EQ overflowing. The server is probably stuck in an infinite loop.

I very recently decided to move from fbsd-8-stable i386 to amd64 (by reinstalling everything from scratch, eventually). I had a few issues with window managers, so I installed a few of them (I use xfce4, normally). What I realized was the following:

- on fvwm and xfce4, when I use CTRL+ALT+Fi to access terminal i, it is impossible to go back to my windows manager, because when I do so, the screen is not being refreshed, the keyboard is not functioning, and the mouse is flickering on some edge of the screen.

- on fluxbox, this does not happen.


If I am not mistaken, this also happened to me once, when the screensaver came into play and I moved the mouse to exit it.

Does anybody know how I can fix this problem, and/or which is the actual cause of it?

my config is:

Code:
$ uname -a
FreeBSD mybox 8.1-STABLE FreeBSD 8.1-STABLE #1: Fri Nov  5 17:27:37 EET 2010     root@:/mnt/obj/mnt/src/sys/GENERIC  amd64

and

Code:
$ ls -lrta /var/db/pkg | grep -i xfce4
drwxr-xr-x    2 root  wheel  -        7 16 Νοε 11:43 xfce4-wm-themes-4.6.0/
drwxr-xr-x    2 root  wheel  -        7 16 Νοε 11:45 libxfce4gui-4.6.4/
drwxr-xr-x    2 root  wheel  -        7 16 Νοε 11:45 libxfce4menu-4.6.2/
drwxr-xr-x    2 root  wheel  -        7 16 Νοε 11:45 libxfce4util-4.6.2/
drwxr-xr-x    2 root  wheel  -        7 16 Νοε 11:45 xfce4-appfinder-4.6.2/
drwxr-xr-x    2 root  wheel  -        7 16 Νοε 11:45 xfce4-conf-4.6.2/
drwxr-xr-x    2 root  wheel  -        7 16 Νοε 11:45 xfce4-desktop-4.6.2/
drwxr-xr-x    2 root  wheel  -        7 16 Νοε 11:45 xfce4-mixer-4.6.1_6/
drwxr-xr-x    2 root  wheel  -        7 16 Νοε 11:45 xfce4-panel-4.6.4/
drwxr-xr-x    2 root  wheel  -        7 16 Νοε 11:45 xfce4-print-4.6.1_6/
drwxr-xr-x    2 root  wheel  -        7 16 Νοε 11:45 xfce4-session-4.6.2/
drwxr-xr-x    2 root  wheel  -        7 16 Νοε 11:45 xfce4-settings-4.6.5/
drwxr-xr-x    2 root  wheel  -        7 16 Νοε 11:45 xfce4-utils-4.6.2/
drwxr-xr-x    2 root  wheel  -        7 16 Νοε 11:45 xfce4-wm-4.6.2/

$ ls -lrta /var/db/pkg | grep -i xorg
drwxr-xr-x    2 root  wheel  -        7  8 Νοε 13:06 xorg-fonts-truetype-7.5/
drwxr-xr-x    2 root  wheel  -        6  8 Νοε 13:47 xorg-docs-1.4,1/
drwxr-xr-x    2 root  wheel  -        6  8 Νοε 13:48 xorg-fonts-cyrillic-7.5/
drwxr-xr-x    2 root  wheel  -        6  8 Νοε 13:51 xorg-fonts-miscbitmaps-7.5/
drwxr-xr-x    2 root  wheel  -        6  8 Νοε 13:51 xorg-fonts-75dpi-7.5/
drwxr-xr-x    2 root  wheel  -        6  8 Νοε 13:52 xorg-fonts-100dpi-7.5/
drwxr-xr-x    2 root  wheel  -        6  8 Νοε 13:53 xorg-apps-7.5/
drwxr-xr-x    2 root  wheel  -        8  8 Νοε 15:25 xorg-libraries-7.5/
drwxr-xr-x    2 root  wheel  -        6  8 Νοε 16:14 linux-f10-xorg-libs-7.4_1/
drwxr-xr-x    2 root  wheel  -        7  8 Νοε 18:28 xorg-cf-files-1.0.3/
drwxr-xr-x    2 root  wheel  -        6 16 Νοε 11:45 xorg-drivers-7.5/
drwxr-xr-x    2 root  wheel  -        7 16 Νοε 11:45 xorg-server-1.7.5,1/

$ ls -lrta /var/db/pkg | grep -i nvidia
drwxr-xr-x    2 root  wheel  -        7  8 Νοε 13:19 nvidia-driver-256.53/
drwxr-xr-x    2 root  wheel  -        6 16 Νοε 11:45 nvidia-settings-256.53/

My video card is nvidia 9800M GS and I run a split display on two screens (no xinerama).

The message I got on Xorg0.log was:

Code:
(II) Nov 17 10:01:33 NVIDIA(1): Setting mode "CRT:nvidia-auto-select+0+0"
(**) Option "BaudRate" "1200"
(**) Option "StopBits" "2"
(**) Option "DataBits" "8"
(**) Option "Parity" "None"
(**) Option "Vmin" "1"
(**) Option "Vtime" "0"
(**) Option "FlowControl" "None"
[mi] EQ overflowing. The server is probably stuck in an infinite loop.


I didn't have this problem on i386, at least not recently (I remember having it in the past, but after I while it "healed" itself due to some system updating), and the strange thing is that it does not appear when I run fluxbox...

My xorg.conf is the same since more than a year, and I will include it if someone asks me to.

Thank you all for your time in advance.
 
Rebuild Xorg with WITHOUT_NOUVEAU in /etc/make.conf. This will give you a slightly newer DRI. Also modify the Makefile of the nvidia-driver to install 260.19.12.
 
Thanx SirDice,

I started with your second suggestion, and it worked. I didn't know how I could change a Makefile to reflect another version, so your thread was helpful twofold! I only had to make NO_CHECKSUM=yes to compile and later install the newest nvidia driver (260.19.21 not 12 that you suggested). I understand that there is no yes/no answer to my next question, but I'll give it a shot: is it safe to do this in other ports too (where the sources are newer than the port?). Sorry to have asked, I just wanted to know your experience on this (some stats :)).

As far as the xorg rebuild: which port of xorg should I rebuild? xorg-server? the whole xorg metaport?

Thanx again
 
...to be honest it doesn't work correctly all the time, but at least, even when it fails to work, the mouse and keyboard are functional so I can move to a console and kill X. I will try the xorg update and see if it will fix it.
 
mamalos said:
I only had to make NO_CHECKSUM=yes to compile
Use # make makesum This will download the new version and calculate it's checksum. This will get saved in the port's distinfo file.

and later install the newest nvidia driver (260.19.21 not 12 that you suggested).
Probably made a typo but you got the idea ;)

I understand that there is no yes/no answer to my next question, but I'll give it a shot: is it safe to do this in other ports too (where the sources are newer than the port?).
Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. I do use it quite often on the nvidia-driver and it seems to work most of the times. Other ports might not be so easy. Keep in mind that newer versions of a port might install additional (or less) files. This will mean the pkg-plist also needs to be modified. Or the ports dependencies might change, or patches might need adjusting etc.

As far as the xorg rebuild: which port of xorg should I rebuild? xorg-server? the whole xorg metaport?
There are a few bits of Xorg depending on dri. At least xorg-server would need to be rebuild. My system lists these as depending on dri:
Code:
root@williscorto:/usr/home/dice#pkg_delete -x dri-
pkg_delete: package 'dri-7.6.1,2' is required by these other packages
and may not be deinstalled:
xorg-server-1.7.5,1
xf86-video-vesa-2.3.0
xf86-input-mouse-1.5.0
xf86-input-keyboard-1.4.0
xorg-minimal-7.4_4
 
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