Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2004 22:50:35 -0800 (PST) From: Neil Short <neshort@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Compaq 3000Z Laptops (And some misc. others) Message-ID: <20041110065035.10162.qmail@web12823.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <2fd864e04110917032c09a517@mail.gmail.com>
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mini-install is fine by me. I can grab the apps off the regular CD. --- Astrodog <astrodog@gmail.com> wrote: > Sorry if this is a repost. > I'll get the ISOs up sometime tonight or tomarrow. > If you need > something specific in the kernel config, PM me on > efnet IRC, or post > it here. Would everyone be alright with just a > miniinst ISO? > > > On Tue, 9 Nov 2004 12:53:49 -0800 (PST), Neil Short > <neshort@yahoo.com> wrote: > > I'm interested in -current iso's. > > > > -Neil > > > > > > > > --- Astrodog <astrodog@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > After browsing the lists for awhile for > information > > > on this problem, I > > > figured I'd share my... findings, as it were, > with > > > interested parties. > > > > > > The showstopping glitch that appears to occur on > the > > > Compaq 3000Z > > > Series of laptops relates to the keyboard test > > > interrupt. As best as I > > > can tell, Nvidia for the mobile version of their > > > chipset, or Compaq, > > > has remapped the keyboard test, to instead > perform a > > > system reboot. > > > This behavior exists under any boot options, and > the > > > only known > > > workaround I am aware of is to apply a patch to > the > > > kernel sources. As > > > a result, for the past month or so, I've been > > > tracking FreeBSD > > > -CURRENT with the patch applied, and producing > ISO > > > Images of the > > > modified setup. If there is a way to test for a > > > specific chipset, and > > > to use the patched code if it is detected, > merging > > > that on to the main > > > tree would be most appreiated. > > > > > > The other major glitch appears to be in APIC > > > support. I haven't tested > > > this much though, as the above error is, in my > > > opinion, a much larger > > > issue. > > > > > > If, for whatever reason, there is no way to > merge > > > the patch, I can > > > start making the -CURRENT snapshots we use > > > internally avalibile, and > > > anyone who is interested in getting a copy is > more > > > than welcome to > > > e-mail me. > > > > > > Please let me know if there is anything else I > can > > > do to assist in > > > troubleshooting these two problems. > > > > > > --- Harrison Grundy > > > _______________________________________________ > > > freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org mailing list > > > > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-amd64 > > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > > "freebsd-amd64-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > > > > > ===== > > If history always begins this morning, the world > holds > > exciting surprises around every corner (241). > > --Ann Coulter. Treason. > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. > > www.yahoo.com > > > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com
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