Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2006 21:05:45 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au> To: Tim Dettloff <acpi.dettloff@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Powerd makes computer hang Message-ID: <20060820110545.GG1066@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <f67067e80608192300g7474bc76nc1c87b523bd807ea@mail.gmail.com> References: <f67067e80608192300g7474bc76nc1c87b523bd807ea@mail.gmail.com>
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--FLPM4o+7JoHGki3m Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 2006-Aug-20 16:00:33 +1000, Tim Dettloff wrote: >I have installed FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE on my Compaq Presario 2656AU >laptop, but it occasionally hangs. I traced the problem to powerd so I >made a script that kept changing the clock rate by setting the sysctl >dev.cpu.0.freq. This script normally makes the computer hang within 10 >seconds or so. Sam Leffler noticed this on his nx6125 last December and I also found the same problem on my nx6125 in early February. It looks like there's a race condition in the BIOS code. >Any Ideas? My current solution is to manually change the speed using sysctl. This doesn't seem to trigger the problem quite as often (though your laptop seems far more sensitive than mine). I would also be interested in any real solutions. --=20 Peter Jeremy --FLPM4o+7JoHGki3m Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFE6EIJ/opHv/APuIcRAhnaAJ0ZUFTaqh7o8OMLz30IKoeHikAonACdGs5Z t83musWbrlhCSqRXVpfiBQQ= =8BzA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --FLPM4o+7JoHGki3m--
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