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Date:      Fri, 30 Nov 2007 13:08:32 -0500
From:      Michael Proto <mike@jellydonut.org>
To:        Unga <unga888@yahoo.com>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE always hang
Message-ID:  <475051A0.2090001@jellydonut.org>
In-Reply-To: <752548.85651.qm@web57001.mail.re3.yahoo.com>
References:  <752548.85651.qm@web57001.mail.re3.yahoo.com>

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Unga wrote:
> 
> Mine is also an ATI Radeon card:
> ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200 PRO] rev 1
> Chipset ATI Radeon 9200PRO 5960 (AGP)
> 
> I cannot ssh to the machine while its freezes. It says
> 'no route to host'. That is, the machine is completely
> dead.
> 
> The other thing is, FreeBSD installer has not
> installed an xorg.conf.
> 
> I have created an xorg.conf using Xorg -configure and
> moved to /etc/X11/. Adjusted the HorizSync and
> VertRefresh to match the monitor, driver I used "ati",
> added Modes and an DRI section with Mode 0666.
> 
> If it crashes again I'll let the list know.
> 

Just a thought, but you might also want to try using the VESA X driver
for a while and see if the same symptoms persist. Its slower than a
native driver but can also be used to identify if the X driver is in
fact causing problems.


-Proto



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