[Xpert]i810/i830 CVS Xserver 4.2 kdm logout hangs
hello, I am using the CVS 4.2.x xfree86 xserver, last updated about 1 month ago. Basically 2 out of 3 times when I logout of kde/kdm my sony Vaio laptop (PCG-R505X/PD) hangs, completely. No Ctrl-alt-backspace, no ctrl-alt-F1, no gentle reboot from short press of the power button. Basically the only escape is to hold the power button down for 5 seconds and the machine powers down, losing unflushed file buffers etc, trashing inodes and whathave you. All a bit inconvenient really. I have a work-around but. I can gentle reboot before logging out ... basically at logout from kde, the screen turns blank, sometimes the mouse cursor remains active for a couple of seconds on the blanked screen, before freezing in place as the whole machine locks up. I believe it is a total lockup because the machine no longer responds to pings, telnet, ftp,ssh iether. So no debug info in the logs. I am not adverse to hacking a little code if necessary, but basically not sure where to even begin looking in the xc_4.2.99? sources, so any pointers regarding how to debug/diagnose would be much appreciated. could you please Cc to [EMAIL PROTECTED] because I'm not on the mailing list thanks Doug P.S. also using linux kernel 2.5.21 on an otherwise debian unstable dist. P.P.S. also just installed the Abraham vd Merwe i830 stolen memory beta patch detailed here: http://www.jongans.com/gateway1450.html but the problem existed even before installing that. ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
Re: [Xpert]i810/i830 CVS Xserver 4.2 kdm logout hangs
On Tue, Jul 09, 2002 at 05:05:20PM +0900, Doug du Boulay wrote: I am using the CVS 4.2.x xfree86 xserver, last updated about 1 month ago. Basically 2 out of 3 times when I logout of kde/kdm my sony Vaio laptop (PCG-R505X/PD) hangs, completely. No Ctrl-alt-backspace, no ctrl-alt-F1, no gentle reboot from short press of the power button. Basically the only escape is to hold the power button down for 5 seconds and the machine powers down, losing unflushed file buffers etc, trashing inodes and whathave you. All a bit inconvenient really. basically at logout from kde, the screen turns blank, sometimes the mouse cursor remains active for a couple of seconds on the blanked screen, before freezing in place as the whole machine locks up. I just want to say that I have the same kind of problems with a toshiba S3000-X11 (the graphic card is a i830MG) with XFree-4.2 (official binaries) on a redhat 4.2 with different custom kernels. I believe it is a total lockup because the machine no longer responds to pings, telnet, ftp,ssh iether. The difference is that it happens rarerly (once every 20 or 30 times, maybe even less), and that I have never tried to check if the laptop was responding or not by ethernet. Éric Brunet ___ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
