Xorg crashes and reboots my computer
François Leclerc
fleclerc at gmail.com
Tue Jan 26 03:08:06 UTC 2010
Ok!
How do you apply the patch? I am a newbie and have never done this!
After the patch has been applied, what ports do I upgrade? Just mesa?
Thanks!
2010/1/25 Robert Noland <rnoland at freebsd.org>
> On Mon, 2010-01-25 at 21:57 -0500, François Leclerc wrote:
> > Ok... so I'll install mesa from the mesa7.6.1 rc4 archive file I got.
> >
> > Is it better to use the final released mesa 7.6.1 from the mesa web
> > site?
>
> http://people.freebsd.org/~rnoland/mesa-7.6.1-release.patch
>
> robert.
>
> > Thanks!
> >
> >
> > 2010/1/25 Robert Noland <rnoland at freebsd.org>
> > On Mon, 2010-01-25 at 21:40 -0500, François Leclerc wrote:
> > > Hi again,
> > >
> > > Mesa 7.6.1 is pretty recent and includes a new driver for
> > r600 cards
> > > like mine. Should I install that?
> > >
> > > For drm, I guess I will have to find a patched version.
> > Someone gave
> > > me a link to a mesa 7.6.1 rc4 file that includes a makefile
> > for drm. I
> > > guess I'll try that. And see if mesa 7.6.1 is ok, unless you
> > think it
> > > will likely don't work.
> >
> >
> > Yes, you can use my mesa-7.6.1-final patch and just bump
> > liddrm manually
> > or take the libdrm patch from the other diff.
> >
> > robert.
> >
> >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > >
> > > 2010/1/25 Robert Noland <rnoland at freebsd.org>
> > > On Mon, 2010-01-25 at 20:34 -0500, François Leclerc
> > wrote:
> > > > Hi Robert,
> > > >
> > > > Here are my Xorg log and xorg.conf files.
> > >
> > >
> > > Ok, I think what it is referring to is mesa... Which
> > if you
> > > aren't
> > > running from git or using one of the patches isn't
> > new enough
> > > to support
> > > your card with 3D. I posted a patch for the mesa
> > ports a
> > > little while
> > > back to x11@ I think. I didn't include libdrm in my
> > patch,
> > > but there
> > > are a couple of patches floating around for that as
> > well.
> > >
> > > If it is for some reason still crashing, then it
> > will take a
> > > lot more
> > > detailed debugging to sort it out. I regularly use
> > an HD
> > > 4650, but I
> > > have a 3650 and 3850 around here somewhere also...
> > >
> > > robert.
> > >
> > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > François.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 2010/1/25 Robert Noland <rnoland at freebsd.org>
> > > > On Mon, 2010-01-25 at 19:55 -0500,
> > François Leclerc
> > > wrote:
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > > I have new information. I said in an
> > earlier
> > > message that
> > > > when I
> > > > > disabled dri and dri2, things worked
> > well - when
> > > issuing a
> > > > xinit
> > > > > command. It does, only when I get back
> > in console
> > > mode,
> > > > there is an
> > > > > error (which occured when xinit was
> > called):
> > > > >
> > > > > (EE) RADEON(0): [dri]
> > RADEONDRIGetVersion failed
> > > (libdri too
> > > > old)
> > > > >
> > > > > I had removed X, deleted my ports tree,
> > rebuilt it
> > > using
> > > > portsnap and
> > > > > then re-installed X. What needs to be
> > updated now
> > > if my
> > > > library is
> > > > > "too old"?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I would need to see the full log at least
> > to have a
> > > clue...
> > > > It is most
> > > > likely referring to either libdrm or the
> > actual
> > > kernel...
> > > >
> > > > robert.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Thanks.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > 2009/12/30 Robert Noland
> > <rnoland at freebsd.org>
> > > > > On Wed, 2009-12-30 at 14:43
> > -0500,
> > > François Leclerc
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I saw that someone already
> > posted
> > > something
> > > > similar. I have
> > > > > the same
> > > > > > problem.
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-x11/2009-December/009124.html
> > > > > >
> > > > > > My system is: Intel Q6600 on a
> > ASUS
> > > Maximus X38
> > > > board with a
> > > > > Radeon HD 3870.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I have FreeBSD - 8.0 - STABLE
> > - AMD64
> > > installed.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > It doesn't matter which driver
> > I use
> > > (radeon or
> > > > radeonhd),
> > > > > my machine
> > > > > > freezes or reboots when
> > switching to
> > > graphical
> > > > mode. Note
> > > > > that my xorg.conf
> > > > > > file is ok as per "Xorg
> > -config
> > > xorg.conf -retro":
> > > > I get the
> > > > > grey screen and
> > > > > > my mouse cursor is working
> > correctly.
> > > Things get
> > > > bad when I
> > > > > "xinit" or
> > > > > > "startx". If I disable "dri"
> > and "dri2"
> > > > > in /etc/X11/xorg.conf things
> > work
> > > > > > flawlessly.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I read the list and someone
> > else
> > > mentionned a new
> > > > version of
> > > > > Xorg (7.6.1 I
> > > > > > think) is due soon. Will it
> > fix issues
> > > like the
> > > > one we are
> > > > > having? When will
> > > > > > it be released?
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > The "7.6.1" that is referred to
> > is Mesa,
> > > not Xorg.
> > > > (libGL and
> > > > > dri,
> > > > > among other bits) That is
> > needed for 3d.
> > > I'll need
> > > > a bit
> > > > > more info
> > > > > before I can try to diagnose the
> > issue
> > > though.
> > > > Let's start
> > > > > with a
> > > > > "pciconf -lvb". I may already
> > have a
> > > patch to fix
> > > > this, but
> > > > > the
> > > > > reported issue is generally
> > screen
> > > corruption, not
> > > > panics.
> > > > >
> > > > > robert.
> > > > >
> > > > > > Like the other poster, I can
> > work with
> > > VESA in the
> > > > meantime,
> > > > > but I would
> > > > > > prefer this issue fixed!
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Cheers!
> > > > > >
> > > > > > François
> > > > >
> > > > > >
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