From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 16 14:32:32 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3745106566C; Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:32:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ohartman@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de) Received: from outpost1.zedat.fu-berlin.de (outpost1.zedat.fu-berlin.de [130.133.4.66]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 893CB8FC26; Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:32:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ohartman@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de) Received: from inpost2.zedat.fu-berlin.de ([130.133.4.69]) by outpost1.zedat.fu-berlin.de (Exim 4.69) with esmtp (envelope-from ) id <1LuSdj-0000kM-QE>; Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:32:31 +0200 Received: from e178013016.adsl.alicedsl.de ([85.178.13.16] helo=thor.walstatt.dyndns.org) by inpost2.zedat.fu-berlin.de (Exim 4.69) with esmtpsa (envelope-from ) id <1LuSdj-00027S-NB>; Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:32:31 +0200 Message-ID: <49E74186.906@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de> Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:32:38 +0200 From: "O. Hartmann" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11/20090410) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gary.jennejohn@freenet.de References: <49E4B516.2080901@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de> <20090415160311.2e898844@ernst.jennejohn.org> <49E5EE04.1050208@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <200904152053.56058.vehemens@verizon.net> <49E6E833.3010105@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <49E6F29E.7050004@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <20090416133934.40427f74@ernst.jennejohn.org> In-Reply-To: <20090416133934.40427f74@ernst.jennejohn.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Originating-IP: 85.178.13.16 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:12:18 +0000 Cc: freebsd-x11 , freebsd-current@freebsd.org, "O. Hartmann" Subject: Re: Xorg/X11 driver Radeon: radeon vs. radeonhd, a mess! X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:32:33 -0000 Gary Jennejohn wrote: > On Thu, 16 Apr 2009 08:55:58 +0000 > "O. Hartmann" wrote: > > [very large snip - radeonhd with dri kills Xorg] > >> Please forget about the log file 'Xorg.0.log'. X-server does not write >> properly a suitable log, so the log is always the last successfully >> written log. >> >> > > So it's crashing before it can even write the log. > > >> I tried starting X via 'startx', redirecting the log, but whenever the >> server starts, the box crashes/reboots. >> >> > > No crash dump from the kernel? > > How about starting it in gdb? That might give you a chance to narrow > down where it's crashing, if gdb can stop it before the box crashes. > > --- > Gary Jennejohn > No, no crash dump from kernel. Just before the box dies and reboots, I can see a completely distorted mousepointer / sprite. I saw this before with electrically damaged garphics devices, so I will exchange it with another one of which I know it's working. I'll try starting X within gdb, but I can perform this not today. Regards, Oliver