Xorg crashes and reboots my computer

François Leclerc fleclerc at gmail.com
Tue Jan 26 03:08:06 UTC 2010


Ok!

How do you apply the patch? I am a newbie and have never done this!

After the patch has been applied, what ports do I upgrade? Just mesa?

Thanks!

2010/1/25 Robert Noland <rnoland at freebsd.org>

> On Mon, 2010-01-25 at 21:57 -0500, François Leclerc wrote:
> > 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?
>
> http://people.freebsd.org/~rnoland/mesa-7.6.1-release.patch
>
> robert.
>
> > 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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