From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 18 00:20:20 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 1A42D106564A for ; Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:20:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from parish@magichamster.com) Received: from jedburgh.just4dns.com (jedburgh.just4dns.com [78.129.134.130]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 841C58FC18 for ; Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:20:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from parish@magichamster.com) Received: from [86.142.108.137] (helo=movens.plus.com) by jedburgh.just4dns.com with esmtp (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1JbPYu-0003nH-H4 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:20:16 +0000 Received: from [10.10.1.4] (redshift [10.10.1.4]) by postbag.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA3EA1CC15 for ; Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:20:17 +0000 (GMT) Message-ID: <47DF0ABD.2020703@magichamster.com> Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:20:13 +0000 From: Mark Ovens User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20080212) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <21223.80.202.84.193.1205786428.squirrel@webmail.uio.no> In-Reply-To: <21223.80.202.84.193.1205786428.squirrel@webmail.uio.no> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Fuzioned-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-MailScanner-ID: 1JbPYu-0003nH-H4 X-Fuzioned-MailScanner: Not scanned: please contact your Internet E-Mail Service Provider for details X-Fuzioned-MailScanner-SpamCheck: X-Fuzioned-MailScanner-From: parish@magichamster.com X-Spam-Status: No X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - jedburgh.just4dns.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - magichamster.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Subject: Re: [FreeBSD 7] Radeon Mobility M10/9600 + xorg 7.3 + ati/radeon driver causes complete system hang/freeze 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: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:20:20 -0000 Torgeir Hoffmann wrote: > On beforehand, I appologize for sending a rather incomplete mail regarding > this last week, I hope with this new information that I can find a clue on > how to debug or solve this problem. > > > I have the following problems with my xorg 7.3 installation, even after I > have pkg_delete -a, and reinstalled all with packages. The system was > updated with freebsd-update from 6.3-release to 7.0-release. > This sounds similar to the problem I have with 7.3 and a Radeon 8500LE card. Never had this problem with any previous version of Xorg (or XFree86). when the system hangs I can ssh(1) in from another box and find that Xorg process is sucking as much as 400% - yes four *hundred* percent - CPU ????? It is holding a Giant Lock - State is *GIANT I can kill the Xorg process but on the affected box I just end up with a blank black screen so have to Ctrl-Alt_Del to reboot. The problem seems to come and go as I update installed ports. If I've got the problem then updating the ports gets rid of it (sometimes) and when the system is working a port upgrade starts it off again (sometimes). It seems to be one of the X ports being updated that is the cause but I don't know which - xorg-drivers seems a likely culprit. One thing I did do was to delete the port xf86-video-radeonhd which fixed the problem once. I don't know what installed it as a dependency but it hasn't been reinstalled - although the problem still comes and goes. I've had this on 6.3 and on 7.0 (completely clean build, not an upgrade from 6.3). As I said, this has only been a problem since u/g Xorg from 7.2->7.3 and it is becoming a PITA. I wonder if it's just that Radeon cards don't work too well with FreeBSD and/or Xorg?? Perhaps it's worth swapping to nVidia? Don't know whether any of that helps? Regards, Mark