From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 13 20:17:06 2010 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 B76C4106566B for ; Mon, 13 Sep 2010 20:17:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (lurza.secnetix.de [IPv6:2a01:170:102f::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1DA208FC0A for ; Mon, 13 Sep 2010 20:17:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o8DKGngJ053181; Mon, 13 Sep 2010 22:17:04 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from oliver.fromme@secnetix.de) Received: (from olli@localhost) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id o8DKGmw5053180; Mon, 13 Sep 2010 22:16:48 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from olli) Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 22:16:48 +0200 (CEST) Message-Id: <201009132016.o8DKGmw5053180@lurza.secnetix.de> From: Oliver Fromme To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, eivinde@terraplane.org In-Reply-To: <20100913191158.M94911@rumrunner.mine.nu> X-Newsgroups: list.freebsd-stable User-Agent: tin/1.8.3-20070201 ("Scotasay") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/6.4-PRERELEASE-20080904 (i386)) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.3.5 (lurza.secnetix.de [127.0.0.1]); Mon, 13 Sep 2010 22:17:05 +0200 (CEST) Cc: Subject: Re: Freebsd 8.1 + xorg + radeonhd hang X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, eivinde@terraplane.org List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 20:17:06 -0000 Eivind E wrote: > One of my machines has a Radeon X1550 graphics card. When first > installed (then as either 7.1 or 7.1 prerelease), the radeonhd driver > hung the machine hard, screen went blank, numlock and capslock > didn't work, no network (so no ssh) and I couldn't do much but > hard reset the machine. I had to use vesa for a while, then, after > upgrading, the radeonhd driver worked up until fairly recent upgrades. > Sadly I didn't try the driver very often so I don't know if upgrading > src or xorg+drivers helped the problem. > > The machine is now running FreeBSD 8.1, but after rebuilding all > packages via ports, the problem with the radeonhd driver is back, > showing exactly the same behaviour as before. Did you try the normal radeon driver (not radeonhd)? It supports the RV515 chip used by the X1550, too. Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd "The scanf() function is a large and complex beast that often does something almost but not quite entirely unlike what you desired." -- Chris Torek