From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 16 06:21:27 2012 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 3A27B106564A for ; Thu, 16 Aug 2012 06:21:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from steve@sohara.org) Received: from uk1rly2283.eechost.net (relay01a.mail.uk1.eechost.net [217.69.40.75]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EBCFD8FC17 for ; Thu, 16 Aug 2012 06:21:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [31.186.37.179] (helo=rpi-1.marelmo.com) by uk1rly2283.eechost.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1T1t9a-0001qu-Rp for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 16 Aug 2012 07:01:58 +0100 Received: from [192.168.63.1] (helo=steve.marelmo.com) by rpi-1.marelmo.com with smtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1T1tEC-0007aQ-3j for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 16 Aug 2012 07:06:44 +0100 Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 07:06:24 +0100 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-Id: <20120816070624.d876f75e.steve@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <502C7AFB.2020303@dreamchaser.org> References: <502C7AFB.2020303@dreamchaser.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.3 (GTK+ 2.24.6; amd64-portbld-freebsd9.0) X-Face: %]+HVL}K`P8>+8ZcY-WGHP6j@&mxMo9JH6_WdgIgUGH)JX/usO0%jy7T~IVgqjumD^OBqX, Kv^-GM6mlw(fI^$"QRKyZ$?xx/ Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Auth-Info: 15567@permanet.ie (plain) Subject: Re: 9.0 release hang in quiescent X 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: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 06:21:27 -0000 On Wed, 15 Aug 2012 22:45:47 -0600 Gary Aitken wrote: > I've been struggling trying to ignore something and it refuses to go > away :-(. > > Running 9.0 release on an amd 64 box, standard kernel, 16GB, SSD > (/, /usr, /var, /tmp) + HDDs, visiontek 900331 graphics card (ati radeon > hd5550). > > As long as I am using the system, things seem to be fine. However, when > I leave the system idle for an extended period of time (e.g. overnight, > out for the day, etc.), it often refuses to return from whatever state it > is in. The screen is blank and in standby for power saving, and > Fn won't get me a console prompt. The only way I know to > recover is to power off and reboot. Are you running any kind of screensaver ? > Xorg.0.log shows the following errors: > (EE) RADEON(0): Acceleration initialization failed > However, the display works fine and I'm assuming I'm just getting slow > rendering, which is ok in this case. Sometimes the OpenGL screen saver modules crash without proper hardware support. If you're running a screensaver try disabling it and just using display blanking. -- Steve O'Hara-Smith | Directable Mirror Arrays C:>WIN | A better way to focus the sun The computer obeys and wins. | licences available see You lose and Bill collects. | http://www.sohara.org/