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Tiny Core Extensions => TCE Bugs => Topic started by: Raschid on January 08, 2012, 08:58:32 AM

Title: TC4.2: Xorg-7.6-3d makes Firefox explode
Post by: Raschid on January 08, 2012, 08:58:32 AM: TC has breathed new life into my aging Acer Aspire One 110L.
Thank you to everyone involved in the project!

My Problem: Since I went from Xorg7.6 to Xorg7.6-3d, Firefox explodes (Blank screen, frozen mouse pointer)
OS/WM: CorePlus4.2 + FLWM classic
Machine: Acer Aspire One A110L
Xorg.conf - Video driver section:
   Section "Device"
      Identifier "Card0"
      Driver "intel"
      VendorName "Intel Corporation"
      BoardName "Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller"
      BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
   EndSection
Xorg DRI-Driver: i915 (i915_dri.so)

Other applications - e.g. VLC, Chromium, ... work just fine.

Any ideas/comments/tips would be very welcome!

Cheers,
Raschid
Title: Re: TC4.2: Xorg-7.6-3d makes Firefox explode
Post by: martin on January 08, 2012, 06:40:42 PM: How you tried the "use hardware acceleration when available" setting? Perhaps unchecking it if it is ticked or vice versa?
Title: Re: TC4.2: Xorg-7.6-3d makes Firefox explode
Post by: Raschid on January 09, 2012, 03:35:07 AM: Thank you for your replay, markerr. Where would I find that setting?
Title: Re: TC4.2: Xorg-7.6-3d makes Firefox explode
Post by: martin on January 09, 2012, 08:20:25 AM: Edit menu -> Preferences -> Advanced -> General. Under Browsing heading.
Title: Re: TC4.2: Xorg-7.6-3d makes Firefox explode
Post by: Raschid on January 10, 2012, 05:33:43 AM: No can do. Firefox freezes right after startup.
Title: Re: TC4.2: Xorg-7.6-3d makes Firefox explode
Post by: coreplayer2 on January 10, 2012, 09:51:00 PM: Interesting...
Am not sure if this will help, however why not temporarily disable Xorg7.6-3d to disable the checkbox.
Was thinking maybe the CLI option " firefox -safe-mode " might help temporarily.. unfortunately on my system it did not. maybe there is a CLI switch to disable it..?
Title: Re: TC4.2: Xorg-7.6-3d makes Firefox explode
Post by: Raschid on January 11, 2012, 01:56:55 PM: Hi coreplayer2, thank you for your suggestion.

disabled Xorg7.6-3d, rebooted => Firefox works again. Yay.
Unchecked the "use hardware accel" option as markerr suggested, reenabled Xorg7.6-3d (reboot) and ...
... Firefox freezes again on start.
Firefox and Xorg7.6-3d remain mutually exclusive on my system.
Title: Re: TC4.2: Xorg-7.6-3d makes Firefox explode
Post by: bmarkus on January 11, 2012, 02:21:39 PM: The beauty is that you have so many browsers to choosem, you are not binded to one.
Title: Re: TC4.2: Xorg-7.6-3d makes Firefox explode
Post by: Raschid on January 11, 2012, 03:54:23 PM: Indeed. Chromium is working fine.
Unfortunately Firefox does not seem to be the only program affected: Looking for programms utilizing graphics acceleration I just checked "pinball.tcz": Similar problem (this one dies on exit).
Title: Re: TC4.2: Xorg-7.6-3d makes Firefox explode
Post by: coreplayer2 on January 11, 2012, 11:14:46 PM: So the issue is likely with Xorg7.6-3d not FF ?
Title: Re: TC4.2: Xorg-7.6-3d makes Firefox explode
Post by: Raschid on January 12, 2012, 04:25:31 PM: Yes, I would think so too.
vlc works fine. FF dies on start. pinball dies on exit.
I have puppy linux on another partition of the same machine => graphics accel works fine. So I would rule out hardware issues.
Title: Re: TC4.2: Xorg-7.6-3d makes Firefox explode
Post by: Raschid on January 15, 2012, 07:23:08 AM: There does not seem any readily apparent solution for this problem.

Additional Xorg.conf options I tried unsuccessfully (as info for anyone with similar issues):

1. in Section "Device" / Identifier "Card0" / Driver "intel"
Option "NoAcces" "true" # does not help here, firefox/pinball/etc. still freeze
Option "Legacy3D" "false" # apparently a known issue with the intel driver, does not help here
Option "Tiling" "no" # apparently a known issue with the intel driver, does not help here
Option "MigrationHeuristic" "greedy" # solved issues with some cards, does not help here

2. in Section "Module" / Load "extmod"
    SubSection "extmod"
       Option "omit xfree86-dga"
    EndSubSection
# KNOPPIX say about this: This is okay, but if you look into "man xorg.conf" you'll find option NOT to include DGA extension with extmod, and for a good reason.. DGA causes instability as it accesses videoram without consulting X about it.

3. removing Option "Composite" in Section "Extensions", known to cause issues with some gaphics cards, does not help either.
Title: Re: TC4.2: Xorg-7.6-3d makes Firefox explode
Post by: makoto on June 17, 2012, 07:46:12 AM: I have the same problem. If I use Xorg-7.6-3d, then firefox and thunderbird cannot work, the screen goes black, the mouse can't move and I cannot even get to console. If I use Xorg-7.6 instead, everything goes fine. I think it may be the driver problem. I have Lenovo ThinkPad E420 with intel/ATI switchable graphics. However, I can only use the integrated intel graphics so far. I tried the ati-fglrx and the driver given by amd, but both cannot work, just give "failed in waitforX". I don't have xorg.conf in /etc/X11 unless I use the ati driver. After deleting xorg.conf, I can start X, but the driver isn't working. I don't know how to configure. Sorry for my poor English.