Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2000 14:16:17 +0800 From: "James Lim" <jameslpin@pacific.net.sg> To: "Tom Snell" <gracchus@inficad.com>, "[FreeBSD-Questions]" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: FBSD 4.1: First Install: microuptime()??? Message-ID: <012901c05cf0$8cc4fb80$fa5e78cb@gchang> References: <3A29E8D0.E9CAC2AD@inficad.com>
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Hi there,
could u send us your dmesg output here so it will help us
greatly. My bsd box has the same config as yours except it is using 133mhz
ram and geforce 2 mx. it has not much know problems..
K7pro is MSI
Regards,
James Lim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Snell" <gracchus@inficad.com>
To: "[FreeBSD-Questions]" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2000 2:31 PM
Subject: FBSD 4.1: First Install: microuptime()???
> Well, I took the BSD plunge after 4 years of Linux, and it isn't
> pretty. The install itself went OK (from the 4.1 CD's in the BSD
> Desktop Edition), but on boot I get a rapidly, then slower, repeating
> line, with incrementing values:
>
> microuptime() went backwards (437.201814 -> 437, -694864070)
>
> [Wherein the '437' value in this example increments with each succeeding
> line, and the 'second' values show the value on the left side of the
> director higher than the value to the right).
>
> Is this indicative of a particular install problem, a particular script
> or boot program error, or my hardware? I run WinME and Linux Mandrake
> 7.2 on the same box with no problem, but I did install FBSD by itself on
> the second IDE drive (IBM 3.2GB, on IDE2). Other system info is:
>
> AMD Athlon 650MHz
> 128MB SDRAM (Mushkin)
> Microstar MS-6195 (K7Pro) Mobo
> SB Live! Value Soundcard
> Matrox Millenium G400 32MB DualHead video card
>
> The boot starts out OK, but at a certain early point in the bootup
> (haven't been able to pause it, so I don't know what the last 'normal'
> line is) the line starts in, first repeating very fast, then slowing
> down after 30 seconds or so, but never stopping. I can Control-C but it
> continues on, and I have to Ctrl-Alt-Del numerous times to kick out of
> the sequence and reboot the machine.
>
> Anyone have any ideas on this? This is the first time I've ever
> installed a BSD, and I'm very much determined to make it work and check
> FreeBSD out. Since BSDi has no free support, this list is obviously my
> only hope (I checked through The Complete FreeBSD, but found no mention
> of it, and I'd check the man pages but I can't boot in!!!).
>
> I posted to the comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc list, and Drew Lawson advised
> the following:
>
> >According to the man page, microuptime() is time elapsed since
> >boot. So going backwards would be a problem.
>
> >However:
> > DIAGNOSTICS
> > Buggy hardware can cause "calcru negative..." when kern.time-
> > counter.method is set to 0.
>
> >I'm not up on how to change the kern settings, since I haven't
> >needed to yet.
>
> Would this indicate FBSD is somewhat less tolerant of hardware problems,
> and what component would we be looking at here: memory, system clock,
> other motherboard component???
>
> Much appreciate any assistance the list can give. Thanks!
>
> Tom
>
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