Hi list, I would like to ask for some help debugging the kernel.
Here is the problem: I have a computer about five years old with an on-board graphics card (SiS 661). I am trying to install an ATI Radeon 128 on the AGP port. FreeBSD (FreeBSD 7.2-STABLE #10: Tue May 26 15:08:39 CEST 2009) is able to start DRM and AGP without trouble. However, whenever I start X (X.Org X Server 1.6.1; Release Date: 2009-4-14; Build Date: 11 May 2009 12:03:27PM) the system freezes with a blank screen with some apparent noisy green dots on it (reproducible, however). It does not panic, nor reboot. Now I suspect there is some problem on the AGP bridge driver since linux can run X without trouble (i.e. hardware and BIOS are ok). I have found someone reporting problems with this bridge long time ago with no answers (http://www.nabble.com/agp-on-sis-661-td1446998.html). So here I am trying to figure out where the system freezes. I have recompiled my kernel adding the following options: options KDB options DDB options MP_WATCHDOG options SW_WATCHDOG I am able to enter the debugger with ctrl+alt+esc from a console. So what I am trying to do is to have watchdogd time out and the debugger make a dump: ddb script kern.enter.watchdog=call doadump; reboot However, when I start X no timeout occurs, and the system stays freezed. Am I missing something on the workings of watchdogd? Thanks a lot for your help! Fernando _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
