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Date:      Tue, 24 Feb 2009 13:10:09 -0600
From:      Robert Noland <rnoland@FreeBSD.org>
To:        "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Intel Q45 problems on 7.1-STABLE (fixed)
Message-ID:  <1235502609.1273.27.camel@widget.2hip.net>
In-Reply-To: <200902242105.05667.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
References:  <200902231200.38164.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <200902242105.05667.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>

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On Tue, 2009-02-24 at 21:05 +1030, Daniel O'Connor wrote:
> On Monday 23 February 2009 12:00:30 Daniel O'Connor wrote:
> > Initially it hung solid when X started, however when I reduced the amou=
nt
> > of RAM to 2Gb it worked OK. Unfortunately if I exit X, or go to the tex=
t
> > console and back to X then the machine locks solid (no numlock, have to
> > hard reset).
> >
> > I note that dmesg reports 32764k of stolen memory, however I set the DV=
MT
> > RAM to 128Mb (and 256Mb, makes no difference). Also the aperture size i=
s
> > always reported as 256Mb no matter what it actually is in the BIOS.
>=20
> Someone in a private email suggested I update the BIOS (went from 63 to 7=
3)=20
> and it seems to work fine now.
>=20
> The reported value of stolen memory is still wrong however.

Hrm, I wonder if I have missed an MFC...  Please send me some logs and
additional details.

Your -STABLE is current right?

robert.

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Robert Noland <rnoland@FreeBSD.org>
FreeBSD

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