Date: 17 Mar 2004 18:20:01 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-current-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: "Schultz, David W" <dws535s@smsu.edu> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: agp0 hang in 5.2.1-RELEASE Message-ID: <44wu5j6oym.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <FC43A1E30560CC4286E3FDC597B7AB7E0EAAF5@topaz.SPRINGFIELD.SMSU.EDU> References: <FC43A1E30560CC4286E3FDC597B7AB7E0EAAF5@topaz.SPRINGFIELD.SMSU.EDU>
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"Schultz, David W" <dws535s@smsu.edu> writes: > I am attempting to install FreeBSD 5.2.1 on a Gateway 7200 Server with > Dual P3 500 MHz. It has onboard agp graphics by Cirrus Logic, the bios > has the onboard video disabled and has a pci ATI Xpert98 running > instead. The server install correctly using the floppy disks, but once > it was rebooted the system hangs on agp0. Is there any way to disable > agp at boot time, because I can not get to the src directory to > recompile the kernel without this option, I checked the documentation > and could not find any help there. Any suggestions for a work around? I worked around it by using the kernel from the install floppies (which doesn't include AGP). I started an install from the floppies, and then booted up from them in fixit mode, copied the kernel over to the hard disk, and bootstrapped from there. It's a royal pain, but I didn't want to spend too much effort on it because I proved that my hardware was definitely to blame. Eric Anholt (anholt@) was going to take a look at it, but workarounds for "broken" hardware implementations are obviously not a high priority. I just hope that there will continue to be a kernel available without AGP. I *don't* understand why AGP isn't loaded from a module instead of built into the kernel, but I wasn't willing to put more time into it myself. Be well.
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