Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2012 07:18:17 -0600 From: Reed Loefgren <rloefgren@forethought.net> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 8.3 and 9.0 freeze with firefox Message-ID: <4F8ACA99.1020500@forethought.net> In-Reply-To: <op.wcsvbsg08527sy@pinky> References: <20120330022806.GA30761@shell.eskimo.com> <op.wcsvbsg08527sy@pinky>
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On 04/15/12 03:29, Ronald Klop wrote: > On Fri, 30 Mar 2012 04:28:06 +0200, Joseph Olatt <joji@eskimo.com> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Starting with 8.3, I've been experiencing FreeBSD freezing up completely >> after using firefox for a while. Thinking the problem would go away if I >> upgraded to 9.0, I did that and I am still experiencing the same >> freezing up. The mouse pointer freezes, the keyboard freezes (caps lock >> light will not come on; Ctrl-Alt-F[1-10] does not work etc.). The only >> way to get the system back is by pressing and holding down the power >> button. >> >> The problem seems similar to: kern/163145 >> >> >> There is nothing in /var/log/messages to indicate a problem. Output of >> pciconf -lv and uname -a are at: >> >> http://www.eskimo.com/~joji/wisdom/ >> >> Anybody else experiencing similar freeze ups with 8.3 or 9.0 while using >> firefox? > > Since Firefox uses all kinds of GPU stuff nowadays. Is it possible it > locks up your graphics card? > I suggest trying to turn of GPU hardware acceleration in Firefox. > > Ronald. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Ronald and Joseph, I've been seeing this too on an AMD Phenom II X3 720 running Stable from 2012-03-23. A Prescott Dell, 9 Stable, I use at work does it too. The freezes last some number of second, longer if Youtube types of video is involved. Annoying. I'll try the graphics tip. Thanks, rhelp
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