Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2011 22:52:43 -0800 (PST) From: "Chris H" <chris#@1command.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ATI Radeon LW RV200 Mobility 7500 M7 locks up on X exit Message-ID: <86ce5acff788efe61ceabdffe9b194fd.HRCIM@webmail.1command.com> In-Reply-To: <20110211191232.GA2073@zod.isi.edu> References: <20110211191232.GA2073@zod.isi.edu>
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On Fri, February 11, 2011 11:12 am, Ted Faber wrote: > For the last couple weeks (maybe more) I've been having an intermittent > problem on my Thinkpad T42 where exiting X causes my screen to lock up and the > system seems to stop doing anything. Lately it's happening about every 3rd > time. > > The usual failure mode is that I select shutdown from the gnome menu and > it logs out with the console showing (text mode), but non responsive. The disk > LED lights intermittently, as can the LAN LED (though sometimes > it comes on solid). Sometimes it sort of shakes itself awake after a minute or > so, but often the shutdown doesn't complete and I have to force a power cycle > and fsck everything. > > I don't get anything useful in /var/log/messages > > > I run a recent -STABLE > $ uname -a > FreeBSD praxis.lunabase.org 8.2-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 8.2-PRERELEASE #62: Sun Feb > 6 18:02:17 PST 2011 root@praxis.lunabase.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 > > > I've attached a verbose boot dmesg and my xorg.conf, and the > /var/log/Xorg.0.log from a login. > > > Any help would be great. I noticed a potential issue in the output of your attached Xorg.conf. But as I don't have an immediate solution for that, I /will/ offer you some advice based on my experiences with recent versions of Xorg(1) on nVidia based cards. All the docs will advise the following two entries in your rc.cconf(5): hald_enable="YES" dbus_enable="YES" However, _unless_ I use the following, I will _always_ run into some sort of problem; hald_enable="NO" dbus_enable="YES" I have no idea what's going on with hald(8), but frankly, it appears nothing. Research on forums related to issues on nVidia & ATI video cards have many threads that ultimately point at issues using hald(8). Bottom line (for me anyway) has been that if I disable hald(8), I have nearly no (video related) issues. This is both on x86 && amd64 systems. HTH --Chris > > > > -- > http://www.lunabase.org/~faber > Unexpected attachment? http://www.lunabase.org/~faber/FAQ.html#SIG > > --
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