From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 6 15:52:44 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53F3E16A403 for ; Sat, 6 Jan 2007 15:52:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from micahjon@ywave.com) Received: from relay3.av-mx.com (relay3.av-mx.com [137.118.16.123]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1650113C467 for ; Sat, 6 Jan 2007 15:52:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from micahjon@ywave.com) X-Virus-Scan-Time: 0 Received: from [137.118.16.55] (HELO mx3.av-mx.com) by relay3.av-mx.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with SMTP id 557949244 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 06 Jan 2007 10:52:41 -0500 Received: (qmail 15864 invoked from network); 6 Jan 2007 15:52:40 -0000 Received: from dsl21196.ywave.com (HELO ?192.168.1.66?) (micahjon@ywave.com@216.227.108.196) by mx3.av-mx.com with SMTP; 6 Jan 2007 15:52:40 -0000 X-CLIENT-IP: 216.227.108.196 X-CLIENT-HOST: dsl21196.ywave.com Message-ID: <459FC5C9.8050808@ywave.com> Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2007 07:52:41 -0800 From: Micah User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (X11/20061221) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Steve Franks References: <539c60b90701060741w14ffa934v2b1160be6094ed9d@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <539c60b90701060741w14ffa934v2b1160be6094ed9d@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Users Questions Subject: Re: fresh install - compaq laptop locks up on boot after timecounter TSC X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2007 15:52:44 -0000 Steve Franks wrote: > This is why no one ever got fired for buying an IBM as the old adage goes. > My ancient Dell laptop had absolutely no install issues, so I bought a > fresh > disk for my shiny new compaq: > > Behavior is identical off of 6.1-current cd or install to ad0 that was > completed from cd safemode boot. She runs fine in safemode from acd0 or > ad0. Regular startup - see vga0 go by sucessfully, then > > timcounter TSC... > ....ticks at 1 milliseconds.... > > then locks up tight. I tried disabling the line after vga0 in > boot/device.hints, but those of you who know what that is know, I'm sure, > that that turns my system into a peperweight. > > I also tried boot with acpi disabled, but that seems to lock up identically > on tsc. > > Wish I had more info, but that's all I can glean without more help. Had to > put the origonal harddisk with winXP back in. No one wants that ;) Save > me! > > Steve Sounds similar to the problem my Compaq has/had. I found that the following advice, posted to questions@ some time ago, worked for me: > Interrupt the kernel loading process, then: > > set hint.sio.0.disabled=1 > set hint.sio.1.disabled=1 > set hint.atkbd.0.flags=0x9 HTH, Micah