From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 22 08:37:00 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A8CE16A4D0 for ; Tue, 22 Feb 2005 08:37:00 +0000 (GMT) Received: from leguin.anholt.net (69-30-77-85.dq1sn.easystreet.com [69.30.77.85]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7199243D2D for ; Tue, 22 Feb 2005 08:36:59 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from eta@lclark.edu) Received: from leguin.anholt.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by leguin.anholt.net (8.13.3/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j1M8awO2034493; Tue, 22 Feb 2005 00:36:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eta@lclark.edu) Received: (from anholt@localhost) by leguin.anholt.net (8.13.3/8.13.1/Submit) id j1M8av6E034492; Tue, 22 Feb 2005 00:36:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eta@lclark.edu) X-Authentication-Warning: leguin.anholt.net: anholt set sender to eta@lclark.edu using -f From: Eric Anholt To: Shaun Mickey In-Reply-To: <200503211336.27906.smickey@mynetsetup.com> References: <200503211336.27906.smickey@mynetsetup.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 00:36:56 -0800 Message-Id: <1109061416.1005.6.camel@leguin> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.2 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xorg corruption X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 08:37:00 -0000 On Mon, 2005-03-21 at 13:36 -0500, Shaun Mickey wrote: > First off i have FreeBSD 5.3 stable on a dell latitude c600 (p3 750 512mb ram) > i have xorg installed and have had both Gnome and KDE installed (not at the > same time though). > > Every time i go to start kde or gnome after a shutdown, (using halt, shutdown, > or reboot) the screen that's supposed to be black and white checkered with > the X cursor is a corrupted version of a screenshot, or horizontal pink and > gray bars. I believe the processor is spiked as well because i can move the > mouse but there is a 1-2 second delay before it moves and it jumps, it > doesn't refresh smoothly. > > About 5 minutes after i started xorg i am logged into gnome and can slowly > logout. After about another 3-5 minutes i'm logged out. Now i can go startx > again and it starts perfectly and i'm logged in in < 2 minutes. > > I've installed freebsd several times, always with the same options (first two > times i installed gnome, last time i installed kde) It never fails to happen > after a reboot. > > Here are the vitals, let me know if anything else is needed. Does the situation change if you disable the DRI by commenting out 'Load "dri"' in the config? If I was guessing, I'd say that the card is hanging, and your /va/rlog/Xorg.0.log is repeatedly saying that it's resetting the card. Either way, the log file is key here. -- Eric Anholt eta@lclark.edu http://people.freebsd.org/~anholt/ anholt@FreeBSD.org