Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2005 02:19:00 +0100 From: Hans Nieser <h.nieser@xs4all.nl> To: Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 6.0 panics on boot Message-ID: <436EAB84.5000504@xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.2.20051106182349.025dd7c0@mail.computinginnovations.com> References: <6.0.0.22.2.20051106182349.025dd7c0@mail.computinginnovations.com>
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Derek Ragona wrote: > > I have a computer that has been running FreeBSD 4.X and 5.X without > problems. It runs 5.4 with no problems at all. This system has an > Intel 845 Motherboard and chipset, Intel Pentium 4 1.6 GHz CPU, 1 GB > RAM, NVidea GEForce MX/MX 400 video card, atapi CD-RW, IDE hard drive, > standard floppy. Nothing very exotic in this hardware. > > I tried first to cvsup to 6.0, and rebuild everything. The build was > fine including a custom kernel, but when I tried to boot the new 6.0, I > got a panic, Fatal trap 12, page fault at the NVidea driver in the > boot. So I re-booted the kernel.old, reverted my sources to 5.4 and > rebuilt the system all again. > > As the system rebuilt I downloaded and burned the ISO 6.0 image. > > I tried to boot the ISO image and do a binary upgrade. The CD booted > 6.0 fine, and the upgrade installed with only one error that the X.org > was already present. When I tried to boot the new 6.0 GENERIC kernel > that was installed, I got the same panic/page fault error I had when I > updated via cvsup. > > But since the same GENERIC kernel boots fine from CD I suspect there may > be some loader options I might need? I'd appreciate any help with > getting 6.0 to boot without the panic. > > Thanks Hi Derek, You probably just have to stop the nvidia driver from loading by specifying "unset nvidia_load" at the boot prompt and reinstall the nvidia driver once the system is booted. That's what I did at least, and I have had no problems while I've heard from other people that didn't disable and rebuilt their nvidia drivers that they also got panics on boot.
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