From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 6 15:57:07 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B41CF106566B for ; Wed, 6 May 2009 15:57:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from web@umich.edu) Received: from hackers.mr.itd.umich.edu (smtp.mail.umich.edu [141.211.14.81]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5FE8E8FC17 for ; Wed, 6 May 2009 15:57:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from web@umich.edu) Received: FROM dell1 (Unknown [141.211.15.39]) By hackers.mr.itd.umich.edu ID 4A01B351.C067D.26112 ; Authuser web; 6 May 2009 11:57:05 EDT Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 11:56:12 -0400 From: William Bulley To: Jimmie James Message-ID: <20090506155612.GA99732@dell1> Mail-Followup-To: Jimmie James , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-x11@freebsd.org, freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org, freebsd-x11@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Repeatable X lockups X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 06 May 2009 15:57:08 -0000 According to Jimmie James on Sat, 05/02/09 at 15:46: > > When using the xv output driver for vlc or mplayer, X will lockup, crash > instantly, trashing the screen and forcing a reboot > Image of screen corruption: > http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/jimmiejaz/xcrash.jpg > > This just started manifesting in the past week or so. I have experienced the same problem, but I didn't see any suggestions or answers to your posting. Have you had any success yet with this? Have you tried any other output drivers? This is something I plan to try in the next few days. My system is i386 with Intel 915 graphics on the motherboard. Xorg 7.4 runs fine. When I run mplayer from the command line, in an xterm under open-motif, the X Windows session dies and I am tossed back to the vty. When I similarly run vlc from the command line, the screen is locked in an even worse state than your above URL. I am forced to ssh(1) in from another FreeBSD workstation to reboot. Before the reboot, ps(1) reports no processes running xorg or any of its child processes, it seems as if my video hardware has been left in some ugly, locked-up, unusable state. What is interesting to me is that the same flash file that causes vlc and mplayer to crash runs just fine in ffplay(1) (part of ffmpeg port). Yet at least vlc uses ffmpeg, while it doesn't look like mplayer does. This is 7.2-PRERELEASE built on 24 Apr 2009 with the ports of mplayer and vlc built on 2 May 2009 following a csup(1) of complete ports tree on either 24 Apr or 25 Apr - so approximately the same timeframe as you. Regards, web... -- William Bulley Email: web@umich.edu The information contained in this message may be CONFIDENTIAL and is for the intended addressee only. Any unauthorized use, dissemination of the information, or copying of this message is prohibited. If you are not the intended addressee, please notify the sender immediately, and delete this message.