R: Recent mouse freeze problem with X, different window managers, any browser and flash.

[Ariff Abdullah]

On Tue, 11 Jan 2011 22:58:16 +0100 (CET)
Barbara <barbara.xxx1975 at libero.it> wrote:
> 
> >>
> >>For a week or so, with up to date, current, ports, etc.  everytime
> >I >open a page that has automatic flash video my mouse freezes and
> >I have >to manually kill X and restart.  I had worked fine for many
> >months. >Yesterday I rebuilt all linux emulation.  All ports are up
> >to date as >of today.  I have no idea where to look.
> >>
> >>Anyone else seen this or know where to look.
> >>
> >>thanks,
> >>
> >
> >>From what I can see, on CURRENT most of the flash objects are
> >triggering a 
> X 
> >error.
> >I can see it on the console where I started X, but I don't remember
> >it now. I'll post il later.
> >Anyway Xorg is still working after that.
> >
> >Barbara
> 
> I think that it could be related to this message:
> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2010-December/021997.html
> even if I'm on i386
> 

Try disabling mtrr, machdep.disable_mtrrs=0 through /boot/loader.conf.

If that is the case, you probably want this:

http://people.freebsd.org/~ariff/misc/mtrr.diff


I'm CCing jkim@ (r215415)

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Ariff Abdullah
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