From owner-freebsd-current Thu Nov 5 17:53:33 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA02899 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Thu, 5 Nov 1998 17:53:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from skynet.ctr.columbia.edu (skynet.ctr.columbia.edu [128.59.64.70]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id RAA02894 for ; Thu, 5 Nov 1998 17:53:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wpaul@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu) Received: (from wpaul@localhost) by skynet.ctr.columbia.edu (8.6.12/8.6.9) id UAA14301; Thu, 5 Nov 1998 20:58:19 -0500 From: Bill Paul Message-Id: <199811060158.UAA14301@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu> Subject: Re: Grrr... calcru: negative time blah blah blah To: ventrex@UNDER.suspicion.org (Thomas Stromberg) Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1998 20:58:17 -0500 (EST) Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: from "Thomas Stromberg" at Nov 5, 98 08:03:28 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, Thomas Stromberg had to walk into mine and say: > Try adding apm0 into your kernel. On my 3.0 machine I had to do that, even > if I had Advanced Power Management turned off in the BIOS. Hopefully this > solution will work for you. No, sorry: no go. No APM device is detected. With APM support in the kernel, the X server dies with 'Cpu time limit exceeded' and the 'calcru: negative time...' errors are back. The 3.0-RELEASE GENERIC kernel had APM support too and it also had the errors. My money says this has something to do with the server writing to /dev/io. -Bill -- ============================================================================= -Bill Paul (212) 854-6020 | System Manager, Master of Unix-Fu Work: wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu | Center for Telecommunications Research Home: wpaul@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu | Columbia University, New York City ============================================================================= "It is not I who am crazy; it is I who am mad!" - Ren Hoek, "Space Madness" ============================================================================= To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message