Re: Strange X freezes, system otherwise responsive

From: Andre Guibert de Bruet (andy_at_siliconlandmark.com)
Date: 12/24/03

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    Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 22:03:45 -0500 (EST)
To: Christopher Nehren <apeiron@comcast.net>

    On Tue, 23 Dec 2003, Christopher Nehren wrote:

    > > - Have you recently upgraded your kernel across versions of current and
    > > forgotten to rebuild affected ports. See src/UPDATING for details.
    >
    > I'm not running -CURRENT proper, but actually RELENG_5_1 and now
    > RELENG_5_2. I've seen the problem in both _5_1 and _5_2. I've looked at
    > UPDATING, and can't see anything that appears to be remotely relevant. I
    > have ACPI disabled, I don't use netgraph, I don't have SMP, or a
    > processor capable of Hyperthreading, and if X depends on the
    > API and ABI of struct ifnet, then I'd be very surprised. My upgrade from
    > _5_1 to _5_2 is the only cross-release upgrade that I've done
    > (everything else was just patches to _5_1), and the problem existed
    > before this upgrade.

    Are you using libkse by any chance? There have been problems reported with
    the official nvidia drivers and kse over the use of the %gs register.

    Do you actively use OpenGL? Would you mind trying the nv driver and see if
    this problem persists?

    Regards,

    > Andre Guibert de Bruet | Enterprise Software Consultant >
    > Silicon Landmark, LLC. | http://siliconlandmark.com/ >
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