From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 15 21:53:10 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0294C10656C4 for ; Sun, 15 Jun 2008 21:53:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Received: from betty.computinginnovations.com (mail.computinginnovations.com [64.81.227.250]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A084D8FC32 for ; Sun, 15 Jun 2008 21:53:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Received: from p28.computinginnovations.com (dhcp-10-20-30-100.computinginnovations.com [10.20.30.100]) (authenticated bits=0) by betty.computinginnovations.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m5FLqbIp088642; Sun, 15 Jun 2008 16:52:37 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Message-Id: <6.0.0.22.2.20080615165112.0257a8d0@mail.computinginnovations.com> X-Sender: derek@mail.computinginnovations.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.0.0.22 Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2008 16:52:31 -0500 To: "O. Hartmann" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Derek Ragona In-Reply-To: <48553949.2060403@zedat.fu-berlin.de> References: <48553949.2060403@zedat.fu-berlin.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.93/6806/Wed Apr 16 15:50:16 2008 on betty.computinginnovations.com X-Virus-Status: Clean X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-MailScanner-ID: m5FLqbIp088642 X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner-From: derek@computinginnovations.com X-Spam-Status: No Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Re: FreeBSD and Xorg: session ending ends up in locked up Xorg server X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2008 21:53:10 -0000 At 10:46 AM 6/15/2008, O. Hartmann wrote: >Hello, > >I have a strange problem on one of my FreeBSD 7.0-STABLE boxes. > >The machine is a FreeBSD 7.0-STABLE/AMD64 box, most recently built-world. >Whenever I logout from a local X11 session (using Xorg, most recent, and >Windowmaker, also most recent, all X stuff recently rebuilt), Xorg eats up >100% CPU time and I never get back to the login box offered by xdm (xdm is >driven by /etc/ttys as recommended). Instead I see a weird unresponsive >screen with blinking, weird coloured block-graphics and letters, in most >cases the same pattern, but this changes. Logging in from another box and >killing Xorg gives back the expected login box from xdm. > >I have no glue what's going on here. My graphics board is a nVidia driven >GF8600GTS and it worked well a couple of weeks ago. I rebuild the whole X >stuff incl. all the dependencies because I thought it could have something >to do with miscompiled or outdated ports - but thta isn't obviously the fact. > >Does anyone see this on his box also? > >Regards, >Oliver There have been reports of 100% CPU with some graphics drivers, specifically nvidia's with Xorg. I would check that you have the correct and latest driver for your specific video chip. -Derek -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.