From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 16 19:24:36 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 139D3106564A for ; Thu, 16 Sep 2010 19:24:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd@opal.com) Received: from mho-02-ewr.mailhop.org (mho-02-ewr.mailhop.org [204.13.248.72]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3CE18FC17 for ; Thu, 16 Sep 2010 19:24:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pool-151-203-240-132.bos.east.verizon.net ([151.203.240.132] helo=homobox.opal.com) by mho-02-ewr.mailhop.org with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1OwJQN-0008Z3-BJ; Thu, 16 Sep 2010 18:43:11 +0000 Received: from opal.com (localhost [IPv6:::1]) (authenticated bits=0) by homobox.opal.com (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o8GIh8Rk074291 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 16 Sep 2010 14:43:08 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from fbsd@opal.com) Received: from linwhf.opal.com ([2001:5c0:1100:f101:e2cb:4eff:fe5b:27b6] helo=linwhf.opal.com) with IPv6:587 by opal.com; 16 Sep 2010 14:43:08 -0400 X-Mail-Handler: MailHop Outbound by DynDNS X-Originating-IP: 151.203.240.132 X-Report-Abuse-To: abuse@dyndns.com (see http://www.dyndns.com/services/mailhop/outbound_abuse.html for abuse reporting information) X-MHO-User: U2FsdGVkX1/x1WtKiDe0vGtS0lGXROuJ Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 14:43:07 -0400 From: "J.R. Oldroyd" To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20100916144307.214e3685@linwhf.opal.com> In-Reply-To: <20100916181501.N20886@rumrunner.mine.nu> References: <201009132016.o8DKGmw5053180@lurza.secnetix.de> <20100913234355.I96626@rumrunner.mine.nu> <20100914231728.D5192@rumrunner.mine.nu> <20100915214234.I13301@rumrunner.mine.nu> <20100916181501.N20886@rumrunner.mine.nu> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.6 (GTK+ 2.20.1; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: eivinde@terraplane.org Subject: Re: Freebsd 8.1 + xorg + radeonhd hang X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 19:24:36 -0000 On Thu, 16 Sep 2010 18:20:35 +0200 (CEST), Eivind E wrote: > > I'll try another card (not radeon) this evening, and if that works, > I won't bother with the radeon anymore. This is my primary working > machine and I need to be able to use it again. I do however > wish to thank everybody for their hints and suggestions. > > I've had a similar (but not the same problem). My card is an RS880 [Radeon HD 4200] on an Asus M4A785-M motherboard. Problem here was that with either the radeonhd or the ati driver and the radeon.ko module loaded, performance was very slow indeed. One could see the windows being repainted, and xterm scroll was like a 1970's 1200 baud terminal! I found that renaming the radeon.ko module so that it would not be found when X.org goes to auto-load it, then unloading it and restarting X gave me normal performance. However, that came without the benefit of xvideo support. Finally I tried the radeonhd driver from the experimental port in x11-drivers/xf86-video-radeonhd-devel. This works perfectly for me: good performance AND xvideo support. Maybe this will help you too... -jr