Xorg crashes and reboots my computer
François Leclerc
fleclerc at gmail.com
Tue Jan 26 02:57:48 UTC 2010
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?
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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