From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 17 16:51:06 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C6BEB16A4CE for ; Sat, 17 Jan 2004 16:51:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from cmsrelay02.mx.net (cmsrelay02.mx.net [165.212.11.111]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 309FE43D58 for ; Sat, 17 Jan 2004 16:50:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from noackjr@compgeek.com) Received: from uadvg129.cms.usa.net (165.212.11.129) by cmsoutbound.mx.net with SMTP; 18 Jan 2004 00:50:48 -0000 Received: from optimator.noacks.org [65.69.2.105] by uadvg129.cms.usa.net (ASMTP/noackjr@usa.net) via mtad (C8.MAIN.3.11E) with ESMTP id 243iaRaYU0148M29; Sun, 18 Jan 2004 00:50:46 GMT X-USANET-Auth: 65.69.2.105 AUTH noackjr@usa.net optimator.noacks.org Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by optimator.noacks.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D040E60F2; Sat, 17 Jan 2004 18:50:45 -0600 (CST) Received: from optimator.noacks.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (optimator.noacks.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 12385-03-2; Sat, 17 Jan 2004 18:50:35 -0600 (CST) Received: from compgeek.com (compgeek [192.168.1.10]) by optimator.noacks.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BCED60F0; Sat, 17 Jan 2004 18:50:35 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <4009D8D0.7020703@compgeek.com> Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 18:52:32 -0600 From: Jon Noack User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.5a (20040105) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Gerrit_K=FChn?= References: <20040117195929.GC16622@pmp.uni-hannover.de> In-Reply-To: <20040117195929.GC16622@pmp.uni-hannover.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at noacks.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: problems shutting down a dual p3 on 5.x X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: noackjr@compgeek.com List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 00:51:06 -0000 On 1/17/2004 1:59 PM, Gerrit K=FChn wrote: > Hi folks, >=20 > since I'm using the 5.x series (I tried DP2, 5.0, 5.1 and now 5.2) I ha= ve > problems when shutting down my dual P3 server (MSI 694 Pro AIR mobo).=20 > The problems varied over the different versions of FreeBSD:=20 > Either there was a panic, or the machine got stuck after the first whit= e=20 > line of kernel messages ("shutting down vlrnu ok" or whatever that was)= ,=20 > or sometimes it even worked fine. When the machine got stuck there were= =20 > also different behaviours when pressing the power button in that state=20 > (according to the BIOS it should switch of after 4s): Either switching = off=20 > after 4s, or blanking the screen at once and switching off after 4s, or= =20 > even shutting down correctly after 3-4s when releasing the power button= =20 > fast enough (otherwise it would switch off before having finished the=20 > power-down process). > My main problem with this that all file systems come up dirty after > switching off in this "stuck" state. > Can anyone with the same mainboard confirm these problems? > I can post (verbose) dmesg and acpidump here if this helps in tracking = down > the problem, or put it on a webserver for downloading. >=20 >=20 > cu > Gerrit I have an Abit VP6 (same 694X northbridge) also running dual P3s. I=20 remember seeing this issue a while back (sorry -- I can't even remember=20 if it was when the machine was running 4.9 or after I upgraded to 5.1).=20 I have definitely not seen it since I updated to 5.2-BETA (I am now=20 running 5.2-RELEASE). Jon