g@esil.univ-mrs.fr
2006-Feb-07 13:11 UTC
BIG BIG problem with Xorg and... something else...
Hi all,
First don't blame me for cross-posting on stable and x11 lists but both
seem
relevant for my problem.
I'm tracking 6-STABLE. Since one week, I can't use my computer under
FreeBSD.
The boot is OK, xdm screen is OK. But if I launch a KDE session, I've some
color
problems during initializing session, then X freezes (before end of loading !!!)
and the only way is to poweroff the computer !!! No ssh, no way to CTRL-ALT F1
switching to a console screen, the box is down...
I've googled a lot before posting here, but I've found nothing to
rescue
me... Best idea : problems with the video card (ATI Radeon X300 on DELL Optiplex
GX280, or, in xorg language :
(--) PCI:*(1:0:0) ATI Technologies Inc RV370 5B60 [Radeon X300 (PCIE)]
PCI: (1:0:1) ATI Technologies Inc RV370 [Radeon X300SE])
are mentioned on some forums which freeze X, but only if DRI & GLX are
enabled.
I've disabled these modules.
Note I can have a text mode session without any problem in console mode if I
CTRL-ALT-F1 switch without xdm logon. I also can have a windowmaker session
until I don't launch a "bad" app... like firefox or any kde
component. I can use
gftp which is OpenMotif based...
I mail you from my box... but inside an XFCE FreesBie live CD session, which
is 5.3 release based and runs like a charm : no X problem (like me during last
year from 5.3 STABLE to 6-STABLE until previous week...). WXP runs without
problem on another slice... So I think I can exclude hardware dysfunction...
The problem begins before I upgrade to KDE 3.5 and xorg 6.9. The upgrade has
had no effect... I've sync my sources two days ago : no effect...
I don't know what to do ? No log, no coredump... Any idea ???
My xorg.conf (and also an uncommented version), Xorg.0.log (X.org 6.9) and
older Xorg.8.log (Xorg 6.8, before the problem) are viewable here :
http://www.esil.univ-mrs.fr/~g/FreeBSD-x-problem.
Thanks a lot in advance for any idea, comment, explanation, light,
incantation, etc.
G?rard.
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On Tue, Feb 07, 2006 at 10:10:43PM +0100, g@esil.univ-mrs.fr wrote:> > Hi all, > > First don't blame me for cross-posting on stable and x11 lists but both seem > relevant for my problem. > > I'm tracking 6-STABLE. Since one week, I can't use my computer under FreeBSD. > The boot is OK, xdm screen is OK. But if I launch a KDE session, I've some color > problems during initializing session, then X freezes (before end of loading !!!) > and the only way is to poweroff the computer !!! No ssh, no way to CTRL-ALT F1 > switching to a console screen, the box is down... > > I've googled a lot before posting here, but I've found nothing to rescue > me... Best idea : problems with the video card (ATI Radeon X300 on DELL Optiplex > GX280, or, in xorg language : > (--) PCI:*(1:0:0) ATI Technologies Inc RV370 5B60 [Radeon X300 (PCIE)] > PCI: (1:0:1) ATI Technologies Inc RV370 [Radeon X300SE]) > are mentioned on some forums which freeze X, but only if DRI & GLX are enabled. > I've disabled these modules. > > Note I can have a text mode session without any problem in console mode if I > CTRL-ALT-F1 switch without xdm logon. I also can have a windowmaker session > until I don't launch a "bad" app... like firefox or any kde component. I can use > gftp which is OpenMotif based...Hook up a serial console, and use script(1) to capture any panic messages, etc. That'll give you a hint as to what's going on, and you can see how to proceed. It's very hard to figure this out within x11. (Yes, this is a pain, but it could be worse; I'm currently doing a binary search to figure out when, exactly, -current stopped booting on my laptop. :-) ==ml -- Michael W. Lucas mwlucas@FreeBSD.org, mwlucas@BlackHelicopters.org http://www.BlackHelicopters.org/~mwlucas/ "The cloak of anonymity protects me from the nuisance of caring." -Non Sequitur
g@esil.univ-mrs.fr wrote:> Hi all, > > First don't blame me for cross-posting on stable and x11 lists but both seem > relevant for my problem. > > I'm tracking 6-STABLE. Since one week, I can't use my computer under FreeBSD. > The boot is OK, xdm screen is OK. But if I launch a KDE session, I've some color > problems during initializing session, then X freezes (before end of loading !!!) > and the only way is to poweroff the computer !!! No ssh, no way to CTRL-ALT F1 > switching to a console screen, the box is down... > >I seem to recall something similar being posted recently, having more to do with the X.ORG 6.9 upgrade than anything else. You might try doing a 'portupgrade -af' to rebuild everything against the new libraries. Couldn't hurt, anyway.
On Tuesday 07 February 2006 22:10, g@esil.univ-mrs.fr wrote:> Hi all, > > First don't blame me for cross-posting on stable and x11 lists but both > seem relevant for my problem. > > I'm tracking 6-STABLE. Since one week, I can't use my computer under > FreeBSD. The boot is OK, xdm screen is OK. But if I launch a KDE session, > I've some color problems during initializing session, then X freezes > (before end of loading !!!) and the only way is to poweroff the computer > !!! No ssh, no way to CTRL-ALT F1 switching to a console screen, the box is > down... > > I've googled a lot before posting here, but I've found nothing to rescue > me... Best idea : problems with the video card (ATI Radeon X300 on DELL > Optiplex GX280, or, in xorg language : > (--) PCI:*(1:0:0) ATI Technologies Inc RV370 5B60 [Radeon X300 (PCIE)] > PCI: (1:0:1) ATI Technologies Inc RV370 [Radeon X300SE]) > are mentioned on some forums which freeze X, but only if DRI & GLX are > enabled. I've disabled these modules. > > Note I can have a text mode session without any problem in console mode > if I CTRL-ALT-F1 switch without xdm logon. I also can have a windowmaker > session until I don't launch a "bad" app... like firefox or any kde > component. I can use gftp which is OpenMotif based... > > I mail you from my box... but inside an XFCE FreesBie live CD session, > which is 5.3 release based and runs like a charm : no X problem (like me > during last year from 5.3 STABLE to 6-STABLE until previous week...). WXP > runs without problem on another slice... So I think I can exclude hardware > dysfunction... > > The problem begins before I upgrade to KDE 3.5 and xorg 6.9. The > upgrade has had no effect... I've sync my sources two days ago : no > effect... > > I don't know what to do ? No log, no coredump... Any idea ??? > > My xorg.conf (and also an uncommented version), Xorg.0.log (X.org 6.9) > and older Xorg.8.log (Xorg 6.8, before the problem) are viewable here : > http://www.esil.univ-mrs.fr/~g/FreeBSD-x-problem. > > Thanks a lot in advance for any idea, comment, explanation, light, > incantation, etc.Can you try the attached patch for xorg-server port? -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: xo-radeon-mmap.patch Type: text/x-diff Size: 56360 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/attachments/20060208/755d8b66/xo-radeon-mmap-0001.bin
Michael W. Lucas wrote:>On Wed, Feb 08, 2006 at 10:58:45AM +0100, Gerard Milhaud wrote: > > >>Michael W. Lucas wrote: >> >> >> >>>Hook up a serial console, and use script(1) to capture any panic >>>messages, etc. That'll give you a hint as to what's going on, and you >>>can see how to proceed. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>Thanks a lot for your answer... But how can I use script, because when >>the problem happens, all the processes are frozen and the file script is >>being writing is not saved... >>And which process/command do you suggest I attempt to audit ??? >> >> > >Use script on the machine acting as your console. If it's a Windows >box, hyperterm has a "capture to file" option that will work as well. > > >OK. I've disbaled soft-updates on /. I've sysloged *.info (and therefore *.x where x is more critical than info) to /var/log/all.log. When the X freeze comes, I've no accurate message in my log file... Do you think an external console machine could give me more info ??>>>It's very hard to figure this out within x11. >>> >>>(Yes, this is a pain, but it could be worse; I'm currently doing a >>>binary search to figure out when, exactly, -current stopped booting on >>>my laptop. :-) >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>Argh !!! I'm not alone lost at the edge of the road... >>Good luck... >> >> > >No, there are quite a few of us here. Welcome to the cutting edge. :-) > > >Maybe too much sharp-edged for me... Bye and thank you for any idea... -- G?rard MILHAUD ?cole Sup?rieure d'Ing?nieurs de Luminy (ESIL) Universit? de la M?diterran?e Coordonn?es : http://annuaire.univ-mrs.fr/showuser.php?uid=milhaud -- [D?tente] Essayez donc mon tireur au sort de citations marseillaises : http://planete-marseille.esil.univ-mrs.fr/les.cgi-bin.a.G/citations.pl