From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 7 00:24:09 2010 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 511E51065696 for ; Sun, 7 Nov 2010 00:24:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cwhiteh@onetel.com) Received: from honeysuckle.london.02.net (honeysuckle.london.02.net [87.194.255.144]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D95098FC0A for ; Sun, 7 Nov 2010 00:24:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from muji2.config (93.97.24.219) by honeysuckle.london.02.net (8.5.124.10) id 4CCAF0EE00394A7A for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 7 Nov 2010 00:24:07 +0000 Message-ID: <4CD5F167.4040700@onetel.com> Date: Sun, 07 Nov 2010 00:23:03 +0000 From: Chris Whitehouse User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.9.2.9) Gecko/20100924 Thunderbird/3.1.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: User Questions References: <4CD5DF7C.8030500@onetel.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Thinkpad R51 + xf86-video-intel-2.7.1_3 = lockup 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: Sun, 07 Nov 2010 00:24:09 -0000 On 11/06/10 23:12, Chris Brennan wrote: > On Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 7:06 PM, Chris Whitehouse wrote: > >> Hello >> >> I aquired an R51 model 2887 recently. It has the latest BIOS and the video >> chipset is 855GM. I am getting the same problem as mentioned here >> < >> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=991679+1008170+/usr/local/www/db/text/2010/freebsd-questions/20100829.freebsd-questions >>> >> >> and here >> >> < >> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=453703+0+/usr/local/www/db/text/2010/freebsd-questions/20100829.freebsd-questions >>> >> >> Loading X (with/without -retro) causes the machine to lock up with a black >> screen. I have to press and hold the power button to turn the machine off >> and Xorg.0.log is empty on reboot. >> >> This occurs with xorg-7.5 and xf86-video-intel-2.7.1_3. With xorg_7.4_3 and >> xf86-video-intel-2.7.1_1 it works. >> >> Replacing the intel driver with vesa also works. >> >> Other things I have tried are: >> >> replace xf86-video-intel-2.7.1_3 in the xorg-7.5 setup with >> xf86-video-intel-2.7.1_1 from a package compiled with xorg_7.4_3 - works but >> lots of warnings of version mismatches when installing. >> >> compile xf86-video-intel-2.7.1_1 with xorg-7.5 - failed to compile. >> >> add Option "AccelMethod" "EXA" to xorg.conf (because >> xf86-video-intel-2.7.1_1 failed to compile with errors about uxa) - no >> effect. >> >> remove a second instance of screen, device etc in xorg.conf which gets set >> up by X -configure - no effect. >> >> One thing I haven't done is add Option "UseSIGIO" and Option >> "NoTrapSignals" to xorg.conf as they both have warnings which I didn't feel >> competent to deal with. >> >> I haven't included xorg.conf and dmesg as they are both virtually identical >> to the ones in the links above, but of course I can if required. >> >> OS is 8.1-R >> >> Any suggestions welcome. >> >> thanks >> >> Chris >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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" >> > > > Installed from packages or Ports? Are you mixing the two? (I would hope All installed from packages. The packages are from two different builds in a tinderbox with two different sets of ports. Chris