From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed Feb 10 04:29:08 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C65A8AA3441 for ; Wed, 10 Feb 2016 04:29:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dpchrist@holgerdanske.com) Received: from holgerdanske.com (holgerdanske.com [IPv6:2001:470:0:19b::b869:801b]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BA441152D for ; Wed, 10 Feb 2016 04:29:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dpchrist@holgerdanske.com) Received: from ::ffff:99.100.19.101 ([99.100.19.101]) by holgerdanske.com for ; Tue, 9 Feb 2016 20:26:42 -0800 Subject: Fwd: PC-BSD 10.2, starting X, vm_fault: pager read error, pid XXXX (PCDM-session) References: <56BAB26C.70600@holgerdanske.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: David Christensen X-Forwarded-Message-Id: <56BAB26C.70600@holgerdanske.com> Message-ID: <56BABC02.50208@holgerdanske.com> Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2016 20:26:42 -0800 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Icedove/38.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <56BAB26C.70600@holgerdanske.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2016 04:29:08 -0000 freebsd-questions: I've attempted three posts in as many weeks to the PC-BSD "testing" mailing list to no avail. I've also noted disappearing ISO files on their WWW download server. Any comments or suggestions regarding PC-BSD project infrastructure? Below, please find my latest post. Any suggestions on how to resolve the issue? TIA, David -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: PC-BSD 10.2, starting X, vm_fault: pager read error, pid XXXX (PCDM-session) Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2016 19:45:48 -0800 From: David Christensen To: testing@lists.pcbsd.org testing: I'm a PC-BSD noob who has downloaded and installed: PCBSD10.2-RELEASE-08-19-2015-x64-netinstall.iso on a Dell Inspiron E1505 (6400): Motherboard with on-board video (Intel 945 GM) Intel Core 2 Duo T7400 processor 2 @ 1024 MB DDR2-666 - Hynix HYMP512S64CP8-Y5 SAMSUNG_SSD_UM410_Series_2_5__16GB When I boot the machine and allow GRUB to start: PC BSD (10.2-RELEASE-p14-up-20160207_133135)-2016-02-07 13:29 the machine gets trapped in an infinite loop flashing between text mode and a black screen (starting X?), one black screen per "vm_fault: pager read error, pid XXXX (PCDM-session)" line: ... info: [drm] Supports vblank timestamp caching Rev 1 (10.10.2010). info: [drm] Driver supports precise vblank timestamp query. info: [drm] failed to find VBIOS tables drmn0: taking over the fictitious range 0xd0000000-0xe0000000 info: [drm] initialized overlay support info: [drm] Connector LVDS-1: get mode from tunables: info: [drm] - kern.vt.fb.modes.LVDS-1 info: [drm] - kern.vt.fb.default_mode info: [drm] Connector VGA-1: get mode from tunables: info: [drm] - kern.vt.fb.modes.VGA-1 info: [drm] - kern.vt.fb.default_mode info: [drm] Connector SVIDEO-1: get mode from tunables: info: [drm] - kern.vt.fb.modes.SVIDEO-1 info: [drm] - kern.vt.fb.default_mode fbd0 on drmn0 VT: Replacing driver "vga" with new "fb". info: [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730 for drmn0 on minor 0 vm_fault: pager read error, pid 1551 (PCDM-session) vm_fault: pager read error, pid 1579 (PCDM-session) vm_fault: pager read error, pid 1607 (PCDM-session) vm_fault: pager read error, pid 1635 (PCDM-session) vm_fault: pager read error, pid 1662 (PCDM-session) vm_fault: pager read error, pid 1690 (PCDM-session) vm_fault: pager read error, pid 1718 (PCDM-session) ... Pushing the power button causes PC-BSD to go back to text mode and shut down. What is the problem? How do I fix it? TIA, David