From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 1 05:36:49 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A8EF16A4D0 for ; Sat, 1 Jan 2005 05:36:49 +0000 (GMT) Received: from postal2.es.net (postal2.es.net [198.128.3.206]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E088C43D45 for ; Sat, 1 Jan 2005 05:36:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from oberman@es.net) Received: from ptavv.es.net ([198.128.4.29]) by postal2.es.net (Postal Node 2) with ESMTP (SSL) id IBA74465; Fri, 31 Dec 2004 21:36:48 -0800 Received: from ptavv (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ptavv.es.net (Tachyon Server) with ESMTP id 3EC1C5D04; Fri, 31 Dec 2004 21:36:48 -0800 (PST) To: James Snow In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 31 Dec 2004 20:43:42 EST." <20050101014342.GA9219@teardrop.org> Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 21:36:48 -0800 From: "Kevin Oberman" Message-Id: <20050101053648.3EC1C5D04@ptavv.es.net> cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Issues with 5.3-p2, Xorg-6.8.1 and ThinkPads? X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 01 Jan 2005 05:36:49 -0000 > Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 20:43:42 -0500 > From: James Snow > Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org > > I'm curious to know if anyone has seen abnormally frequent crashes > running 5.3-p2 with Xorg-6.8.1 on a ThinkPad. My T22 has begun to be > a bit more cantankerous than I'm accustomed to after I portupgraded > to Xorg-6.8.1. xli will reliably lock up the X server when scrolling > images, for example. Just now it locked up solid in the middle of a > portupgrade of Firefox. > > Unfortunately, my laptop took a small tumble off a sofa shortly after > the aforementioned Xorg portupgrade, so it's entirely possible that > this is an issue with my hardware. The laptop isn't visibly damaged and > doesn't report any obvious errors, so I'm hoping - for my wallet's sake > - that it's an issue with the new Xorg. > > Is anyone with a ThinkPad that hasn't just been dropped seeing any > issues? My ThinkPad T30 (which has a Radeon M7) has not had any such problems, although it's running 5-Stable, not 5..3. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634