From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 16 20:06:48 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F7A616A4CE; Fri, 16 Jan 2004 20:06:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from corellia.vindaloo.com (corellia.vindaloo.com [209.87.64.81]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 69BD643D48; Fri, 16 Jan 2004 20:06:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from chris@vindaloo.com) Received: from yavin.vindaloo.com (yavin.vindaloo.com [192.168.133.2]) by corellia.vindaloo.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5DCFD128D7; Fri, 16 Jan 2004 23:06:38 -0500 (EST) Received: from endaba.pvt.vindaloo.com (endaba.pvt.vindaloo.com [192.168.132.6]) by yavin.vindaloo.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD193EB8; Fri, 16 Jan 2004 23:06:37 -0500 (EST) Received: from endaba.pvt.vindaloo.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) i0H46bBE007511; Fri, 16 Jan 2004 23:06:37 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from chris@endaba.pvt.vindaloo.com) Received: (from chris@localhost) by endaba.pvt.vindaloo.com (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i0H46brF007510; Fri, 16 Jan 2004 23:06:37 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from chris) Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 23:06:37 -0500 From: Christopher Sean Hilton To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20040117040637.GC5109@endaba.pvt.vindaloo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Gateway M305XL Laptop X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 04:06:48 -0000 I'm trying to install FreeBSD on a Gateway M305XL laptop. I'd be happier with 5.2 so I'll start there. In 5.2 The kernel never completely boots. Here's what I get -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ... sio1: configured irq 3 not in bootmap of probed irqs 0 vga0: at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomeme 0xa0000-0zbffff on isa0 unknown: can't assign resources (port) unknown: can't assign resources (memory) unknown: can't assign resources (irq) fdc1: cannot reserve I/O port range (1 ports) Timecounter "TSC" frequency 2191115784 Hz quality 800 Timecounters tick every 10.000 msec Fatal double fault: eip = 0xc07c8190 esp = 0xd7464004 ebp = 0x7465c54 cpuid = 0; apic id = 00 panic: double fault cpuid=0; syncing disks, buffers remaining... done Uptime: 1s -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- That may not be exact since I transcribed it from the screen. I'm not sure what's causing this but my preference would be to install 5.2 since it has ACPI control ant he M305XL has a really noisy fan. In 4.9-RELEASE The machine warns me that ad0 is UDMA 66 but has a UDMA 33 cable. I can get buy this by telling the machine that it can only use PIO mode but I noticed that if I play with the BIOS I can get it to install in UDMA mode 2. To tell the truth. If I cannot figure out a way to turn the fan off I'm going to return the laptop anyhow. Has anyone got suggestions of how to get a test install of 5.2 going so I can determine if ACPI will let me control the fan? Thanks in advance -- Chris Hilton chilton-at-vindaloo-dot-com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "All I was doing was trying to get home from work!" -- Rosa Parks