Date: Thu, 02 Apr 2009 12:08:06 -0500 From: Robert Noland <rnoland@FreeBSD.org> To: "N.J. Mann" <njm@njm.me.uk> Cc: freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Xorg 7.4 crashes on exit Message-ID: <1238692086.20670.38.camel@balrog.2hip.net> In-Reply-To: <20090402164255.GA85610@titania.njm.me.uk> References: <20090330201109.9CE521CC09@ptavv.es.net> <1238445388.8491.358.camel@balrog.2hip.net> <20090331151657.GA898@titania.njm.me.uk> <1238517533.8491.371.camel@balrog.2hip.net> <20090401154208.GA873@titania.njm.me.uk> <1238654585.1791.15.camel@balrog.2hip.net> <20090402164255.GA85610@titania.njm.me.uk>
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--=-ypRUvtYqAWkTGOZcnmR4 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 2009-04-02 at 17:42 +0100, N.J. Mann wrote: > In message <1238654585.1791.15.camel@balrog.2hip.net>, > Robert Noland (rnoland@FreeBSD.org) wrote: > > On Wed, 2009-04-01 at 16:42 +0100, N.J. Mann wrote: > > > In message <1238517533.8491.371.camel@balrog.2hip.net>, > > > Robert Noland (rnoland@FreeBSD.org) wrote: > [snip] > > > > Yes, I'm not seeing any change here either. So, I don't think that= we > > > > have a locking or ordering issue. Are the effects on shutdown a > > > > problem? > > >=20 > > > Yes, but not excessively so. Once I exit X the only thing I am able = to > > > do is reboot by pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL. Nothing else appears to work. > > > However, I tend to stay in X all the time on this machine and only ex= it > > > if there is a problem. So, diagnosing problems is a real PITA at the > > > moment. :-) > >=20 > > Ok, that isn't good, but... > >=20 > > > > I think it may have more to do with the fact that we have > > > > released memory before we have switched display modes on shutdown. = I > > > > can reproduce the strange color effects on this i915, but haven't h= it a > > > > case where it created any sort of problem. > > >=20 > > > Is there a way of logging the shutdown sequence of X to a file? So f= ar > > > the only error/diagnostic message I get is: > > >=20 > > > Fatal server error: > > > Caught signal 11. Server aborting > >=20 > > Ok, if the X server is dumping core... That is a start. If you are > > using gdm the core will be in /var/gdm. I'm not sure where it might be > > otherwise. >=20 > I use startx. I do not seem to get any core files - I would have > mentioned it earlier if I did. If you think it will help I will look > into using gdm, which I do not currently have installed, or anything > else you think may help. Ok, so I have a patch that makes Intel mostly not suck now. I haven't really addressed the restart issue, but If your issue is occurring with a clean STABLE, then it almost has to be vblank/irq related and that is what I've been trying to fix. Setting Option "NoTrapSignals" "on" in your xorg.conf should cause it to drop core, which may provide some confirmation of what is going on. robert. >=20 > Cheers, > Nick. --=20 Robert Noland <rnoland@FreeBSD.org> FreeBSD --=-ypRUvtYqAWkTGOZcnmR4 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (FreeBSD) iEYEABECAAYFAknU8PYACgkQM4TrQ4qfROPeogCePtvdtzSwTI3wwUNtxeckDC+M py0AnRD5ZTRNlWq+3v+K/vWLFoYW2os9 =1JUZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-ypRUvtYqAWkTGOZcnmR4--
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