From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 2 08:05:32 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 463E43C0 for ; Mon, 2 Feb 2015 08:05:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from asp.reflexion.net (outbound-242.asp.reflexion.net [69.84.129.242]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 016D5D45 for ; Mon, 2 Feb 2015 08:05:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 23691 invoked from network); 2 Feb 2015 08:05:24 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO rtc-sm-01.app.dca.reflexion.local) (10.81.150.1) by 0 (rfx-qmail) with SMTP; 2 Feb 2015 08:05:24 -0000 Received: by rtc-sm-01.app.dca.reflexion.local (Reflexion email security v7.40.1) with SMTP; Mon, 02 Feb 2015 03:05:24 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 28794 invoked from network); 2 Feb 2015 08:05:24 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO iron2.pdx.net) (69.64.224.71) by 0 (rfx-qmail) with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 2 Feb 2015 08:05:24 -0000 X-No-Relay: not in my network Received: from [192.168.1.8] (c-67-189-19-145.hsd1.or.comcast.net [67.189.19.145]) by iron2.pdx.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 666A91C43B0 for ; Mon, 2 Feb 2015 00:05:23 -0800 (PST) From: Mark Millard Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Successfully installed FreeBSD 10.1 on Apple PowerMac G5 -- BUT -- system freezes after a few minutes of running. Message-Id: <25A7C3E9-BEDB-4DA3-B9F7-08F2C299C119@dsl-only.net> Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2015 00:05:22 -0800 To: FreeBSD PowerPC ML Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 8.2 \(2070.6\)) X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.2070.6) X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2015 08:05:32 -0000 If every boot gives some time before things freeze up you might be able = to extract and report the outputs of commands like: $ freebsd-version -ku; uname -a 10.1-RELEASE-p5 10.1-RELEASE-p5 FreeBSD FBSDG5M1 10.1-RELEASE-p5 FreeBSD 10.1-RELEASE-p5 #0 r277808M: = Fri Jan 30 00:58:33 PST 2015 = root@FBSDG5M1:/usr/obj/usr/home/markmi/src_10_1_releng/sys/GENERIC64vtsc = powerpc (There is more than one 'powerpc64 FreeBSD 10.1 "disk1" CD' that can be = burned, such 10.1-RELEASE vs., say, a recent 10.1-STABLE. But it turns = out that until very recently powerpc64 CD burns did not work for booting = PowerMac G5s so more than normal is known about which versions could = have be installed from a CD.) Despite the mention of there being no console messages I list some = basics below about dumping messages out anyway... $ tail /var/log/messages Feb 1 21:37:40 FBSDG5M1 kernel: uhid1: on usbus1 Feb 1 21:37:40 FBSDG5M1 kernel: hid_get_item: Number of items truncated = to 255 Feb 1 21:37:40 FBSDG5M1 last message repeated 2 times Feb 1 21:37:41 FBSDG5M1 ntpd[991]: ntpd 4.2.4p5-a (1) Feb 1 21:37:43 FBSDG5M1 dbus[924]: [system] Activating service = name=3D'org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit' (using servicehelper) Feb 1 21:37:43 FBSDG5M1 dbus[924]: [system] Activating service = name=3D'org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1' (using servicehelper) Feb 1 21:37:43 FBSDG5M1 dbus[924]: [system] Successfully activated = service 'org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1' Feb 1 21:37:43 FBSDG5M1 dbus[924]: [system] Successfully activated = service 'org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit' Feb 1 21:37:52 FBSDG5M1 ntpd[992]: time reset +1.748777 s Feb 1 21:38:01 FBSDG5M1 login: ROOT LOGIN (root) ON ttyv0 $ dmesg -a | tail Configuring vt: blanktime. Performing sanity check on sshd configuration. Starting sshd. Starting sendmail_submit. Starting sendmail_msp_queue. Starting cron. Starting background file system checks in 60 seconds. Sun Feb 1 21:37:42 PST 2015 Feb 1 21:38:01 FBSDG5M1 login: ROOT LOGIN (root) ON ttyv0 tail by itself may not give enough context. Full copies would be nice = but I do not know about fitting the time before the hangup. The intent is to have a more complete specification of which 10.1 = variant and to see if problems are being logged before the complete = hangup. Others may well have better suggestions than mine for getting evidence. You should probably indicate if you are using just the console vs., say, = X11. (Although it is probably just the console if it never stayed up = long enough to establish more context.) Some folks may want to know the = video card involved or other configuration information, even for simple = console usage. Historically for a base system configuration (video card & monitor, SSD = appropriate to the SATA vintage, appropriate superdrive vintage/variant = that FreeBSD would tolerate) if I've made it to the login prompt and I = had not mixed and matched distinct kernel and world vintages for some = reason then I've had no later troubles with panics, hangups, or the like = for 10.0 or 10.1 vintages that I've installed. But that was after I removed all the PCI-Express cards (G5 quad-core) = but the video: My earlier attempts at using the pre-existing SATA cards = and SSD's/disks from them was unreliable even for simple console usage. = I took the direction of simplifying/removing stuff until what was left = just worked, such as the built-in SATA. I've not gone back yet to figure = out if I can make anything that I removed work well. (I'm still = learning/investigating other things for FreeBSD and am in no rush about = what I removed.) I temporarily had my hands on a PowerMac G5 that would overheat if kept = busy. But its fan would be going faster than normal after warming up = while idle. The fans would go full speed well before the shutdown when = it would overheat. So that sort of issue is not a match to what you = report. =3D=3D=3D Mark Millard markmi at dsl-only.net