From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 19 14:53:56 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2BDA016A40F for ; Thu, 19 Oct 2006 14:53:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from server.baldwin.cx (66-23-211-162.clients.speedfactory.net [66.23.211.162]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 37C2743D46 for ; Thu, 19 Oct 2006 14:53:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from localhost.corp.yahoo.com (john@localhost [127.0.0.1]) (authenticated bits=0) by server.baldwin.cx (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k9JErWN7066690; Thu, 19 Oct 2006 10:53:38 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) From: John Baldwin To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 10:14:32 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.1 References: <20061017222503.GA9416@zoupla.cottages> In-Reply-To: <20061017222503.GA9416@zoupla.cottages> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200610191014.33042.jhb@freebsd.org> X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH authentication, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.2 (server.baldwin.cx [127.0.0.1]); Thu, 19 Oct 2006 10:53:39 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.88.3/2050/Thu Oct 19 03:58:33 2006 on server.baldwin.cx X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=4.2 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on server.baldwin.cx Cc: Jean-Baptiste Quenot Subject: Re: Dell E521 won't boot FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 14:53:56 -0000 On Tuesday 17 October 2006 18:25, Jean-Baptiste Quenot wrote: > Hi, > > Your suggestion to try the 'Safe Mode' was very good indeed, as it > allowed to pass the disk mounting stage. I found a more long-term > solution by setting hint.apic.0.disabled=1 in /boot/loader.conf. > > But this is not sufficient to make FreeBSD boot, I also have to: > > * disable the front USB panel, and one of the two rear USB panels > in the BIOS otherwise the keyboard and mouse do not work > > * unplug the mouse during the boot, otherwise keyboard and mouse > do not work. I plug it in again once entering user-land Weird, I've no idea what would cause that, though it might be a problem in the USB drivers. You could certainly ask on the freebsd-usb@ mailing list about the USB stuff. -- John Baldwin