From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Dec 2 22:18:54 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from sunny.pacific.net.sg (sunny.pacific.net.sg [203.120.90.127]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 378AA37B400 for ; Sat, 2 Dec 2000 22:18:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from pop1.pacific.net.sg (pop1.pacific.net.sg [203.120.90.85]) by sunny.pacific.net.sg with ESMTP id eB36Iko09825; Sun, 3 Dec 2000 14:18:47 +0800 (SGT) Received: from gchang (spoff250.pacific.net.sg [203.120.94.250]) by pop1.pacific.net.sg with SMTP id OAA10479; Sun, 3 Dec 2000 14:18:46 +0800 (SGT) Message-ID: <012901c05cf0$8cc4fb80$fa5e78cb@gchang> From: "James Lim" To: "Tom Snell" , "[FreeBSD-Questions]" References: <3A29E8D0.E9CAC2AD@inficad.com> Subject: Re: FBSD 4.1: First Install: microuptime()??? Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2000 14:16:17 +0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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" To: "[FreeBSD-Questions]" 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 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message