Re: HP Laptop freezes while using Xorg sporadically.

It can be in there or many following places. Please refer to the man 
xorg.conf.

            /etc/X11/<cmdline>
            /usr/local/etc/X11/<cmdline>
            /etc/X11/$XORGCONFIG
            /usr/local/etc/X11/$XORGCONFIG
            /etc/X11/xorg.conf
            /etc/xorg.conf
            /usr/local/etc/X11/xorg.conf.<hostname>
            /usr/local/etc/X11/xorg.conf
            /usr/local/lib/X11/xorg.conf.<hostname>
            /usr/local/lib/X11/xorg.conf

AllowEmptyInput was an old problem, but just in case it reoccurs.
In this case, Ctrl+Alt+DEL should be able to reboot the laptop. You may 
try to confirm if it is the case.

I also see the similar issue on some laptops, the mainly is related to 
the display driver -- xf86-video-xxx-#.#.#_#
Since your laptop is not using a xorg.conf file, it uses the default 
driver, which usually works.
You may try to load video card specific driver, like 
xf86-video-ati-19.1.0_7,1 if the laptop has an ATI video card.

On 7/14/25 09:22, Mauricio wrote:
> >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
>
>