Date: Sat, 06 Nov 2010 23:06:36 +0000 From: Chris Whitehouse <cwhiteh@onetel.com> To: User Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Thinkpad R51 + xf86-video-intel-2.7.1_3 = lockup Message-ID: <4CD5DF7C.8030500@onetel.com>
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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
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