Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2000 23:56:51 -0400 (EDT) From: Adam <bsdx@looksharp.net> To: Matthew Thyer <thyerm@camtech.net.au> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freezing and rebooting with vidcontrol -m on Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0006092355510.9920-100000@turtle.looksharp.net> In-Reply-To: <3941AD54.EE18AC13@camtech.net.au>
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On Sat, 10 Jun 2000, Matthew Thyer wrote: >Are you using power management (presumably so you can poweroff your >ATX system) ? > >You must not use APM with an SMP kernel currently. > >Remove the lines in your /etc/rc.conf that read: > >apm_enable="YES" >apmd_enable="YES" > >(Or change them to ="NO"). > >Or you can update your sources because this problem has just been fixed >(but there are suspend/resume problems with SMP still). Been there, did that, suspend even works. Waiting on lusers to logout so I can reboot and try a new kernel, I think i might have been using some console options it didnt like. > >Adam wrote: >> >> Hi, I don't really know where to go with this issue on my own anymore so >> im tossing it to the list for suggestions. >> >> I had a celeron running in a Abit BX6-2 system running -current approx a >> month or 1.5 old. Today I moved the disks to a Abit BP6 Motherboard and >> recompiled the kernel for smp and the other hardware changes I intended to >> make. Well, when I boot it up it would get down to approx "starting i386 >> whatever" and the boot would stop, the keyboard wouldnt type (although >> numlock would work for x amount of time) and you couldnt drop into >> ddb. Sometimes it would stick in this braindead mode, sometimes if you >> tried typing things to get it unstuck it would just reboot after a brief >> total keyboard lockup. No panic, just a reboot. I booted singleuser and >> cleaned up my rc.conf, disabling some noncritical things, and got the >> system booting fine. I have a usb logitech mouse by the way. Later I >> noticed no mouse cursor on my consoles even though I had moused running, >> so I ran vidcontrol -m on. WHAM. I had found the culprit. Okay so I >> know what caused it and what not to run ;0 I took the opportunity to cvsup >> and upgrade the whole system to -current as of today, and to my dismay it >> still does the same thing. I really wish I could drop into ddb when it >> happens but it wont let me. If serial might be a better option I could >> probably dig out a null modem cable... Suggestions Please! >> >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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