Strange 'Freezing' Problems in Gnome 2.32

Devoid

Devoid

First time posting here, hopefully I don't break any unspoken rules or etiquette!

I've recently completed my first install of FreeBSD and everything has worked wonderfully so far... in the command line interface that is.

Gnome installed and started very nicely and after using it for a few minutes I noticed that I couldn't use the window buttons (close, minimize, etc.) on whichever program I was running. So to close it I attempted to right click and close it from the panel. To my surprise the panel was also frozen. I couldn't access any menus or icons for X amount of time, and then all of a sudden I regained control. This happens on and off constantly every few minutes (sometimes every few seconds) and is extremely aggravating. The strangest part about this whole issue is that while the computer is "frozen" the program I'm using is still active and keyboard shortcuts work fine.

My current workaround every time it freezes is to alt+f2 and run a killall-gnome panel which temporarily fixes the issue (until the next freeze).

I am running FreeBSD 8.2, and would greatly appreciate any help one could give!

~Devoid~
 
Are both hal and dbus enabled?
Did you enable /proc/?

Is (DNS) name resolving working correctly?
 
What was the solution? Other people might run into the same situation.
 
SOLUTION:

Just as the guys above suggested, I completely forgot to add the following lines to rc.conf:

Code: 
gnome_enable="YES"
gdm_enable="YES"
hald_enable="YES"
dbus_enable="YES"

Maybe if I had read the the full instructions in the handbook I would have picked up on this, but you know, I didn't haha.

~Devoid~
 
Cheers, thanks for sharing :beer

(Note, don't forget /proc/ ;))
 
Does setting
Code: 
gnome_enable="YES"
in /etc/rc.conf enable hald and dbus avoiding the need to enable those two in rc.conf?

I have the same problem as the OP. Everything will lock up shortly after trying to do anything. Gnome, dbus, and hald are enabled in rc.conf. Running top shows xorg using ~100% of CPU. To regain control I have to ssh into the box and su to reboot.
 
Does setting
Code: 
gnome_enable="YES"
in /etc/rc.conf enable hald and dbus avoiding the need to enable those two in rc.conf?
Click to expand...
I Think yes. According this if you don't have gnome, you set both of them. If you have gnome, you don't need to set them. You set
Code: 
gnome_enable="YES"
because they are included on it. At least that I understood.
 
Aspect said:
Does setting
Code: 
gnome_enable="YES"
in /etc/rc.conf enable hald and dbus avoiding the need to enable those two in rc.conf?
Click to expand...

Could very well be true, like I said this is my first real go at FreeBSD.

~Devoid~
 
Thank you for that link SirDice.

In rc.conf I removed the enable lines for hald and dbus. Gnome is enabled.
procfs is mounted in fstab.

I still have freezing issues with xorg going to ~100% CPU usage while using Gnome2. I'm wondering if I left some needed option out of the kernel rebuild. Enlightenment, Fluxbox, Windowmaker all work without issue.

NEWKERNEL
Code: 
http://pastebin.com/WH8cAjXj

This is with 8.2-RELEASE. All ports are up to date and installed via make install. The graphics card is a Radeon 9800 pro. Video driver is radeon.
 
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