Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 22:59:40 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@chuckr.org> To: Arun Sharma <arun@sharma-home.net> Cc: <current@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: 5.0-DP2 boot failure on a 440GX motherboard Message-ID: <20021203225814.X13335-100000@april.chuckr.org> In-Reply-To: <20021204014354.GA30828@sharma-home.net>
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On Tue, 3 Dec 2002, Arun Sharma wrote: > On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 05:35:53PM -0800, Arun Sharma wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 04:36:58PM -0800, Arun Sharma wrote: > > > This is a dual Pentium III motherboard, with 2 x PIII at 850 MHz. > > > 5.0-DP1 worked just fine on this machine. However, with DP2, I get a > > > garbled console (Everything is ok till the Timecounter.. message). > > > > > > Sometimes the CD manages to boot and get into sysinstall, but hangs > > > shortly thereafter. Even the sysinstall output is garbled. > > > > boot -v output captured from a serial console attached. > > > > I have debugged this some more. I'm able to boot, if I boot from serial > console and am careful not to tickle the vga driver too much i.e. > interact with the machine over the network or over the serial console. > > The moment I try to do anything on vga consoles, I get a hang. Is this a hard hang, or is the vga output frozen (and keyboard still works, X still works, ssh still works) like I've been reporting? > > Another observation: even when booting from the serial console, when the > vga driver probes/attaches the hardware, I see garbage written on my vga > console. > > I tested that 11/25 kernel also has this problem. The problem didn't > happen with DP1. > > -Arun > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include C & Java programming, FreeBSD, chuckr@chuckr.org | electronics, communications, and SF/Fantasy. New Year's Resolution: I will not sphroxify gullible people into looking up fictitious words in the dictionary. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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