From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 30 03:33:22 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 95BD416A4CE for ; Fri, 30 Apr 2004 03:33:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pengo.systems.pipex.net (pengo.systems.pipex.net [62.241.160.193]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8BDCD43D31 for ; Fri, 30 Apr 2004 03:33:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mark.cullen@dsl.pipex.com) Received: from ape (81-178-82-2.dsl.pipex.com [81.178.82.2]) by pengo.systems.pipex.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 571DA4C00326 for ; Fri, 30 Apr 2004 11:33:19 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <001901c42e9e$87c06560$f700000a@ape> From: "Markie" To: References: <002301c42e4b$67569950$f700000a@ape> <20040430091859.GA13055@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 11:33:07 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 Subject: Re: Acer TravelMate 212TX Laptop, AGP error of sorts. 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: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 10:33:22 -0000 On Fri, Apr 30, 2004 at 01:38:04AM +0100, Markie wrote: >> agp0: mem 0xe0000000-0xe3fffff at device >> 0.0 on pci0 >> agp0: bad initial aperture size, disabling >> device_probe_and_attach: agp0 attach returned 6 > >Aieee! The dreaded 'attach returned 6'!!!! haha! Indeed :o) Unfortuantly I didn't have a choice over the laptop, not that I am not very grateful for it though :o) I always wanted one! >> >> I am guessing this is broken hardware? Anyway, in safe mode the panic >> occurs (whenever I load any kernel module by the looks of it) is: (be >> warned, this probably isn't really all that helpful but I am waiting for a >> hard disk to arrive... then I may be able to build a debug kernel if it's >> needed?) > >Alas, you are not the only person to have had that problem with the >Acer Travelmate: > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-newbies/2003-September/000773.html > >Which suggests that the problem is incompatability between the OS and >the hardware. I've no idea if the poster of that message ever found a >solution. And the other approach which often works when trying to >figure out recalcitrant laptops: hunting through the /Linux/ sites for >clues, that doesn't seem to turn up much useful, other than listing a> >bunch of distro's that do or don't work with it. Well, damn! I will try a recent Linux distro on it soon and see how that goes I guess. I did come across a fix yesterday, well... supposedly. I am not entirely sure how I would go about applying it before installing though. I guess I will just have to hope it'll do a buildworld alright in this safe mode thing :o) http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2003-December/016587.html > >I suggest you ask again on the freebsd-mobile@... list. I wasn't aware there was a mobile list :o) Sorry if I uhh... polluted the list a bit or anything :o) Thanks alot for your reply! > > Cheers, > > Matthew > >-- >Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks > Savill Way >PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow >Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK