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From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
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Subject: Re: Disappointed with version 6.0
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On 2006-03-11 06:42, Peter <petermatulis@yahoo.ca> wrote:
> --- Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> wrote:
> > On Fri, Mar 10, 2006 at 11:57:59PM -0500, Peter wrote:
> > > Onto the problems...
> >
> > You might have more luck if you also talk to amd64@FreeBSD.org
>
> I'm not sure who this is but I'll look into it.
>
> > > 2.  I can't use my USB ports!
> > >
> > > I get a line like this for each of my ports:
> > >
> > > uhci0: <VIA 83C572 USB controller> port 0xb800-0xb81f irq 21 at device 16.0 on pci0
> > > uhci0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
> >
> > OK, but what is the problem?
>
> When something is plugged into a port and the system is powered up it
> will freeze at the POST level with no errors.  It just sits there.

At POST time, FreeBSD hasn't loaded at all.  If you are having problems
at that stage, it looks like a motherboard or BIOS problem :-(