Quoting Karol Kwiatkowski <freebsd_at_orchid.homeunix.org>: > eculp_at_bafirst.com wrote: >> This is a really strange problem that even I don't believe;) >> I have 7.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT #22: Fri Sep 23 05:39:20 CDT 2005 >> skype-1.2.0.11 >> kde-3.4.2 >> And when I start skype I get a hard lock. No console message, no log >> messages, nothing. I have to turn it off and back on. >> >> The strange part involves the work arounds that are independient of one >> another that I have found: >> >> Kernel compiled prior to around Sept. 9 works fine, zero problems with kde. >> Current Kernel and using xdm in place of kde, works fine. >> >> Now I try to keep my box clean of old libraries and did a portupgrade >> -Rruf of skype and kde with no changes and even that doesn't explain why >> an older kernel would work unless I had some old libraries around, I >> would assume and the working kernels aren't that old. >> >> To make it even more unusual I have 4 other machines showing the same >> symptoms. They are all AMD 32 bit w/ different motherboards and from >> 256M to 2M in memory. I don't have anything with an intel chip to test on. >> >> Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated, I have no idea where else >> to look. >> >> Thanks, >> >> ed > > 'Me too' kind of post (no one replied on -current or -ports). No. I finally gave up and switched to gnome and all is well. > As soon as skype's window shows up everything stops - no mouse, no > keyboard, no ssh connection from other machine, no nothing. It started > in similar period of time (few weeks ago but I don't know exactly). > Roughly from somewhere around the 12th to the 15th, IIRC. > > Here's my setup: > > FreeBSD 6.0-BETA5 #2: Mon Oct 3 14:27:55 CEST 2005 i386 > AMD Athlon 2000+, 512MB > > I upgraded from 5.4-RELEASE (cvsup, make), recompiled all ports as > instructed. > > Software used: > > skype-1.2.0.17 = up-to-date with port > (previously skype-1.2.0.11, same effect) > > linux-XFree86-libs-4.3.99.902_3 = up-to-date with port > linux-expat-1.95.5_3 = up-to-date with port > linux-fontconfig-2.1_4 = up-to-date with port > linux_base-8-8.0_6 = up-to-date with port > linux_dri-4.3.0_3 = up-to-date with port > > kdebase-3.4.2_2 = up-to-date with port > kdehier-1.0_8 = up-to-date with port > kdelibs-3.4.2_1 = up-to-date with port > kdemultimedia-3.4.2_1 = up-to-date with port > kdeutils-3.4.2 = up-to-date with port > > Linux compatibility module loaded at system boot (linux_enable="YES"). > My configuration is the same even the processor and memory, maybe the processor is the key. > > Any help appreciated. My first workaround was twm but I got bored with that in about 5 minutes and switched to gnome, both of which work or a kernel for before the above dates will work with kde. As I said, it makes no sense to me. Good luck, ed > > Regards, > > Karol > > -- > Karol Kwiatkowski <freebsd at orchid dot homeunix dot org> >Received on Mon Oct 03 2005 - 17:21:57 UTC
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