Xorg crashes and reboots my computer

[François Leclerc]

Hi Robert,

Here are my Xorg log and xorg.conf files.

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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> >         --
> >         Robert Noland <rnoland at FreeBSD.org>
> >         FreeBSD
> >
> >
> --
>  Robert Noland <rnoland at FreeBSD.org>
> FreeBSD
>
>
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