Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2011 10:38:00 +0200 From: "C. P. Ghost" <cpghost@cordula.ws> To: perryh@pluto.rain.com Cc: yuri@rawbw.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Xorg at 100%CPU when browser is on Message-ID: <CADGWnjWG5h=vxNi2vSM03iy773USsTfqgBi67n=aPqiyDkU7bw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4e37af45.60AhLWRppeiOX3eM%perryh@pluto.rain.com> References: <4E364E1C.7040800@rawbw.com> <CADGWnjX3vpme9dcv=TnO0jMtu5Aappwu6tNuTC=dDkaXgmwfQQ@mail.gmail.com> <4e37af45.60AhLWRppeiOX3eM%perryh@pluto.rain.com>
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On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 10:03 AM, <perryh@pluto.rain.com> wrote: > "C. P. Ghost" <cpghost@cordula.ws> wrote: > >> ... when mplayer plays some (rare) video files. >> >> Xorg then stays at 100% CPU, and it is impossible to kill it, >> neither from the inside, nor from the outside (logged in via >> ssh) with SIGKILL. Only a reboot helps here. > > An unkillable process is almost certainly hung in a driver, and in > this case I would strongly suspect it is a video driver. =A0Can you > break to KDB (or get a dump) and get a ps listing and a traceback > of the hung process? =A0That may enable someone familiar with the > particular driver involved to debug it. Good hint! I'll try to get a dump next time X hangs with that driver. Meanwhile, I'll probably switch my main desktop to xf86-video-ati as Warren suggested. Thanks, -cpghost. --=20 Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/
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