Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2007 19:02:27 +0100 From: Tino Engel <elrap@web.de> To: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: drm locking up the desktop? Message-ID: <476416B3.7040701@web.de> In-Reply-To: <FCE87F3CA38DB8D52692ECFE@utd59514.utdallas.edu> References: <FCE87F3CA38DB8D52692ECFE@utd59514.utdallas.edu>
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Paul Schmehl schrieb: > I recently upgraded to 6.2 release (i386) on my desktop workstation, > and I'm experiencing occasional lockups that require restarting X to > resolve. I can ssh in to the box and kill the process and force a > restart, but the desktop is completely unusable - both mouse and > keyboard don't function - so I can't restart X with Ctrl-Alt-Bkspc. > When I ssh in, performance is normal and top doesn't show any unusual > memory or CPU usage. PID974 was the pid for X. > > I found these errors in /var/log/messages: > Dec 12 09:36:51 utd59514 kernel: error: [drm:pid974:drm_lock_take] > *ERROR* 1 holds heavyweight lock > Dec 12 09:36:51 utd59514 kernel: error: [drm:pid974:drm_lock_take] > *ERROR* 1 holds heavyweight lock > > Although these showed up on the 12th, the desktop just locked up a few > minutes ago, so they *may* be unrelated. I tried unloading drm > (kldunload drm.ko), but that failed. > > When I grep the Xorg log I see these errors: > root@utd59514# grep EE /var/log/Xorg.0.log > (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. > (II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER > (EE) RADEON(0): Unable to write to DVO Slave 112. > (EE) RADEON(0): Unable to write to DVO Slave 112. > (EE) RADEON(0): Unable to write to DVO Slave 112. > > I don't know if these are related to the problem either. I'm > wondering 1) has anybody else experienced this problem and 2) does > anyone have any suggestions as to where to start looking for the answer? > As far as I remember you can disable drm in your xorg.conf... I do not have it there, so I could not look it up...
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