T400 "spontaneous" reboots

[seanbruno]

Something wonky in the acpi behavior on a T400.

I assume that something is malfunctioning during some power save operation and causing the laptop to reboot, hard. Thoughts?

[Ian_Robinson]

The only facts you present are:

1. You have a T400 laptop.
2. It does a spontaneous reboot.

Saying there is "Something wonky in the acpi behavior on a T400" is not enough. Here are examples of factual information that might be helpful:

Which T400 (there are several models)?

Which video card & what driver are you using?

What version of PCBSD?

Did PCBSD complete a successful install and a successful video driver install?

Did other versions of PCBSD run successfully before this install?

What were you doing when it spontaneously rebooted (i.e., in process or booting, installing video driver, running program x, inserting a USB device, other?)

Have you tried other boot options from the welcome screen like "No ACPI" or "VESA" & what was the result?

Does the computer go into suspend and will it resume?

What is the output of dmesg

What are the contents of /etc/rc.conf

What are the contents of /var/logs/Xorg.0.log

[seanbruno]

The only facts you present are:

1. You have a T400 laptop.
2. It does a spontaneous reboot.

Saying there is "Something wonky in the acpi behavior on a T400" is not enough. Here are examples of factual information that might be helpful:
-- Indeed, thank you for your thoughts.

Which T400 (there are several models)?
hard to tell at the moment. I'll post this later when I shutdown the laptop to read the sticker when it's taken out of its docking station.

Which video card & what driver are you using?
This T400 has a "magical" set of two video adapters. It contains an ATI and and Intel Integrated adapter. I have had no luck getting PC-BSD 8.1 to do anything useful with the ATI adapter when its enabled, so I switched to the Intel adapter with more success.

What version of PCBSD?
-- Version 8.1, AMD64

Did PCBSD complete a successful install and a successful video driver install?
Yes, it installed and I chose the Intel "3d" graphics adapter.

Did other versions of PCBSD run successfully before this install?
No idea, never tried out PC-BSD before, so far its pretty nice.

What were you doing when it spontaneously rebooted (i.e., in process or booting, installing video driver, running program x, inserting a USB device, other?)
Nothing, I was distracted by something at the time. I did note that the machine had fired up the screen saver and was running through various images.


Have you tried other boot options from the welcome screen like "No ACPI" or "VESA" & what was the result?
ACPI--> Yes, still fails. The display goes blank at some point and never recovers. I can, however, power off the machine via a short press of the power button.


Does the computer go into suspend and will it resume?
Yes, and yes. No issues with suspend or hibernate AFAIK.

What is the output of dmesg
follow-on post

What are the contents of /etc/rc.conf
follow-on post

What are the contents of /var/logs/Xorg.0.log
follow-on post

[seanbruno]

dmesg part 1--
Copyright (c) 1992-2010 The FreeBSD Project.
Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation.
FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE #1: Sat Jul 17 14:19:59 PDT 2010
root@build8x64.pcbsd.org:/usr/obj/usr/pcbsd-build81/fbsd-source/8.1/sys/PCBSD amd64
Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P8700 @ 2.53GHz (2527.02-MHz K8-class CPU)
Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x1067a Family = 6 Model = 17 Stepping = 10
Features=0xbfebfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE ,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH, DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE>
Features2=0x408e3fd<SSE3,DTES64,MON,DS_CPL,VMX,SMX ,EST,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,SSE4.1,XSAVE>
AMD Features=0x20100800<SYSCALL,NX,LM>
AMD Features2=0x1<LAHF>
TSC: P-state invariant
real memory = 4294967296 (4096 MB)
avail memory = 3986669568 (3801 MB)
ACPI APIC Table: <LENOVO TP-7U >
FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 2 CPUs
FreeBSD/SMP: 1 package(s) x 2 core(s)
cpu0 (BSP): APIC ID: 0
cpu1 (AP): APIC ID: 1
ioapic0: Changing APIC ID to 1
ioapic0 <Version 2.0> irqs 0-23 on motherboard
Cuse4BSD v0.1.11 @ /dev/cuse
kbd1 at kbdmux0
cryptosoft0: <software crypto> on motherboard
acpi0: <LENOVO TP-7U> on motherboard
CPU0: local APIC error 0x40
acpi0: [ITHREAD]
acpi_ec0: <Embedded Controller: GPE 0x11, ECDT> port 0x62,0x66 on acpi0
acpi0: Power Button (fixed)
acpi0: reservation of 0, a0000 (3) failed
acpi0: reservation of 100000, bff00000 (3) failed
Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000
acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x1008-0x100b on acpi0
cpu0: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
cpu1: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
acpi_hpet0: <High Precision Event Timer> iomem 0xfed00000-0xfed003ff on acpi0
Timecounter "HPET" frequency 14318180 Hz quality 900
acpi_lid0: <Control Method Lid Switch> on acpi0
acpi_button0: <Sleep Button> on acpi0
pcib0: <ACPI Host-PCI bridge> port 0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0
pci0: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib0
vgapci0: <VGA-compatible display> port 0x1800-0x1807 mem 0xf4400000-0xf47fffff,0xd0000000-0xdfffffff irq 16 at device 2.0 on pci0
agp0: <Intel GM45 SVGA controller> on vgapci0
agp0: detected 32764k stolen memory
agp0: aperture size is 256M
vgapci1: <VGA-compatible display> mem 0xf4200000-0xf42fffff at device 2.1 on pci0
pci0: <simple comms> at device 3.0 (no driver attached)
atapci0: <Intel ATA controller> port 0x1828-0x182f,0x180c-0x180f,0x1820-0x1827,0x1808-0x180b,0x1810-0x181f irq 18 at device 3.2 on pci0
atapci0: [ITHREAD]
ata2: <ATA channel 0> on atapci0
ata2: [ITHREAD]
ata3: <ATA channel 1> on atapci0
ata3: [ITHREAD]
pci0: <simple comms, UART> at device 3.3 (no driver attached)
em0: <Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection 7.0.5> port 0x1840-0x185f mem 0xfc000000-0xfc01ffff,0xfc025000-0xfc025fff irq 20 at device 25.0 on pci0
em0: Using MSI interrupt
em0: [FILTER]
em0: Ethernet address: 00:27:13:64:9b:1e
uhci0: <Intel 82801I (ICH9) USB controller> port 0x1860-0x187f irq 20 at device 26.0 on pci0
uhci0: [ITHREAD]
usbus0: <Intel 82801I (ICH9) USB controller> on uhci0
uhci1: <Intel 82801I (ICH9) USB controller> port 0x1880-0x189f irq 21 at device 26.1 on pci0
uhci1: [ITHREAD]
usbus1: <Intel 82801I (ICH9) USB controller> on uhci1
uhci2: <Intel 82801I (ICH9) USB controller> port 0x18a0-0x18bf irq 22 at device 26.2 on pci0
uhci2: [ITHREAD]
usbus2: <Intel 82801I (ICH9) USB controller> on uhci2
ehci0: <Intel 82801I (ICH9) USB 2.0 controller> mem 0xfc226c00-0xfc226fff irq 23 at device 26.7 on pci0
ehci0: [ITHREAD]
usbus3: EHCI version 1.0
usbus3: <Intel 82801I (ICH9) USB 2.0 controller> on ehci0

[seanbruno]

dmesg part 2 --
pci0: <multimedia, HDA> at device 27.0 (no driver attached)
pcib1: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 20 at device 28.0 on pci0
pci2: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib1
pcib2: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 21 at device 28.1 on pci0
pci3: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib2
iwn0: <Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 5100> mem 0xf4300000-0xf4301fff irq 17 at device 0.0 on pci3
iwn0: MIMO 1T2R, MoW, address 00:26:c6:48:d5:92
iwn0: [ITHREAD]
iwn0: 11a rates: 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
iwn0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
iwn0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
pcib3: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 23 at device 28.3 on pci0
pci5: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib3
pcib4: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 20 at device 28.4 on pci0
pci13: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib4
uhci3: <Intel 82801I (ICH9) USB controller> port 0x18c0-0x18df irq 16 at device 29.0 on pci0
uhci3: [ITHREAD]
usbus4: <Intel 82801I (ICH9) USB controller> on uhci3
uhci4: <Intel 82801I (ICH9) USB controller> port 0x18e0-0x18ff irq 17 at device 29.1 on pci0
uhci4: [ITHREAD]
usbus5: <Intel 82801I (ICH9) USB controller> on uhci4
uhci5: <Intel 82801I (ICH9) USB controller> port 0x1c00-0x1c1f irq 18 at device 29.2 on pci0
uhci5: [ITHREAD]
usbus6: <Intel 82801I (ICH9) USB controller> on uhci5
ehci1: <Intel 82801I (ICH9) USB 2.0 controller> mem 0xfc227000-0xfc2273ff irq 19 at device 29.7 on pci0
ehci1: [ITHREAD]
usbus7: EHCI version 1.0
usbus7: <Intel 82801I (ICH9) USB 2.0 controller> on ehci1
pcib5: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 30.0 on pci0
pci21: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib5
cbb0: <RF5C476 PCI-CardBus Bridge> mem 0xf4800000-0xf4800fff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci21
cardbus0: <CardBus bus> on cbb0
pccard0: <16-bit PCCard bus> on cbb0
cbb0: [FILTER]
fwohci0: <1394 Open Host Controller Interface> mem 0xf4801000-0xf48017ff irq 17 at device 0.1 on pci21
fwohci0: [ITHREAD]
fwohci0: OHCI version 1.10 (ROM=0)
fwohci0: No. of Isochronous channels is 4.
fwohci0: EUI64 00:06:1b:03:2a:4b:31:cb
fwohci0: Phy 1394a available S400, 1 ports.
fwohci0: Link S400, max_rec 2048 bytes.
firewire0: <IEEE1394(FireWire) bus> on fwohci0
fwe0: <Ethernet over FireWire> on firewire0
if_fwe0: Fake Ethernet address: 02:06:1b:4b:31:cb
fwe0: Ethernet address: 02:06:1b:4b:31:cb
fwip0: <IP over FireWire> on firewire0
fwip0: Firewire address: 00:06:1b:03:2a:4b:31:cb @ 0xfffe00000000, S400, maxrec 2048
dcons_crom0: <dcons configuration ROM> on firewire0
dcons_crom0: bus_addr 0xbd5ac000
fwohci0: Initiate bus reset
fwohci0: fwohci_intr_core: BUS reset
fwohci0: fwohci_intr_core: node_id=0x00000000, SelfID Count=1, CYCLEMASTER mode
sdhci0: <RICOH R5C822 SD> mem 0xf4801800-0xf48018ff irq 18 at device 0.2 on pci21
sdhci0: 1 slot(s) allocated
sdhci0: [ITHREAD]
pci21: <base peripheral> at device 0.3 (no driver attached)
pci21: <base peripheral> at device 0.4 (no driver attached)
pci21: <base peripheral> at device 0.5 (no driver attached)
isab0: <PCI-ISA bridge> at device 31.0 on pci0
isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0
ahci0: <Intel ICH9M AHCI SATA controller> port 0x1c48-0x1c4f,0x183c-0x183f,0x1c40-0x1c47,0x1838-0x183b,0x1c20-0x1c3f mem 0xfc226000-0xfc2267ff irq 16 at device 31.2 on pci0
ahci0: [ITHREAD]
ahci0: AHCI v1.20 with 4 3Gbps ports, Port Multiplier not supported
ahcich0: <AHCI channel> at channel 0 on ahci0
ahcich0: [ITHREAD]
ahcich1: <AHCI channel> at channel 1 on ahci0
ahcich1: [ITHREAD]
pci0: <serial bus, SMBus> at device 31.3 (no driver attached)
acpi_tz0: <Thermal Zone> on acpi0
acpi_tz1: <Thermal Zone> on acpi0
atrtc0: <AT realtime clock> port 0x70-0x71 irq 8 on acpi0
atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> port 0x60,0x64 irq 1 on acpi0
atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> irq 1 on atkbdc0
kbd0 at atkbd0
atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
atkbd0: [ITHREAD]
psm0: <PS/2 Mouse> flags 0x1000 irq 12 on atkbdc0
psm0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
psm0: [ITHREAD]
psm0: model Generic PS/2 mouse, device ID 0
battery0: <ACPI Control Method Battery> on acpi0
acpi_acad0: <AC Adapter> on acpi0
orm0: <ISA Option ROMs> at iomem 0xc0000-0xcffff,0xde000-0xdf7ff,0xe0000-0xeffff on isa0
sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0
sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300>
vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0
ppc0: cannot reserve I/O port range
est0: <Enhanced SpeedStep Frequency Control> on cpu0
p4tcc0: <CPU Frequency Thermal Control> on cpu0
est1: <Enhanced SpeedStep Frequency Control> on cpu1
p4tcc1: <CPU Frequency Thermal Control> on cpu1
ZFS NOTICE: Prefetch is disabled by default if less than 4GB of RAM is present;
to enable, add "vfs.zfs.prefetch_disable=0" to /boot/loader.conf.
ZFS filesystem version 3
ZFS storage pool version 14
Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec
firewire0: 1 nodes, maxhop <= 0 cable IRM irm(0) (me)
firewire0: bus manager 0
usbus0: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
usbus1: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
usbus2: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
usbus3: 480Mbps High Speed USB v2.0
usbus4: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
usbus5: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
usbus6: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
usbus7: 480Mbps High Speed USB v2.0
ugen0.1: <Intel> at usbus0
uhub0: <Intel UHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus0
ugen1.1: <Intel> at usbus1
uhub1: <Intel UHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus1
ugen2.1: <Intel> at usbus2
uhub2: <Intel UHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus2
ugen3.1: <Intel> at usbus3
uhub3: <Intel EHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus3
ugen4.1: <Intel> at usbus4
uhub4: <Intel UHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus4
ugen5.1: <Intel> at usbus5
uhub5: <Intel UHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus5
ugen6.1: <Intel> at usbus6
uhub6: <Intel UHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus6
ugen7.1: <Intel> at usbus7
uhub7: <Intel EHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus7
ada0 at ahcich0 bus 0 scbus0 target 0 lun 0
ada0: <INTEL SSDSA2MH160G1GN 045C8790> ATA-7 SATA 2.x device
ada0: 300.000MB/s transfers (SATA 2.x, UDMA6, PIO 8192bytes)
ada0: Command Queueing enabled
ada0: 152627MB (312581808 512 byte sectors: 16H 63S/T 16383C)
SMP: AP CPU #1 Launched!
cd0 at ahcich1 bus 0 scbus1 target 0 lun 0
cd0: <MATSHITA DVD-RAM UJ862A SB15> Removable CD-ROM SCSI-0 device
cd0: 150.000MB/s transfers (SATA 1.x, UDMA2, ATAPI 12bytes, PIO 8192bytes)
cd0: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present - tray closed
GEOM_JOURNAL: Journal 1001314000: ada0p2 contains data.
GEOM_JOURNAL: Journal 1001314000: ada0p2 contains journal.
GEOM_JOURNAL: Journal ada0p2 clean.
Root mount waiting for: usbus7 usbus6 usbus5 usbus4 usbus3 usbus2 usbus1 usbus0
uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhub2: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhub4: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhub6: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhub5: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
Root mount waiting for: usbus7 usbus3
Root mount waiting for: usbus7 usbus3
uhub3: 6 ports with 6 removable, self powered
uhub7: 6 ports with 6 removable, self powered
ugen3.2: <vendor 0x04b3> at usbus3
uhub8: <vendor 0x04b3 product 0x4485, class 9/0, rev 2.00/0.01, addr 2> on usbus3
Root mount waiting for: usbus3
uhub8: 4 ports with 4 removable, self powered
Root mount waiting for: usbus3
ugen3.3: <Logitech> at usbus3
ums0: <Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse, class 0/0, rev 2.00/27.20, addr 3> on usbus3
ums0: 8 buttons and [XYZT] coordinates ID=0
ugen3.4: <CHICONY> at usbus3
ukbd0: <CHICONY HP Basic USB Keyboard, class 0/0, rev 1.10/3.00, addr 4> on usbus3
kbd2 at ukbd0
ugen3.5: <Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd.> at usbus3
Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/label/rootfs0
WARNING: TMPFS is considered to be a highly experimental feature in FreeBSD.
iwn0: radio is disabled by hardware switch
wlan0: Ethernet address: 00:27:13:64:9b:1e
hdac0: <Intel 82801I High Definition Audio Controller> mem 0xfc020000-0xfc023fff irq 17 at device 27.0 on pci0
hdac0: HDA Driver Revision: 20100226_0142
hdac0: [ITHREAD]
hdac0: HDA Codec #0: Conexant CX20561 (Hermosa)
hdac0: hdac_command_send_internal: TIMEOUT numcmd=1, sent=1, received=0
hdac0: hdac_command_send_internal: TIMEOUT numcmd=1, sent=1, received=0
hdac0: Codec #1 is not responding! Probing aborted.
pcm0: <HDA Conexant CX20561 (Hermosa) PCM #0 Analog> at cad 0 nid 1 on hdac0
pcm1: <HDA Conexant CX20561 (Hermosa) PCM #1 Analog> at cad 0 nid 1 on hdac0
fwohci0: fwohci_intr_core: BUS reset
fwohci0: fwohci_intr_core: node_id=0x00000001, SelfID Count=2, CYCLEMASTER mode
firewire0: 2 nodes, maxhop <= 1 cable IRM irm(1) (me)
firewire0: bus manager 1
firewire0: New S800 device ID:0001d27ce0a502b8
sbp0: <SBP-2/SCSI over FireWire> on firewire0
sbp0: sbp_show_sdev_info: sbp0:0:0: ordered:1 type:14 EUI:0001d27ce0a502b8 node:0 speed:3 maxrec:8
sbp0: sbp_show_sdev_info: sbp0:0:0 'Galaxy Metal Gear' 'Oxford ATA Device 00' '009102'
da0 at sbp0 bus 0 scbus2 target 0 lun 0
da0: <Galaxy M Oxford ATA Devic 9102> Fixed Direct Access SCSI-4 device
da0: 50.000MB/s transfers
da0: 152638MB (312602976 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 19458C)

[seanbruno]

rc.conf

background_dhclient="YES"
compat5x_enable="YES"
sshd_enable="YES"
devd_enable="YES"
devfs_system_ruleset="devfsrules_common"
ldconfig_paths="/usr/lib/compat /usr/local/lib /usr/local/kde4/lib /usr/local/lib/compat/pkg"

# Disable Sendmail by default
sendmail_enable="NONE"

# Enable console mouse
moused_type="auto"
moused_enable="YES"

# Enable the pcbsd startup / shutdown scripts
pcbsdinit_enable="YES"

#Enable samba server
samba_enable="YES"
winbindd_enable="YES"

# Disable LPD
lpd_enable="NO"

# Enable CUPS
cupsd_enable="YES"
linux_enable="YES"

# FSCK Enhancements
fsck_y_enable="YES"

# Denyhosts Startup
denyhosts_enable="YES"

# powerd: adaptive speed while on AC power, adaptive while on battery power
powerd_enable="YES"
powerd_flags="-a hiadaptive -b adaptive" # set CPU frequency

# enable HAL / DBUS
dbus_enable="YES"
hald_enable="YES"

# Enables support for HPLIP
hpiod_enable="NO"
hpssd_enable="NO"

# Enable the firewall
pf_rules="/etc/pf.conf"
pf_enable="YES"
pf_flags=""

# Enable sound-support
snddetect_enable="YES"
mixer_enable="YES"

# Enable avahi_daemon
avahi_daemon_enable="YES"

# Run the port jail
portjail_enable="YES"

# Added for sound support in the portjail, access to /dev/random, /dev/null, etc.
jail_pcbsd_devfs_enable="YES"

# Start the swapmonitor
swapmonitor_enable="YES"

# Enable IPV6 support
ipv6_enable="YES"

# Enable BSDStats
bsdstats_enable="YES"

# Enable webcamd
webcamd_enable="YES"

# Disable writing syslogs to remote devices by default
syslogd_flags="-ss"
ntpd_enable="YES"
ntpd_sync_on_start="YES"
keymap="us.iso"
# Auto-Enabled NICs from pc-sysinstall
ifconfig_iwn0="`ifconfig em0 ether`"
ifconfig_iwn0="ether ${ifconfig_iwn0##*ether }"
wlans_iwn0="wlan0"
cloned_interfaces="lagg0"
ifconfig_lagg0="laggproto failover laggport wlan0 laggport em0 DHCP"
hostname="pcbsd-8936"

[seanbruno]

xorg.conf:

# Xorg.conf file generated for PC-BSD

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "XFree86 Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
#Screen 1 "Screen1" RightOf "Screen0"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
Option "Clone" "off"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AutoAddDevices" "False"
Option "AllowEmptyInput" "Off"
EndSection

Section "Files"
ModulePath "/usr/local/lib/xorg/modules"
FontPath "/Programs/fonts/"
FontPath "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic/"
FontPath "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType/"
FontPath "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/webfonts/"
FontPath "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
FontPath "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/"
FontPath "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
FontPath "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/CID/"
FontPath "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/dejavu/"
FontPath "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/local/"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "ddc"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "keyboard"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
Option "XkbVariant" ""
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/sysmouse"
Option "Buttons" "6"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Monitor Model"
EndSection



Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor1"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Monitor Model"
EndSection


Section "ServerFlags"
Option "Xinerama" "1"
Option "AutoAddDevices" "False"
Option "AllowEmptyInput" "Off"
EndSection


Section "Device"
Identifier "Card0"
Screen 0
Driver "intel"
VendorName "Intel Video Driver"
BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
Screen 0
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Card1"
Screen 1
Driver "intel"
VendorName "Intel Video Driver"
BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
Screen 1
EndSection


Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024"
EndSubSection
EndSection


Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen1"
Device "Card1"
Monitor "Monitor1"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1600x1024"
EndSubSection
EndSection

[Ian_Robinson]

The ATi driver has been problematic with FreeBSD/PCBSD. Intel has been so-so, and has had some problems with the 8.x operating systems. I have an older laptop with an Intel 82855 video chip which worked great on 8.0 but I have had to use the vesa driver with 8.1 and 8.2-Beta1 and 9.0-Alpha. You might try a few things like:

(1) Change the intel 3-d video driver to the non-3d version
(2) Change the video driver to vesa (but you will have less resolution)

Both of those changes can be effected by choosing option #7 at the initial welcome screen.

You can also consider

(3) turning off desktop effects (Start -> Favorites -> System Settings -> Desktop Effects -> General Tab -> uncheck the box that says "Enable Desktop Effects", and

(4) turning off the screen saver

However, I notice that your system has been set up to use two monitors. Notice the last half of your xorg.conf file where it states:

======= Excerpt from /etc/X11/xorg.conf =================
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Monitor Model"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor1"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Monitor Model"
EndSection


Section "ServerFlags"
Option "Xinerama" "1"
Option "AutoAddDevices" "False"
Option "AllowEmptyInput" "Off"
EndSection


Section "Device"
Identifier "Card0"
Screen 0
Driver "intel"
VendorName "Intel Video Driver"
BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
Screen 0
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Card1"
Screen 1
Driver "intel"
VendorName "Intel Video Driver"
BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
Screen 1
EndSection


Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024"
EndSubSection
EndSection


Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen1"
Device "Card1"
Monitor "Monitor1"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1600x1024"
EndSubSection
EndSection

======== End Excerpt ==================

The excerpt shows you are running two monitors (Monitor 0 and Monitor 1), two video cards (Card0 and Card1) each running the intel video driver, and the monitors are running different resolutions on their display screens (Screen0 running @ Mode 1280x1024 and Screen1 running @ Mode 1600x1024). You are also running Xinerama which allows you to "combine" the two monitors as if they were a single unit over which you can move a window on the first screen over to the second screen. I did not get the impression that you were running a twin video card/twin monitor setup. If you are not, it would be a good idea to re-run option 7 (mentioned above) to reconfigure your xorg.conf.

The dmesg and rc.conf seemed otherwise unremarkable. I'm looking around for additional information and seeing if I can get more expertise into your problem.

Ian Robinson
Salem, Ohio