Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 10:01:24 +0200 From: Kristian Rink <afterimage@gmx.net> To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: ACPI / APM on Acer Aspire 1310XC Message-ID: <20030723100124.1bb8d180.afterimage@gmx.net>
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Hi all,... ...still struggling to get any sort of FreeBSD up and running on my Acer notebook, I am constantly failing. Facts: - The machine is an Acer Aspire 1310XC, running an AMD Athlon 1800 Mobile CPU. - The board chipset seems to be sort of a Via Apollo Pro266, with a Savage4 display controller and an ac97 sound chip included. * Tried to install FreeBSD 4.8, this failed even while trying to boot the installation CD-ROM - the system quickly dies saying something like uhci1: <VIA... pci_cfgintr_search: linked (2) to configured irq 11 at 0:16:0 Fatal trap 12: page fault while in kernel mode fault virtual address = 0xe7016 fault code = supervisor read, page not present [snip] current process: 0 swapper interrupt mask = net tty bio cam * FBSD 5.0 installs fine. Everything works pretty fine (sound even better than with Windoze XP which came with the nb or with Knoppix 3.2 I used to initially put an OS to the machine) up to the moment I enable ACPI. Then, not even X starts up anymore - the screen shows some weird, colored ascii symbols and the machine reboots immediately after. * FBSD 5.1 installs pretty well (apart for the fact that I can't boot off the installation iso so I use the boot floppies). Anyhow, booting up with ACPI reboots the system as soon as I try to configure / start up X. Optionally, I was trying to run 5.0 with APM instead of ACPI (because all I need is just to see the battery state of the notebook), sadly seems that my machine doesn't work with FBSD's APM-implementation. :( Anyhow... can anyone give me any hints on how to get my machine up and running FBSD (no matter which version)? :) TIA, have a good time... Kris
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