Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 09:53:38 +0200 From: Markus Hoenicka <markus.hoenicka@mhoenicka.de> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Xorg (i810) freezes randomly when using hardware accel Message-ID: <1158738818.4510f3827f318@www.domainfactory-webmail.de>
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Hi, I'm running FreeBSD 6.1 on a MSI260 subnotebook. It's a Centrino thing using the 915GM chipset. Xorg is running (mostly) alright using the current 6.9.0 ports. However, I suffer from random freezes when running programs that apparently try to use hardware acceleration. I see this e.g. when watching movie clips with Xine. This is not a problem with the clips themselves. They run ok a couple of times, then they randomly freeze X. This happens only if I use the i810 driver. I can run X just as well with the Vesa driver (without hardware acceleration). The frame rates are lower, but X is rock solid. It also never freezes if I use only applications that do not use hardware acceleration. The real bad thing is that after the i810 driver freezes X, I can't access the console anymore. Pressing Ctrl+Alt+backspace sometimes alters the frozen display to a modern-art style random pattern, but the box does not react to further keypresses, and the display never leaves graphics mode. FreeBSD is still running happily underneath as I can log in from a remote box without a hitch. The process list shows that all X-related stuff is gone, except a font server. My two questions: 1) is there anything I can do to prevent the crashes in the first place? 2) if it has to crash anyway, is there a magic incantation (even if I have to log in remotely) to activate the console again? Having to reboot makes me feel like running Windows. regards, Markus -- Markus Hoenicka markus.hoenicka@cats.de (Spam-protected email: replace the quadrupeds with "mhoenicka") http://www.mhoenicka.de
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