Re: [FreeBSD 7] Radeon Mobility M10/9600 + xorg 7.3 + ati/radeon driver causes complete system hang/freeze
On 3/17/08, Mark Ovens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Torgeir Hoffmann wrote: [,,,] I have the following problems with my xorg 7.3 installation, even after I have pkg_delete -a, and reinstalled all with packages. The system was updated with freebsd-update from 6.3-release to 7.0-release. This sounds similar to the problem I have with 7.3 and a Radeon 8500LE card. Never had this problem with any previous version of Xorg (or XFree86). when the system hangs I can ssh(1) in from another box and find that Xorg process is sucking as much as 400% - yes four *hundred* percent - CPU ? It is holding a Giant Lock - State is *GIANT I can kill the Xorg process but on the affected box I just end up with a blank black screen so have to Ctrl-Alt_Del to reboot. The problem seems to come and go as I update installed ports. If I've got the problem then updating the ports gets rid of it (sometimes) and when the system is working a port upgrade starts it off again (sometimes). It seems to be one of the X ports being updated that is the cause but I don't know which - xorg-drivers seems a likely culprit. One thing I did do was to delete the port xf86-video-radeonhd which fixed the problem once. I don't know what installed it as a dependency but it hasn't been reinstalled - although the problem still comes and goes. I've had this on 6.3 and on 7.0 (completely clean build, not an upgrade from 6.3). As I said, this has only been a problem since u/g Xorg from 7.2-7.3 and it is becoming a PITA. I wonder if it's just that Radeon cards don't work too well with FreeBSD and/or Xorg?? Perhaps it's worth swapping to nVidia? On two of my systems (out of four) I've had a lot of problems with Xorg 7.3. My older system has run happily for a few years using the nvidia proprietary driver to drive two monitors and an old mga card to drive a third monitor. I was eventually forced to upgrade Xorg on it because so many ports couldn't be installed or updated without it. Since upgrading to X.org 7.3, the mga card is unusable and the nvidia card configuration will no longer work with dual monitors. After spending a week fighting it, I've given up on that system. It was an upgrade and there is no telling how much cruft is left over from the older nvidia driver. At the time this happened, I was preparing to move to a new system with an ATI card, so I turned my attention to the new system. I find the radeonhd driver configuration to be extremely fragile if I try to drive two monitors with it. Many configurations which should be entirely legal (e.g. specifying PreferredMode) lock up the system to the point that the only way to recover is to unplug the power. If I only had those experiences, I would conclude that Xorg 7.3 is total junk. But at home I have two systems that work fine with it. One is even using the radeonhd driver with two monitors -- a configuration similar to the one that gives me so much trouble with lockups. Overall, I think the older Xorg was much more stable and usable. I'm not at all sure the new features were worth the price. - Bob ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[FreeBSD 7] Radeon Mobility M10/9600 + xorg 7.3 + ati/radeon driver causes complete system hang/freeze
On beforehand, I appologize for sending a rather incomplete mail regarding this last week, I hope with this new information that I can find a clue on how to debug or solve this problem. I have the following problems with my xorg 7.3 installation, even after I have pkg_delete -a, and reinstalled all with packages. The system was updated with freebsd-update from 6.3-release to 7.0-release. My problem has the following characteristics: * Whenever I start xorg with startx and the radeon/ati-driver, the system will become unresponsive, and cold reboot is the only way to escape the lock. * xorg will start fine using the 'vesa' driver. * On a system-freeze, there is no logging - at all. Nothing in dmesg/messages or in Xorg.0.log. * I had no problems with xorg 7.2/7.3 on my 6.3-release system. * dmesg report: drm0 - Is it normal that it reports 256 MB, when I have a 64MB graphics card? For you convenience, the config-/log-files can be found at: * dmesg: http://pastebin.com/m47427876 * Xorg.0.log: http://pastebin.com/m13673d99 * xorg.conf: http://pastebin.com/m52dab34b any help will be greatly appreciated! Best Regards, //Torgeir ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [FreeBSD 7] Radeon Mobility M10/9600 + xorg 7.3 + ati/radeon driver causes complete system hang/freeze
Torgeir Hoffmann wrote: On beforehand, I appologize for sending a rather incomplete mail regarding this last week, I hope with this new information that I can find a clue on how to debug or solve this problem. I have the following problems with my xorg 7.3 installation, even after I have pkg_delete -a, and reinstalled all with packages. The system was updated with freebsd-update from 6.3-release to 7.0-release. This sounds similar to the problem I have with 7.3 and a Radeon 8500LE card. Never had this problem with any previous version of Xorg (or XFree86). when the system hangs I can ssh(1) in from another box and find that Xorg process is sucking as much as 400% - yes four *hundred* percent - CPU ? It is holding a Giant Lock - State is *GIANT I can kill the Xorg process but on the affected box I just end up with a blank black screen so have to Ctrl-Alt_Del to reboot. The problem seems to come and go as I update installed ports. If I've got the problem then updating the ports gets rid of it (sometimes) and when the system is working a port upgrade starts it off again (sometimes). It seems to be one of the X ports being updated that is the cause but I don't know which - xorg-drivers seems a likely culprit. One thing I did do was to delete the port xf86-video-radeonhd which fixed the problem once. I don't know what installed it as a dependency but it hasn't been reinstalled - although the problem still comes and goes. I've had this on 6.3 and on 7.0 (completely clean build, not an upgrade from 6.3). As I said, this has only been a problem since u/g Xorg from 7.2-7.3 and it is becoming a PITA. I wonder if it's just that Radeon cards don't work too well with FreeBSD and/or Xorg?? Perhaps it's worth swapping to nVidia? Don't know whether any of that helps? Regards, Mark ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
