Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 13:05:04 +0100 From: Charlie Clark <charlie@begeistert.org> To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20030317130504.964.6@wonderland.1047891566.fake>
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Dear list, I have a Sony PCG-GR114EK notebook and I'm trying to get FreeBSD to work on it with varying degrees of success. I've tried 4.6, 4.7 and 5.0 and I'll give the errors in that order. FreeBSD 4.6. This installs the best and I don't have any problems except when trying to run XFree86 (Version 4.2.0). I get an error message: (EE) Nor drivers available. I have a Radeon Mobility which should work as far as I know. When I setup XFree86 I couldn't find any ATI drivers but I have read that this is a known issue. I've tried using autoconfigure but the resulting configuration causes the laptop to freeze and I haven't found anything better than switching off the power in order to regain control :-/ I have tried all various setup routines including trying to use VESA. I know that VESA drivers work as the machine boots fine with VESA drivers for BeOS. FreeBSD 4.7. I can install 4.7 but I think I have the same XFree86 problems as with 4.6. However, the biggest problem seems to be with "umass" I get lots of "umass0: CBI reset failed, TIMEOUT" messages when I boot from the install CD and subsequently after installing. From another post it looks like umass has something to do with USB. Is there anything I can do to disable this? I've also had problems with ATA similar to those noted in 5.0 below. FreeBSD 5.0. I was hoping the most recent version would have the best hardware support. This may well be the case but I have a showstopper as I can't install from the CD. Either the install hangs on the Cardbus detection "cbb1: <RFC5C476 PCI-CardBus Bridge> at device 5.1 on pci2 or if I do get further I get into setup, choose my options and sysinstall claims it can't find my CD/DVD. Just before that happens I get the message in the console that ata1-slave timeout waiting for interrupt, ata1-slave ATAPI can't identity failed - I can't get the following messages as it switches into sysinstall too quickly. Suggestions? Thanx for your help Charlie Clark To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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