From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 16 19:45:47 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 52AD016A43B for ; Thu, 16 Feb 2006 19:45:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd-listen@fabiankeil.de) Received: from smtprelay01.ispgateway.de (smtprelay01.ispgateway.de [80.67.18.13]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 37EE443D45 for ; Thu, 16 Feb 2006 19:45:45 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd-listen@fabiankeil.de) Received: (qmail 5869 invoked from network); 16 Feb 2006 19:45:44 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO localhost) ([pbs]775067@[217.50.145.200]) (envelope-sender ) by smtprelay01.ispgateway.de (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 16 Feb 2006 19:45:44 -0000 Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 20:45:35 +0100 From: Fabian Keil To: Andrew Message-ID: <20060216204535.3c4e7d9c@localhost> In-Reply-To: <1140117830.602.19.camel@netvista.network> References: <1140117830.602.19.camel@netvista.network> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 2.0.0 (GTK+ 2.8.6; i386-portbld-freebsd6.0) X-PGP-KEY-URL: http://www.fabiankeil.de/gpg-keys/freebsd-listen-2006-08-19.asc Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary=Sig_QhKXRyq1.IOhpIMtEFCRGsv; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: newly built kernel fails to boot 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: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 19:45:47 -0000 --Sig_QhKXRyq1.IOhpIMtEFCRGsv Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Andrew wrote: > I've just had a go at configuring and rebuilding a kernel for my > desktop machine. I read the section in handbook, and skimmed over > NOTES and the GENERIC config. I then copied GENERIC to NETVISTA and > commented out drivers/devices that I didn't think were relevant to my > hardware. config(8) is happy with my file, and 'make buildkernel' and > 'make installkernel' proceed without any errors. So, I ran > nextboot(8) and rebooted, but the new kernel hangs right after the > first line printed to the console; the first portion of which is > 'acpi.ko'.=20 =20 > # NETVISTA Kernel Config > # ACPI Video Extensions (LCD backlight/brightness, video output, etc.) > device acpi_video Just guessing, but man acpi says: |BUGS | If the acpi driver is loaded as a module when it is already linked as | part of the kernel, odd things may happen. Maybe having acpi_video in the kernel and then loading acpi as module triggers "odd things" as well. Fabian --=20 http://www.fabiankeil.de/ --Sig_QhKXRyq1.IOhpIMtEFCRGsv Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFD9NZwjV8GA4rMKUQRAiIEAJwLNX/I96/ODJXUUDwE0CL1Tzv46wCfQJVy KK3p9z7KFnFif5dSxXYQuzo= =N2YX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_QhKXRyq1.IOhpIMtEFCRGsv--