From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 30 18:08:34 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A96816A421 for ; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 18:08:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mike@jellydonut.org) Received: from mail2.secureworks.net (mail2.secureworks.net [65.114.32.154]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18AD113C468 for ; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 18:08:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mike@jellydonut.org) Received: from localhost (localhost.secureworks.net [127.0.0.1]) by mail2.secureworks.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46F7D56486; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 13:07:42 -0500 (EST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at secureworks.net Received: from mail2.secureworks.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail2.secureworks.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id px5mdwHT87uC; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 13:07:42 -0500 (EST) Received: from [192.168.23.35] (mole1.secureworks.net [63.239.86.3]) by mail2.secureworks.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B88056432; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 13:07:42 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <475051A0.2090001@jellydonut.org> Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 13:08:32 -0500 From: Michael Proto User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.8pre) Gecko/20071022 Thunderbird/2.0.0.6 Mnenhy/0.7.5.666 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Unga References: <752548.85651.qm@web57001.mail.re3.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <752548.85651.qm@web57001.mail.re3.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE always hang X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 18:08:34 -0000 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