R: Recent mouse freeze problem with X, different window managers, any browser and flash.

[Ariff Abdullah]

On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 15:24:52 -0500
Jung-uk Kim <jkim at FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> On Thursday 13 January 2011 01:14 pm, Jung-uk Kim wrote:
> > On Wednesday 12 January 2011 10:22 pm, Ariff Abdullah wrote:
> > > On Wed, 12 Jan 2011 09:53:03 -0600
> > >
> > > eculp <eculp at encontacto.net> wrote:
> > > > Quoting Ariff Abdullah <ariff at FreeBSD.org>:
> > > > > On Wed, 12 Jan 2011 22:51:29 +0800
> > > > > Ariff Abdullah <ariff at FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > [....]
> > > > >
> > > > >> Try disabling mtrr, machdep.disable_mtrrs=0 through
> > > > >> boot prompt or /boot/loader.conf.
> > > > >
> > > > > Grr.. should be machdep.disable_mtrrs=1
> > > >
> > > > Caught it, changed it en loader.conf, rebooted and have had
> > > > youtube
> > > >
> > > > running more that 10 minutes with no ill affects.
> > >
> > > Keep in mind that disabling mtrr is a temporary measure.
> > >
> > > > Want to clarify that this in with current i386.
> > > >
> > > > 9.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 9.0-CURRENT #161: Wed Jan 12 04:38:15 CST
> > > > 2011
> > > >
> > > > root at home.encontacto.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/ENCONTACTO  i386
> > > >
> > > > Thanks again,
> > > >
> > > > ed
> > > >
> > > > Thanks so much for your help.
> > > >
> > > > ed
> > > >
> > > > >> If that is the case, you probably want this:
> > > > >>
> > > > >> http://people.freebsd.org/~ariff/misc/mtrr.diff
> > >
> > > This breakage was due to r215415 commit. Jung-uk Kim, any idea ?
> 
> Can you please try the attached patch *without* ariff's workaround?
> 

X Display corruption and erratic mouse behaviour still occured.

Hardware is Thinkpad x100e using single-core Athlon Neo running
r217079 / amd64 .

CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) Neo Processor MV-40 (1596.12-MHz K8-class CPU)
  Origin = "AuthenticAMD"  Id = 0x70ff2  Family = f  Model = 7f 
Stepping = 2 
Features = 0x78bfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,
           PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2> 
Features2=0x2001<SSE3,CX16>
AMD Features =
    0xea500800<SYSCALL,NX,MMX+,FFXSR,RDTSCP,LM,3DNow!+,3DNow!>
AMD Features2=
    0x11d<LAHF,SVM,ExtAPIC,CR8,Prefetch>


--
Ariff Abdullah
FreeBSD

... Recording in stereo is obviously too advanced
    and confusing for us idiot ***** users :P ........

... Going with the standard and orthodox
    is the death of intellect ..............
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