Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 23:19:31 -0400 From: jason henson <jason@ec.rr.com> To: Sean Davis <dive@endersgame.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD/i386 lockups with Xorg & Radeon cards Message-ID: <428179C3.3090900@ec.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <20050511003146.GA28025@endersgame.net> References: <20050511003146.GA28025@endersgame.net>
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Sean Davis wrote: >Hello, first let me enumerate the hardware I've seen this happen on: > >1) Athlon XP 2700+ > 1GB DDR333 > ATI Radeon 9200 AGP8X w/ 128MB > >2) Athlon XP 2200+ > 1GB DDR333 > ATI Radeon 7000 AGP4X w/ 32MB > ATI Radeon 7500 PCI w/ 32MB > >3) Athlon XP 2200+ > 1GB DDR333 > NVidia GeForce4 AGP8X (I think) w/ 32MB > ATI Radeon 7500 PCI w/ 32MB RAM > >On machine #2 (which is also machine #3), I'm trying to do a dual-head setup. >Currently the primary video card is an AGP Geforce4. But that doesn't seem >to matter. > >On all of these setups (9200, 7000, 7500) xorgcfg hardlocks the machine. No >matter what I do. > >Xorg works just fine in Linux on the same hardware. (but no dual-head, despite >config hacking, however that is a discussion for elsewhere) > >XFree86 4.5.0 under NetBSD works just fine with every Radeon on this list. > >Hence, I'm left to conclude that it's a combination of Xorg and FreeBSD - >Windows works, NetBSD works, Linux works. I've tried both 5.3-RELEASE and >5.4-RELEASE, both of them die just as well. > >I *REALLY* want to get rid of windows on machine #2/#3, but it's simply not >an option without a usable dual-headed desktop setup, as that is my work >machine. However, if I can't even get xorgcfg to run without the machine >needing a three finger salute, it's simply out of the question. I can't run >NetBSD or OpenBSD on it, because I need something that I can deploy quickly, >with up-to-date binary packages, something that neither NetBSD nor OpenBSD >provide. > >Does anyone have any insights to this problem? Please respond directly, I am >not subscribed to either freebsd-ia32 or freebsd-questions. > >TIA, >-Sean >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > Do you have an nforce chipset on the motherboard? I do and I have never had any version of x to work with dri on a radeon. So disable dri if it is on and try again. Also are you getting any error messages? You can check /var/run for the x logs from the last running of x. Does x lock after the startx command, or randomly later on while you are using x?
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