybody else experiencing similar freeze ups with 8.3 or 9.0 while using > firefox? Since Firefox uses all kinds of GPU stuff nowadays. Is it possible it locks up your graphics card? I suggest trying to turn of GPU hardware acceleration in Firefox. Ronald.
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