ATI Radeon LW RV200 Mobility 7500 M7 locks up on X exit

[Boris Kochergin]

On 02/15/11 04:23, Chris H wrote:
> On Mon, February 14, 2011 2:35 pm, Warren Block wrote:
>> On Mon, 14 Feb 2011, Chris H wrote:
>>
>>
>>> I'm /not/ on a GENERIC kernel, but here are some relevant pieces from
>>> my setup that might help; rc.conf(5) hald_enable="NO" dbus_enable="YES"
>> Half a dozen machines here (roughly, it varies) say that hal is fine.
>> One of those machines is a T42, but needs updating to the latest
>> 8-stable.  Apparently I put the significant files on the FLCL site a
>> while back:
>> http://laptop.bsdgroup.de/freebsd/index.html?action=show_laptop_detail&laptop=1
>> 2947
>>
>>
>>> xorg.conf(5) Section "ServerLayout"
>>> Identifier     "X.org Configured"
>>> ...
>>> InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
>>> InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
>>>
>>>
>>> Section "ServerFlags"
>>> Option	"AllowEmptyInput"	"false"
>>>
>> No, please stop doing that.  See
>> http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/aei.html
>>
>>
>>> Option	"AutoAddDevices"	"true"
>>> Option	"AutoEnableDevices" "true"
>>>
>> These are defaults.
>>
>>
>>> OH, one other thing that comes to mind;
>>> Did you let Xorg(1) create your xorg.conf(8) file? and if so (you /should/
>>> have), what was the output? Again, if so, is that the conf file you're using
>>> now?
>> Sorry, must disagree with that.  -configure creates outmoded xorg.conf
>> files, with older options that are either no longer needed or outright obsolete.
>> It also leaves out useful settings.
> So basically, Your saying it's all a "crap shoot", a "roll of the dice".
> The rule is; there is no rule. RTFM does not apply here.
>
> I was only speaking from my own experiences with this same problem.
> I own, and operate 30 FreeBSD boxes here. They range from 7.x-8.x, with the
> exception of 1 6.x. This problem began at RELENG_7 for me. I wrestled with
> it for quite some time - much of it on this mailing list. The only consistent
> thing I could find, was that DISabling hald(8) eliminated most of the issues
> I ran into. I discovered this was the same for many others, while reading
> about others with similar problems on the nVidia/ATI news forums. In fact
> the same consensus was had on the freebsd forums as well. As far as the
> Xorg(1) -configure goes. It's interesting that when I choose nvidia-xconfig
> to create the xorg.conf(5) file, with the exception of the additional
> nVidia specific options added, the rest looks nearly identical to those
> produced by Xorg(1) -configure.
>
> Well, that's how it all works out for me.
> Just thought I'd mention it.
>
> --Chris

Ahoy. Just thought I'd add what I've observed about the problem. Back 
when I first encountered it on a T42, in the 7.x or 8.x days, it would 
manifest itself reliably on X shutdown, but only when X was shut down 
for the second time since the machine had been booted (ditching the ATI 
driver in favor of VESA was a workaround). Nowadays, on T40s and T42s 
running -CURRENT, it is sporadic, but much more frequent when the 
laptops are running on battery as opposed to AC power. Whether or not 
HAL is present doesn't seem to affect it.

-Boris