5.2 x hangs

[Roland Smith]

On Mon, Nov 07, 2005 at 10:27:23AM +0300, Ivan S. Anisimov wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I've recently upgraded from 5.0 to 5.2 (custom kernel with the only
> addition - device pcm) and encountered the following problem: x server
> hangs the whole system time after time on initialization or
> shutdown. x starts clearly once out of three-four times. video card is
> radeon 8500 (card is not listed, I pointed xf86cfg to use ati
> driver). some video modes (low resolution and bitrate) seem to be more
> stable, but all of those I tried cause a lock up. Previously installed
> 5.0 on the same machine worked perfectly.
> 
> Could you please help solve this?

The FreeBSD version that you use, and presumably the X server are very
much out of date. You should install the current FreeBSD version 6.0,
and with it the current Xorg port (version 6.8.2, IIRC).

I would recommend doing a fresh install from CD instead of a cvsup
upgrade, but that's your choice.

Chances are that this will solve your problem. If the problem persists,
let us know.

Roland
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