On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Chris Knight wrote: > > >>-----Original Message----- > > >>From: Jens Rehsack [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >>Sent: Monday, 17 November 2003 00:00 > > >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >>Subject: Machine freeze when X starts > > >> > > >> > > >>Hi, > > >> > > >>after I updated my machine yesterday to the -CURRENT > > >>src/ and ports/ of yesterday (2003-11-15 10:30 GMT), > > >>build kernel and world as described in Kirks HEADSUP > > >>mail and rebuild all ports, my machine always crashes > > >>when I start X. > > >> > > >>My problem is, that I cannot determine the reason > > >>for the crashes, so I cannot think about a workaround. > > >>Any hints are very welcome :-) > > > > > > I had a similar problem. I "resolved" my problem by killing the gnome > > > session processes and the X lockup was fixed. I had replaced metacity > > with > > > enlightenment, so there might be some weird interaction between the > > two. > > > Hope this helps. > > > > Hi Chris, > > > > sorry, that wont help me out, 'cause the machine is not reacting > > to anything I'm doing (except the power and reset button). At least we can be sure that something went completely wrong with this weekend's sources. I had similar symptoms (X crashing, basic commands not working), but was lucky enough, not to be completely locked out. With some help from this list I could rebuild the OS. X and Metacity work again, but Nautilus still crashes.
Jens, did you try to reload your old kernel? boot /boot/kernel.old Perhaps this gives you a little more than the power button. Uli. > > > > Best regards, > > Jens > > > > _______________________________________________ > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > > I've got a freezing compaq presario when using the trident driver. > The power button is then the only option. > When using the vesa driver, there's no freezing. > Must add though that I had this problem with every 5.x, and not 4.8. > It seems to be a xfree server thing for this machine. > Have you tried the vesa driver? > > Dylan > +---------------------------+ | Peter Ulrich Kruppa | | Wuppertal | | Germany | +---------------------------+ _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
