Xwindows freezes

Wed Jul 6 05:01:58 GMT 2005

Hi all,
I have a problem with my freebsd installation.  using xorg and kde the  
screen freezes, usually with a bit of video debri left on the screen (you  
know, when a bit of the previous graphic does not clear properly).

seems to also occur with xorg and gnome, though not this time... damn, was  
hoping to catch an error message.

started gnome session via ssh login to regular user and the following  
output was on the terminal

Release Date: 18 December 2003
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.7
Build Operating System: FreeBSD 5.3 i386 [ELF]
Current Operating System: FreeBSD tardis.home 5.3-RELEASE FreeBSD  
5.3-RELEASE #0: Fri Nov  5 04:19:18 UTC 2004      
root at harlow.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386
Build Date: 16 October 2004
         Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.X.Org
         to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
         (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
         (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Wed Jul  6 14:38:41 2005
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
SESSION_MANAGER=local/tardis.home:/tmp/.ICE-unix/955
GetModeLine - scrn: 0 clock: 78800
GetModeLine - hdsp: 1024 hbeg: 1040 hend: 1136 httl: 1312
               vdsp: 768 vbeg: 769 vend: 772 vttl: 800 flags: 5
^[[A/dev/dsp: No such file or directory

** (nautilus:1028): WARNING **: destroyed file still being monitored

** (nautilus:1028): WARNING **: destroyed file still being monitored

** (nautilus:1028): WARNING **: destroyed file still being monitored

** (nautilus:1028): WARNING **: destroyed file still being monitored

--- Hash table keys for warning below:
--> computer:///
--> file:///home

(nautilus:1028): Eel-WARNING **: "nautilus-metafile.c: metafiles" hash  
table still has 2 elements at quit time (keys above)

--- Hash table keys for warning below:
--> computer:///
--> file:///home

(nautilus:1028): Eel-WARNING **: "nautilus-directory.c: directories" hash  
table still has 2 elements at quit time (keys above)

(nautilus:1028): Bonobo-WARNING **: Leaked a total of 10 refs to 10 bonobo  
object(s)

waiting for X server to shut down

OK, restart using kde and it freezes the monment I try to open any  
application, atleast part way into the application...
here is the screen output. In this case the application is kbounce...

> startx

Release Date: 18 December 2003
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.7
Build Operating System: FreeBSD 5.3 i386 [ELF]
Current Operating System: FreeBSD tardis.home 5.3-RELEASE FreeBSD  
5.3-RELEASE #0: Fri Nov  5 04:19:18 UTC 2004      
root at harlow.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386
Build Date: 16 October 2004
         Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.X.Org
         to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
         (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
         (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Wed Jul  6 14:52:34 2005
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
startkde: Starting up...
QPixmap: Cannot create a QPixmap when no GUI is being used
QPixmap: Cannot create a QPixmap when no GUI is being used
QPixmap: Cannot create a QPixmap when no GUI is being used
QPixmap: Cannot create a QPixmap when no GUI is being used
kbuildsycoca running...
KWrited - Listening on Device /dev/ttyp2
SetClientVersion: 0 8
>> running as realtime process now (priority 15)
There are already artsd objects registered, looking if they are active...
... cleaned 5 unused mcop global references.

QFont::setPointSize: Point size <= 0 (-3)
kdecore (KAction): WARNING: KAction::insertKAccel( kaccel = 0x8149728 ):  
KAccel object already contains an action name "del"
QPixmap: Cannot create a QPixmap when no GUI is being used
QPixmap: Cannot create a QPixmap when no GUI is being used

and here is where it freezes.
top give me...

last pid:  1224;  load averages:  0.97,  0.61,  0.32    up 0+01:05:03   
14:57:54
60 processes:  2 running, 58 sleeping
CPU states: 97.7% user,  0.0% nice,  2.3% system,  0.0% interrupt,  0.0%  
idle
Mem: 57M Active, 87M Inact, 43M Wired, 1076K Cache, 34M Buf, 54M Free
Swap: 487M Total, 487M Free

   PID USERNAME PRI NICE   SIZE    RES STATE    TIME   WCPU    CPU COMMAND
  1139 bulwynkl 131    0 63024K 62132K RUN      2:54 96.39% 96.39% Xorg
  1186 bulwynkl  97    0 32064K 25296K select   0:03  0.49%  0.49% kdeinit
  1173 bulwynkl  96    0 26152K 21840K select   0:04  0.05%  0.05% kdeinit
  1182 bulwynkl  20  -76 12288K  9432K kserel   0:06  0.00%  0.00% artsd
  1195 bulwynkl  96    0 28400K 24224K select   0:03  0.00%  0.00% kdeinit
  1223 bulwynkl  98    0 29644K 21580K select   0:02  0.00%  0.00% kbounce
   495 root      96    0  1232K   676K select   0:02  0.00%  0.00% moused
  1192 bulwynkl  96    0 26896K 22704K select   0:02  0.00%  0.00% kdeinit
  1190 bulwynkl  96    0 26184K 21600K select   0:01  0.00%  0.00% kdeinit
plus a whole lot more

basically I need to reboot the system at this point.
here are the system vitals...
celeron 366 MHz + 256 MB ram
NVidia TNT2 64 video card with 32MB  ram

nearly virgin install of 5.3-RELEASE

`pkg_info | grep xorg` returns

xorg-6.7.0_1        X.Org distribution metaport
xorg-clients-6.7.0_4 X client programs and related files from X.Org
xorg-documents-6.7.0 Documentation of X11 protocol and libraries from X.Org
xorg-fonts-100dpi-6.7.0 X.Org 100dpi bitmap fonts
xorg-fonts-75dpi-6.7.0 X.Org 75dpi bitmap fonts
xorg-fonts-cyrillic-6.7.0 X.Org Cyrillic bitmap fonts
xorg-fonts-encodings-6.7.0 X.Org font encoding files
xorg-fonts-miscbitmaps-6.7.0 X.Org miscellaneous bitmap fonts
xorg-fonts-truetype-6.7.0 X.Org TrueType fonts
xorg-fonts-type1-6.7.0 X.Org Type1 fonts
xorg-fontserver-6.7.0 X font server from X.Org
xorg-libraries-6.7.0_2 X11 libraries and headers from X.Org
xorg-manpages-6.7.0 X.Org library manual pages
xorg-nestserver-6.7.0 Nesting X server from X.Org
xorg-printserver-6.7.0 X Print server from X.Org
xorg-server-6.7.0_9 X.Org X server and related programs
xorg-vfbserver-6.7.0 X virtual framebuffer server from X.Org

`pkg_info | grep gnome` returns
gnome-icon-theme-1.2.3 A collection of icons for the GNOME 2 desktop
gnome-themes-2.6.3  A collection of themes and icons for GNOME 2 designed  
for a
gnome2-lite-2.6.2   The "meta-port" of the GNOME desktop slimmed down for  
FreeB
gnomeapplets2-2.6.2.1_4 Applets components for the Gnome 2 Desktop  
Environment
gnomeaudio2-2.0.0   Sound files for use with GNOME 2
gnomecontrolcenter2-2.6.1_3 Control center for GNOME 2 project
gnomedesktop-2.6.2  Additional UI API for GNOME 2
gnomehier-1.0_19    A utility port that creates the GNOME directory tree
gnomekeyring-0.2.1_1 A program that keeps passwords and other secrets
gnomemedia2-2.6.2_6 Multimedia applications for the GNOME 2 desktop
gnomemimedata-2.4.1_2 A MIME and Application database for GNOME
gnomepanel-2.6.2_1  Panel component for the GNOME 2 Desktop
gnomesession-2.6.2  Session component for the GNOME 2 desktop
gnomesystemmonitor-2.6.0_2 GNOME 2 system monitor program
gnometerminal-2.6.1_2 Terminal component for the GNOME 2 Desktop
gnomeuserdocs2-2.6.0.1 GNOME 2 users guide
gnomeutils2-2.6.2_1,1 GNOME 2 support utilities
gnomevfs2-2.6.2_1   GNOME Virtual File System
gucharmap-gnome-1.4.1 A Unicode/ISO10646 character map and font viewer
libgnome-2.6.1.2    Libraries for GNOME, a GNU desktop environment
libgnomecanvas-2.6.1.1 A graphics library for GNOME
libgnomeprint-2.6.2 Gnome print support library
libgnomeprintui-2.6.2 Gnome print support library
libgnomeui-2.6.1.1  Libraries for the GNOME GUI, a GNU desktop environment
xscreensaver-gnome-4.18 Save your screen while you entertain your cat (for  
GNOME us

`pkg_info | grep kde` returns
kde-lite-3.3.0      The FreeBSD release "meta-port" for (a subset of) KDE
kdeaccessibility-3.3.0 Accessibility applications for KDE
kdeadmin-3.3.0      KDE applications related to system administration
kdeartwork-3.3.0    Additional themes, sounds, wallpapers and window  
styles for
kdebase-3.3.0_4     Basic applications for the KDE system
kdegames-3.3.0      Games for the KDE integrated X11 desktop
kdegraphics-3.3.0   Graphics utilities for the KDE3 integrated X11 desktop
kdelibs-3.3.0_2     Base set of libraries needed by KDE programs
kdemultimedia-3.3.0 Multimedia utilities for the KDE integrated X11 desktop
kdemultimedia-mpeglib_artsplug-3.3.0 Default KDE decoders for mp3/ogg
kdepim-3.3.0        Personal Information Management tools for KDE
kdeutils-3.3.0      Utilities for the KDE integrated X11 desktop

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