Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2015 00:05:22 -0800 From: Mark Millard <markmi@dsl-only.net> To: FreeBSD PowerPC ML <freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org> 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>
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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: <vendor 0x05ac product 0x9218, = class 0/0, rev 1.00/1.0e, addr 7> 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
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