Re: HP Laptop freezes while using Xorg sporadically.

>I had similar issue on an old HP laptop, but not sure if it is the same
>cause as yours.
>
>Please try to set Option "AllowEmptyInput" "false" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf
>(uncomment the line in Section Serverlayout)

>Section "ServerLayout"
>        Identifier     "X.org Configured"
>         Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
>         InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
>         InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
>         #Option "AllowEmptyInput" "false"
>EndSection

I just did as you say. I will keep y'all informed about the results.
Let it be noted that this file was not in that directory before.
Also, should not this file be in /usr/local/etc/X11/ ?
I'm asking that as a newbie. As far as i know, that's the place where
we usually modify these kinds of files...

On Mon, Jul 14, 2025 at 12:05 PM Jin Guojun[VFF] <jguojun@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 7/14/25 04:57, infoomatic wrote:
> > Sorry I cannot help with your problem, however, I just want to comment
> > on the hardware: we ordered a few HP 255-G5 @dayjob back then, and
> > after a while we gave up on them because they were constantly having
> > Microsoft Windows Bluescreens. I then decided to throw FreeBSD on them
> > without GUI and use it for our build farm - have worked flawlessly in
> > that configuration now for years. It may be that there is something
> > odd with the 255 series from HP.
> >
> > On 14.07.25 03:43, Mauricio wrote:
> >> I have an HP 255-G7 Laptop running FreeBSD 14.3 RELEASE which every
> >> now and then freezes entirely while using Xorg. When the laptop
> >> freezes, the only thing that gives me a response is mouse and graphic
> >> tablet movement.
> >>
> >> At that point, I can't jump to a virtual console with
> >> CTRL+ALT+FUNCTIONKEY.
> >> I can't even shut the computer down by pressing the shutdown button
> >> for less than a second as I usually do.
> >> But trying to do both things makes the disk activity light indicator
> >> start blinking a lot for a moment.
> >>
> >> The laptop doesn't seem to get back to work even after half an hour
> >> of waiting or more.
> >> Something that i have been noticing is that the freeze seems to be
> >> triggered by an increase of resources use. I noticed that because the
> >> freezing starts usually after opening a program like a terminal
> >> emulator while there are already some programs running in other
> >> windows. It also happened one time while trying to use my laptop
> >> while copying 23GBs of data in a virtual console.
> >>
> >> I leave some routine files here for you to check up if you feel the
> >> need of it:
> >>
> >> dmesg output: https://pastebin.com/C27M5K0F
> >> <https://pastebin.com/C27M5K0F>
> >> rc.conf: https://pastebin.com/9wX0sKsa <https://pastebin.com/9wX0sKsa>
> >> loader.conf: https://pastebin.com/wBrdL8NL
> >> <https://pastebin.com/wBrdL8NL>
> >>
> >> As always, thanks to whoever that takes the time to help me with this
>
> I had similar issue on an old HP laptop, but not sure if it is the same
> cause as yours.
>
> Please try to set Option "AllowEmptyInput" "false" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf
> (uncomment the line in Section Serverlayout)
>
> Section "ServerLayout"
>          Identifier     "X.org Configured"
>          Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
>          InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
>          InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
>          #Option "AllowEmptyInput" "false"
> EndSection
>
>
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