Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:10:22 +0200 From: Mel Flynn <mel.flynn+fbsd.current@mailing.thruhere.net> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org> Cc: Robert Noland <rnoland@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: misc/compat6x port no longer sufficient for DRI under head? Message-ID: <200909172010.22513.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.current@mailing.thruhere.net> In-Reply-To: <1253208550.49704.4014.camel@balrog.2hip.net> References: <20090917134924.GZ1212@albert.catwhisker.org> <b269bc570909170832u792f851fk4ace6bfa4c9a7321@mail.gmail.com> <1253208550.49704.4014.camel@balrog.2hip.net>
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On Thursday 17 September 2009 19:29:10 Robert Noland wrote: > On Thu, 2009-09-17 at 08:32 -0700, Freddie Cash wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 8:29 AM, David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org>wrote: > > > On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 05:04:31PM +0200, Gary Jennejohn wrote: > > > > ... > > > > Maybe you need to install misc/compat7x also for things to work with > > > > head? Don't forget options COMPAT_FREEBSD7 in your kernconf for > > > > head. > > > > > > > :-) As I was writing the previous message, that thought occurred, so I > > > > > > did install it, re-tried, and the symptoms persisted: with DRI enabled, > > > the keyboard & mouse were non-functional; with DRI disabled, Xorg > > > worked. > > > > > > (I had intended to install misc/compat7x under head as soon as it had > > > been committed, but it slipped what passes for my mind. And the file > > > system where /usr/ports lives is not one I normally even mount when > > > running head....) > > > > > > But thanks for the thought! > > > > Have you tried re-enabling hald and dbus and configuring X to use those? > > So, the DRI option has absolutely nothing to do with kbd/mouse. I > expect that what you are actually seeing is a hard lockup, quite > possibly a gpu crash. If that's the case, having a root vty open before starting X and upon gpu crash, blind type (no cookies for typos!) shutdown -r NOW<enter> should result in some /var/log/messages entries at the very least and quite possible reboot, right? -- Mel
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