Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 06:30:34 -0400 From: Sean Davis <dive-d@endersgame.net> To: jason henson <jason@ec.rr.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD/i386 lockups with Xorg & Radeon cards Message-ID: <20050511103034.GC28269@endersgame.net> In-Reply-To: <428179C3.3090900@ec.rr.com> References: <20050511003146.GA28025@endersgame.net> <428179C3.3090900@ec.rr.com>
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On Tue, May 10, 2005 at 11:19:31PM -0400, jason henson wrote: > Sean Davis wrote: > > >Hello, first let me enumerate the hardware I've seen this happen on: > > > >1) Athlon XP 2700+ > > 1GB DDR333 > > ATI Radeon 9200 AGP8X w/ 128MB > > > >2) Athlon XP 2200+ > > 1GB DDR333 > > ATI Radeon 7000 AGP4X w/ 32MB > > ATI Radeon 7500 PCI w/ 32MB > > > >3) Athlon XP 2200+ > > 1GB DDR333 > > NVidia GeForce4 AGP8X (I think) w/ 32MB > > ATI Radeon 7500 PCI w/ 32MB RAM > > > >On machine #2 (which is also machine #3), I'm trying to do a dual-head > >setup. > >Currently the primary video card is an AGP Geforce4. But that doesn't seem > >to matter. > > > >On all of these setups (9200, 7000, 7500) xorgcfg hardlocks the machine. No > >matter what I do. > > > >Xorg works just fine in Linux on the same hardware. (but no dual-head, > >despite > >config hacking, however that is a discussion for elsewhere) > > > >XFree86 4.5.0 under NetBSD works just fine with every Radeon on this list. > > > >Hence, I'm left to conclude that it's a combination of Xorg and FreeBSD - > >Windows works, NetBSD works, Linux works. I've tried both 5.3-RELEASE and > >5.4-RELEASE, both of them die just as well. > > > >I *REALLY* want to get rid of windows on machine #2/#3, but it's simply not > >an option without a usable dual-headed desktop setup, as that is my work > >machine. However, if I can't even get xorgcfg to run without the machine > >needing a three finger salute, it's simply out of the question. I can't run > >NetBSD or OpenBSD on it, because I need something that I can deploy > >quickly, > >with up-to-date binary packages, something that neither NetBSD nor OpenBSD > >provide. > > > >Does anyone have any insights to this problem? Please respond directly, I > >am > >not subscribed to either freebsd-ia32 or freebsd-questions. > > > >TIA, > >-Sean > >_______________________________________________ > >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > >To unsubscribe, send any mail to > >"freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > > > Do you have an nforce chipset on the motherboard? I do and I have never > had any version of x to work with dri on a radeon. So disable dri if it > is on and try again. No. Both motherboards are VIA chipsets, one is an ASUS and one is an ASRock. (although I've been told that ASRock is a low-budget division of ASUS, dunno whether that's true or not.) > Also are you getting any error messages? You can check /var/run for the > x logs from the last running of x. Nope. Just locks the machine. > Does x lock after the startx command, or randomly later on while you are > using x? It locks as soon as the X server starts. I can start it with X -configure, xorgcfg, or just plain `X', it doesn't matter - as soon as it starts trying to initialize the display, it locks up. -Sean
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