Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 08:25:42 UT From: d.wylie@hccnet.nl To: rehsack@liwing.de Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Machine freeze when X starts Message-ID: <200311180825.hAI8PgEH014248@smtp.hccnet.nl>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --_----------=_1069143942741022 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Length: 1678 Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary Content-Type: text/plain > Chris Knight wrote: > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: Jens Rehsack [mailto:rehsack@liwing.de] > >>Sent: Monday, 17 November 2003 00:00 > >>To: current@freebsd.org > >>Subject: Machine freeze when X starts > >> > >> > >>Hi, > >> > >>after I updated my machine yesterday to the -CURRENT > >>src/ and ports/ of yesterday (2003-11-15 10:30 GMT), > >>build kernel and world as described in Kirks HEADSUP > >>mail and rebuild all ports, my machine always crashes > >>when I start X. > >> > >>My problem is, that I cannot determine the reason > >>for the crashes, so I cannot think about a workaround. > >>Any hints are very welcome :-) > > > > I had a similar problem. I "resolved" my problem by killing the gnome > > session processes and the X lockup was fixed. I had replaced metacity > with > > enlightenment, so there might be some weird interaction between the > two. > > Hope this helps. > > Hi Chris, > > sorry, that wont help me out, 'cause the machine is not reacting > to anything I'm doing (except the power and reset button). > > Best regards, > Jens > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current- > unsubscribe@freebsd.org" I've got a freezing compaq presario when using the trident driver. The power button is then the only option. When using the vesa driver, there's no freezing. Must add though that I had this problem with every 5.x, and not 4.8. It seems to be a xfree server thing for this machine. Have you tried the vesa driver? Dylan --_----------=_1069143942741022--
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