Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2011 23:11:59 -0400 From: Justin Hibbits <chmeeedalf@gmail.com> To: Chris Carr <carrch@mac.com> Cc: FreeBSD PowerPC ML <freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 9.0-RC1 crash on G5 (late 2005) Message-ID: <20111029231159.7917f4de@narn.knownspace> In-Reply-To: <34592F6F-4FA6-419C-B989-F003762D9F96@mac.com> References: <CAHSQbTBdgOJ4L7-6oX1F7-C=gOKb0Yi2hC9JVJgm5vVycxjQXQ@mail.gmail.com> <4EAA052D.5010106@freebsd.org> <20111029225703.63b8c4b4@narn.knownspace> <34592F6F-4FA6-419C-B989-F003762D9F96@mac.com>
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On Sat, 29 Oct 2011 23:05:01 -0400 Chris Carr <carrch@mac.com> wrote: > Does the G5 boot up and run Mac OS X without locking up? > I've seen intermittent freezes/hangs caused by hardware failures > (particularly the graphics card.) > > On Oct 29, 2011, at 10:57 PM, Justin Hibbits wrote: > > > On Thu, 27 Oct 2011 20:28:13 -0500 > > Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> wrote: > > > >> On 10/27/11 20:26, Justin Hibbits wrote: > >>> I don't know the conditions of the crash, but sometime after > >>> booting, can happen right away, or later, my G5 just stops. No > >>> kernel panic, no messages, it just stops. The red light in the > >>> case comes on, and it just sits there. > >>> > >>> Hardware: Late 2005 model G5, Dual-core 2.0GHz, 4GB RAM. > >>> > >>> Anything else I can provide, just ask. Can't provide a coredump, > >>> dmesg, or anything else like that, though (machine just dies). > >>> > >> > >> Is this a 32 or a 64-bit kernel? I have the same model, with a > >> 64-bit kernel, as my primary desktop, and have never seen anything > >> like this. > >> -Nathan > > > > Hey Nathan, > > > > I just tried -BETA1, 64-bit, on the machine, and it locked the same > > way. Anything that I can do? > > > > - Justin > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ppc > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "freebsd-ppc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ppc > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ppc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Yes, it does. OS X was running just fine, I just wanted to replace it with FreeBSD. I just checked which LED gets lit, and the silkscreen shows: LED806 CHECKSTOP, if that helps at all. - Justin
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