Date: Fri, 04 Jul 2003 15:08:41 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: Bryce Alexander <bryce@xanthworld.com> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.0 panic on Gateway 400 using Distribution CD Message-ID: <20030704220841.EE0255D07@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Message from Bryce Alexander <bryce@xanthworld.com> <5.1.0.14.2.20030701210656.03b7ef18@10.30.55.1>
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> Date: Tue, 01 Jul 2003 21:21:21 -0700 > From: Bryce Alexander <bryce@xanthworld.com> > Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org > > I just got a Gateway 400VTX Notebook and when I try to install FreeBSD I > crash before the distribution CD can finish loading. The results will vary, > but the most common failure is as follows: > FD messages > . > . > SIO messages > . > . > ACPI_CPU CPU Throttle enabled, 8 steps from 100% to 12% > Fatal Double fault: > EIP = 0xc0440588 > ESP = 0xcce1a008 > EBP = 0xcce1bce8 > Panic: Double fault > > And the laptop hangs. > > Sometimes it just hangs after the ACPI_CPU message. > > Any ideas what may be causing this? > It doesn't have floppy drive, but it does have a "memory card reader > reader" that is capable of reading various memory cards like microdrive, > compactFlash, Memory Stick, Multimediacard, secure digital, and Smartmedia. > I am wondering if it is choking on this reader, and if someone can think up > a hack to get me past this. First, 5.0 has a LOT of issues with laptops. Try at least 5.1. The ACPI code is significantly improved, even though it still has lots of issues (not the least of which are flawed BIOS implementations which work with the Microsoft ACPI but not with the Intel code used by most Unix type systems. You might also try running without ACPI. (Use APM if your system supports it.) 1. Add hint.acpi.0.disabled="1" to /boot/device.hints. 2 Change the value for hint.apm.0.disabled from 1 to 0 in the same file. 3. add the line apm_load="YES" 4. Make sure that apm_enable="YES" is in rc.conf. (You probably want this even if you run ACPI.) -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634home | help
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