XFree86 freezes terminals

[M. Schatzl]

Hi list,

I don't know if this is specific to my case, but maybe somebody had 
similar problems. Since I read some posts the last few days about X 
setup without a flaw, I thought I'd give it a try, too.

I pkg_add'ed the package from GOBSD, and it installed without any sign 
that could make one suspicious. It starts and looks as usual, but when 
I try to switch to another VT, the whole machine gets kind of 
unresponsive. I can see the VT's screen, but neither keyboard nor 
mouse works then. If I switch back to X (VT8, if I remember right), 
the xterms are there, but don't get redrawn anymore. At this point the 
 interaction freezes completely. Switching to other VT's doesn't work 
at all.

Loggin in over ssh is possible, but even after trying to kill X 
manually, the VT's and switching between them isn't possible. They're 
just plain dead.
X doesn't really die btw, the processes are still there, while the 
root-window and any other graphics stuff dissapeared; the startup 
messages of XFree are visible then.

After more than one kill -9:
  874  ??  ZL     0:00.00  (XFree86)
  859  v0  IL+    0:00.00 /bin/sh /usr/X11R6/bin/startx
  873  v0  SL+    0:00.02 xinit /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc -- 
nolisten t

The box itself is in no way special: 800 MHz Athlon, 512 MB RAM, 
Savage Graphics Chip, 2 5400-Disks, noisy fan. World and kernel are 
from September, 29th.

I'd be grateful for any hints/explanations. Please ask if you need 
more information.

Thanks in advance
/Markus