From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 21 19:13:03 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 657D816A4CE for ; Wed, 21 Jan 2004 19:13:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp100.mail.sc5.yahoo.com (smtp100.mail.sc5.yahoo.com [216.136.174.138]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7E87243D41 for ; Wed, 21 Jan 2004 19:13:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from q_dolan@yahoo.com.au) Received: from unknown (HELO ?172.22.1.10?) (q?dolan@203.10.89.16 with plain) by smtp100.mail.sc5.yahoo.com with SMTP; 22 Jan 2004 03:13:00 -0000 From: Q To: cmustard@nyc.rr.com In-Reply-To: <184670-22004132118384197@M2W043.mail2web.com> References: <184670-22004132118384197@M2W043.mail2web.com> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1074741165.40910.19.camel@boxster> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 13:12:46 +1000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: new install of 5.2 ISO aft hour system freeze cold reboot only option X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 03:13:03 -0000 On Thu, 2004-01-22 at 04:38, cmustard@nyc.rr.com wrote: ... > Everything runs fine for about an hour and a half then everything freezes ( > doesnt recognize keyboard, mouse, anything etc ) and i have to do a cold > reboot ( ouch! ). Do you have X running or any additional cards/devices/drivers in use in the machine when this occurs? Which ethernet are you using etc. > This is in console or in X. (I experienced similiar problems trying to > run linux on this box, it would get kernel panics, only cold reboot would > release it.) I do believe this to be related to ACPI but have no proof. Does this still happen with ACPI disabled? > This is a relatively new machine but i have seen other posters running > similiar, so it should run freebsd fine. > Asus Motherboard for AMD Athlon/XP/Duron Processors, Model# A7N8X Deluxe > Chipset: NVIDIA nForce2 SPP, nForce2 MCP-T > AMD Athlon XP 2200+, 266 MHz FSB, 256K Cache Processor > 512MB RAM (Geil). I have been running a ASUS A7N8X-VM (MTX version of your board) in my home firewall for a couple of months. There are some occasional issues with the USB causing lockups, eg. turning my USB printer off and on again can sometimes cause a complete hang. Having ACPI enabled can also cause interrupt related problems in some configurations. > I am hoping someone with a similiar set-up (these are very popular modern > componets) can share experiances or a bios set up or kernel config, or > other information. I really want to run freebsd on this box. Apart from the issues mentioned above I have had no problems with this hardware. -- Seeya...Q -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- _____ / Quinton Dolan q_dolan@yahoo.com.au __ __/ / / __/ / / / __ / _/ / / Gold Coast, QLD, Australia __/ __/ __/ ____/ / - / Ph: +61 419 729 806 _______ / _\