Option "NoAccel" in xorg.conf seems to have fixed it as I've now been using X for 20 mins. 2D is noticeably faster than prior kernels; I assume that's a DRI / KMS advantage.
Neil. ---- On Wed, 10 Dec 2014 18:50:41 -0800 kyuupichan<[email protected]> wrote ---- > I was running a current kernel from about 3 months ago reasonably happily, > and decided to upgrade to current yesterday. > > Unfortunately after upgrading I noticed X would freeze within a minute or > two; I tried downgrading to 3.8 but that didn't work, failing during make > installworld leaving the system unusable... > > So I installed 4.0.1 fresh from the website today, and my usual packages. > Again X is freezing after a minute or two; however the kernel continues to > run fine as I can log in via SSH. > > I've attached my dmesg and Xorg.log. > > Some things that might be causing it: > > a) The new USB subsystem. I have a USB mouse and a old PS2 keyboard/mouse > combo; there is only a keyboard physically attached via the PS2 interface. > I'm using /dev/sysmouse as my mouse device for X; it works fine in the > console. > b) I am pretty sure it's picking up KMS and DRI / graphics acceleration for > the first time. I have an AMD Radeon HD 6310 on-board GPU. This GPU has > only been moderately well supported historically (unsure if the issue was > the kernel or X) e.g. once I go into X I cannot return to a text console - > the screen goes blank but I can then return to X with Ctrl-Alt-F9. This > continues to be true with Dragonfly 4.0. > > Any ideas / advice? I'd like to not be stuck on 3.8 forever. > > Neil.
