Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:09:04 -0600 From: Robert Noland <rnoland@FreeBSD.org> To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Fran=E7ois?= Leclerc <fleclerc@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Xorg crashes and reboots my computer Message-ID: <1264468144.2869.26.camel@balrog.2hip.net> In-Reply-To: <363673bf1001251655q64accc9oa612c3fa5a87d17c@mail.gmail.com> References: <363673bf0912301143x72aa6177g898648a7de5384e@mail.gmail.com> <1262204181.2314.189.camel@balrog.2hip.net> <363673bf1001251655q64accc9oa612c3fa5a87d17c@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, 2010-01-25 at 19:55 -0500, François Leclerc wrote: > Hi, > > I have new information. I said in an earlier message that when I > disabled dri and dri2, things worked well - when issuing a xinit > command. It does, only when I get back in console mode, there is an > error (which occured when xinit was called): > > (EE) RADEON(0): [dri] RADEONDRIGetVersion failed (libdri too old) > > I had removed X, deleted my ports tree, rebuilt it using portsnap and > then re-installed X. What needs to be updated now if my library is > "too old"? I would need to see the full log at least to have a clue... It is most likely referring to either libdrm or the actual kernel... robert. > Thanks. > > > 2009/12/30 Robert Noland <rnoland@freebsd.org> > On Wed, 2009-12-30 at 14:43 -0500, François Leclerc wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I saw that someone already posted something similar. I have > the same > > problem. > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-x11/2009-December/009124.html > > > > My system is: Intel Q6600 on a ASUS Maximus X38 board with a > Radeon HD 3870. > > > > I have FreeBSD - 8.0 - STABLE - AMD64 installed. > > > > It doesn't matter which driver I use (radeon or radeonhd), > my machine > > freezes or reboots when switching to graphical mode. Note > that my xorg.conf > > file is ok as per "Xorg -config xorg.conf -retro": I get the > grey screen and > > my mouse cursor is working correctly. Things get bad when I > "xinit" or > > "startx". If I disable "dri" and "dri2" > in /etc/X11/xorg.conf things work > > flawlessly. > > > > I read the list and someone else mentionned a new version of > Xorg (7.6.1 I > > think) is due soon. Will it fix issues like the one we are > having? When will > > it be released? > > > The "7.6.1" that is referred to is Mesa, not Xorg. (libGL and > dri, > among other bits) That is needed for 3d. I'll need a bit > more info > before I can try to diagnose the issue though. Let's start > with a > "pciconf -lvb". I may already have a patch to fix this, but > the > reported issue is generally screen corruption, not panics. > > robert. > > > Like the other poster, I can work with VESA in the meantime, > but I would > > prefer this issue fixed! > > > > Cheers! > > > > François > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-x11@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-x11 > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-x11-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- > Robert Noland <rnoland@FreeBSD.org> > FreeBSD > > -- Robert Noland <rnoland@FreeBSD.org> FreeBSD
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