SamG wrote:
> My laptop has xorg 7.3 on Freebsd 7.
> My xorg.conf file has:
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "card0"
> Driver "vesa"
> VendorName "S3 Inc"
> BoardName "VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266]"
> BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
> EndSection
>
> Problem is when I log out of gnome my system freezes completely and
> control+alt+backspace does not work. The keyboard becomes totally
> unresponsive and i must unplug the system to turn it off. I have
> searched this problem and seen that posts appear in the list archives
> back in 2006 about this issue. However, I cannot find any solution. Can
> someone please point me in the right direction for a solution to this
> please?

Cced in case you didn't see my earlier response. Try using the
xf86-video-savage driver instead of vesa, and disable DRI in xorg.conf.

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Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota * USA

Warren Block wrote:
> SamG wrote:
>> My laptop has xorg 7.3 on Freebsd 7.
>> My xorg.conf file has:
>> Section "Device"
>> Identifier "card0"
>> Driver "vesa"
>> VendorName "S3 Inc"
>> BoardName "VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266]"
>> BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
>> EndSection
>>
>> Problem is when I log out of gnome my system freezes completely and
>> control+alt+backspace does not work. The keyboard becomes totally
>> unresponsive and i must unplug the system to turn it off. I have
>> searched this problem and seen that posts appear in the list archives
>> back in 2006 about this issue. However, I cannot find any solution. Can
>> someone please point me in the right direction for a solution to this
>> please?
>
> Cced in case you didn't see my earlier response.

....to an undeliverable address. Please don't use a real hostname if
you're obscuring your email. Numerous tutorials are available on the
web for the right way to do that.

> Try using the xf86-video-savage driver instead of vesa, and disable
> DRI in xorg.conf.

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Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota * USA

Warren Block wrote:
>
> Cced in case you didn't see my earlier response. Try using the
> xf86-video-savage driver instead of vesa, and disable DRI in xorg.conf.
>

I had this problem this morning on my home machine that i have just
reinstalled with FreeBSD-7.0. The X display could only survive a few
minutes before freezing ( note i had the same problem with Linux).
This was with a Radeon 9200 card, and the radeon driver, and a VIA chipset.
Disabling DRI seems to have cured the problem. The syntax is
Option "DRI" "false"
in the Device section.

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Michel TALON