Problems with startx on 5.2-RC2

Trey Sizemore trey at fastmail.fm
Fri Jan 2 06:51:22 PST 2004


Trey Sizemore wrote:

> Jaroslaw Nozderko wrote:
>
>> OS: FreeBSD 5.2-RC2 (MAC - biba,mls)
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have problem with X on 5.2-RC2. Sometimes the whole
>> system hangs when I start X by startx or 'setpmac mls/equal startx'
>> (with MAC policies loaded). In about 30% of attempts it hangs on 
>> XFree startup messages and hard reset is required.
>> The problem occurs a little bit too often for some unrelated
>> accident and it doesn't occur at all on 5.1-RELEASE (the same
>> hardware and configuration).
>>
>> Does anyone have similar problem ?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Jarek
>>
>>  
>>
> Yes, see my post from earlier today called "Can't shutdown, logout, or 
> restart cleanly."  I have not run 5.1-RELEASE before, so I can't say 
> if it didn't happen there, but it definitely happens with 
> 5.2-CURRENT.  I'm at my wit's end trying to find out why!
>
Per a post I received on bsdforums.com, try booting up with ACPI turned 
off.  This can be done in 5.1 and later by choosing option 2 in the boot 
menu (Boot FreeBSD with ACPI disabled).  Once I did this, it worked like 
a champ.  I'm not sure why earlier versions may not have been affected 
by this or if it only affects certain hardware.

Let me know if this worked for you.



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