From owner-freebsd-acpi@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 22 08:27:18 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9696D16A402 for ; Mon, 22 Jan 2007 08:27:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from almarrie@gmail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.168]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3563013C44B for ; Mon, 22 Jan 2007 08:27:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from almarrie@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id o2so917765uge for ; Mon, 22 Jan 2007 00:27:17 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=FQagfE+TJP9C+XnibCEnHco9MFmq0luaFRFs383R0TVs/Jw/kFH773RZVHp4f7TSzAJH7IA36V4ejxe1wU+hjTYePkc1cLlEV/tWyYCfbbSxjGfsVivP23ZlLD9s4TmnRv+KPMkcVEjRMyX7BUv66NveDfh/DWxdFD6Eo1wUKxQ= Received: by 10.67.21.11 with SMTP id y11mr7178437ugi.1169454436767; Mon, 22 Jan 2007 00:27:16 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.66.255.10 with HTTP; Mon, 22 Jan 2007 00:27:16 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <499c70c0701220027o1dc75c93s531bb3be048ee014@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 11:27:16 +0300 From: "Abdullah Al-Marrie" To: "j w" In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: Cc: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: acpi panic X-BeenThere: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: ACPI and power management development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 08:27:18 -0000 On 1/22/07, j w wrote: > Hello > I'm installing FreeBSD 6.2 (first time experience) on an oldish > computer and got this ACPI panic when booting the install CD: > And what does the "contact your BIOS vendor" message mean? Is this > something that can be fixed by upgrading firmware/BIOS? > > Thanks > -John Sure, upgrading the bios should be your first step to solve ACPI bad bios issues, many bios doesn't follow the ACPI standards, and some of the vendors fix them. So try to upgrade your bios first. -- Regards, -Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri Arab Portal http://www.WeArab.Net/