From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 22 17:00:54 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 68D5116A4CE for ; Thu, 22 Jan 2004 17:00:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp105.mail.sc5.yahoo.com (smtp105.mail.sc5.yahoo.com [66.163.169.225]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6486B43D39 for ; Thu, 22 Jan 2004 17:00:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from q_dolan@yahoo.com.au) Received: from unknown (HELO ?172.22.1.10?) (q?dolan@203.10.89.16 with plain) by smtp105.mail.sc5.yahoo.com with SMTP; 23 Jan 2004 01:00:51 -0000 From: Q To: cmustard@nyc.rr.com In-Reply-To: <184670-220041422212734947@M2W052.mail2web.com> References: <184670-220041422212734947@M2W052.mail2web.com> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1074819614.5163.11.camel@boxster> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 11:00:15 +1000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: new install of 5.2 ISO aft hour system freeze cold reboot onlyoption 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, 23 Jan 2004 01:00:54 -0000 On Fri, 2004-01-23 at 07:27, cmustard@nyc.rr.com wrote: ... > Does this still happen with ACPI disabled? > > - good question, i have been trying to track this down to bios or other > settings or issues before running the kernel with ACPI permently disabled > but that may do it. I'll boot tonight with it off and see if that helps. Just disable it when loading the kernel to see if it makes any difference. On a desktop it's not really a big deal running without ACPI. > >Having ACPI enabled can also cause interrupt related problems in some > configurations. > > - do you mean disabling ACPI in the kernel when it asks if you want to > permanetly disable? Yes.. I mean disabling ACPI in the kernel's device.hints file, I don't think you can turn it off just by using the bios. My system has a problem with shared interrupts all of a sudden being lost when ACPI is enabled. If you have any devices that share an interrupt then this may be what's happening. (You can see the IRQ table using 'vmstat -i') -- Seeya...Q -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- _____ / Quinton Dolan q_dolan@yahoo.com.au __ __/ / / __/ / / / __ / _/ / / Gold Coast, QLD, Australia __/ __/ __/ ____/ / - / Ph: +61 419 729 806 _______ / _\