Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2002 11:20:04 -0500 From: Michael Joyner <mjoyner2@hq.dyns.cx> To: Olaf Erb <olaf.erb@secnetix.de> Cc: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: vmware2 and simd problem Message-ID: <1038586804.3de793b42a721@imp.hq.dyns.cx> In-Reply-To: <20021129111925.A74886@erb.nu> References: <20021129111925.A74886@erb.nu>
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Erm... but i use SSE instructions (transcode & mencoder/mplayer)! Quoting Olaf Erb <olaf.erb@secnetix.de>: > Hi, > > I searched the freebsd mailing list archives because I had the same > problem with my athlon machine.. no more win2k nor newer linux under > vmware2.. > > Well.. till last night :) I rebooted, looked into the system BIOS > of the Epox 8k3a (XP 2000) and - there was it: option 'enable SSE' > I turned it off and voila - win2k works again, no more bluescreens. > > Be sure not to turn on CPU_ATHLON_SSE_HACK in your kernel config file > (overrides > BIOS config). Disabling CPU_ENABLE_SSE didn't help, I tried this months > before, btw. > > I'm not subscribed to -emulation, it would be nice if you forward this > solution to the list. I don't know if it works with other athlon boards. > > Olaf > -- > secnetix GmbH & Co KG - Oettingenstr. 2 - 80538 Muenchen > Phone +49 (0)89 89 05 08-43 Fax +49 (0)89 89 05 08-31 Mobil +49 172 828 85 > 66 > -- FreeBSD System Administrator http://manhattan.hq.dyns.cx/ ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-emulation" in the body of the message
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