Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 21:36:48 -0800 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: James Snow <snow@teardrop.org> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Issues with 5.3-p2, Xorg-6.8.1 and ThinkPads? Message-ID: <20050101053648.3EC1C5D04@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 31 Dec 2004 20:43:42 EST." <20050101014342.GA9219@teardrop.org>
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> Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 20:43:42 -0500 > From: James Snow <snow@teardrop.org> > Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org > > I'm curious to know if anyone has seen abnormally frequent crashes > running 5.3-p2 with Xorg-6.8.1 on a ThinkPad. My T22 has begun to be > a bit more cantankerous than I'm accustomed to after I portupgraded > to Xorg-6.8.1. xli will reliably lock up the X server when scrolling > images, for example. Just now it locked up solid in the middle of a > portupgrade of Firefox. > > Unfortunately, my laptop took a small tumble off a sofa shortly after > the aforementioned Xorg portupgrade, so it's entirely possible that > this is an issue with my hardware. The laptop isn't visibly damaged and > doesn't report any obvious errors, so I'm hoping - for my wallet's sake > - that it's an issue with the new Xorg. > > Is anyone with a ThinkPad that hasn't just been dropped seeing any > issues? My ThinkPad T30 (which has a Radeon M7) has not had any such problems, although it's running 5-Stable, not 5..3. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634
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