From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 2 08:38:01 2011 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 A4ABC106566C for ; Tue, 2 Aug 2011 08:38:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Received: from mail-vx0-f182.google.com (mail-vx0-f182.google.com [209.85.220.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 695C98FC14 for ; Tue, 2 Aug 2011 08:38:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vxg33 with SMTP id 33so6640034vxg.13 for ; Tue, 02 Aug 2011 01:38:00 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.220.80.197 with SMTP id u5mr1514717vck.10.1312274280292; Tue, 02 Aug 2011 01:38:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.220.25.7 with HTTP; Tue, 2 Aug 2011 01:38:00 -0700 (PDT) X-Originating-IP: [93.221.180.236] In-Reply-To: <4e37af45.60AhLWRppeiOX3eM%perryh@pluto.rain.com> References: <4E364E1C.7040800@rawbw.com> <4e37af45.60AhLWRppeiOX3eM%perryh@pluto.rain.com> Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2011 10:38:00 +0200 Message-ID: From: "C. P. Ghost" To: perryh@pluto.rain.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: yuri@rawbw.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Xorg at 100%CPU when browser is on 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, 02 Aug 2011 08:38:01 -0000 On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 10:03 AM, wrote: > "C. P. Ghost" 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/