Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2003 22:40:10 +0100 From: "=?iso-8859-2?q?Tam=E1s?= R." <freddy@lamer.hu> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Cc: freddy@lamer.hu Subject: FreeBSD-CURRENT kernel hangs on starting KDE Message-ID: <200311012239.47821.freddy@lamer.hu>
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Hi, Some months ago I installed a FreeBSD-current system on my desktop computer= =2E I use the KDE desktop environment and I compiled really everything from ports. I periodic= ally maintain it so my system is up-to-date. I have been experiencing a problem with FreeBSD-curre= nt kernel all the time. Some months ago I tried to compile a custom kernel based on GENERIC comment= ing out the not necessary hardwares from my config, like RAID and most of NICs, etc. (I thi= nk it is a general thing when customizing). Although I haven't tested it too much the kernel booted = properly and everything worked good in console. Trying to start KDE caused system crash (I guess in= kernel level). I have spent long days to find the reason trying almost all combination of kernel = config settings without luck. Ok, but GENERIC is worked with some custom lines added to it (but I couldn'= t remove anything except debugging). Since 25th of September something changed in the current= kernel source tree because I am not able to compile any kernel, even GENERIC, with which KDE w= ould start without freezing the whole machine partly or completely. Unfortunately I did not pr= eserve any earlier source tree version, I just upgraded it with cvsup before the compilations. Now I = use a newer base system than the kernel, which results in an unstable operation (it is normal I gue= ss), because I only preserved the lastest goog-working /boot/kernel binaries I compiled before. "KDE freezing" in detail =2D--------------------------------- System: FreeBSD 5.1-CURRENT i386 Relevant hardware config: Mainboard : ASUS P4S533-E (SIS645DX north, SIS962/L south bridges) Memory : PC2700 512MB DDR RAM (memtest86 tested) VGA card : ATI RADEON 9000 PRO Very recent FreeBSD-current GENERIC kernel (was compiled exaclty as describ= ed in the handbook) completely freezes some seconds later after starting KDE. Input peripherial= s/ACPI button become unusable and the machine does not respond to ICMP on LAN so it completely hangs. It = is not thought a hardware failure because earlier kernel with the same config (synced with cvsup on 25th Sept= =2E 2003) works very good. KDE and XFree86 were compiled from the lastest ports so they are up-to-date. Lo= gs does not show any usable information related to this freezing so I think there is no point to attach= any of them here (XFree86 just stops logging before some radeondrm messages would be logged in normal case). I g= uess so it is closely an ATI-driver related problem because when I tested the same base system/kernel with an S= 3Trio VGA card that worked and the ATI did not. This ATI is a common card (with dual head+tv output) a= nd not a cheap one at all (I currently use it on other OS-es on the same machine without experiencing any problems= ). Since I have been experiencing these problems I sync my source tree more ti= mes a week and I'm trying to compile a working kernel without luck. Note: If I switch back to console immediately after X server started and be= fore KDE begins to initialize then KDE starts up properly. When I go back to X again I see the desktop as everythi= ng would be right. Some seconds later the same freezing takes place. First the keyboard blocks, then the mouse st= arts clogging and the whole machine totally hangs. I would appreciate any help in connection with this problem's solution. Thanks in advance, Tam=E1s R.
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