From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 4 04:16:10 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 51B2C16A421 for ; Mon, 4 Jun 2007 04:16:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: from sigma.octantis.com.au (ns2.octantis.com.au [207.44.189.124]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F8BC13C458 for ; Mon, 4 Jun 2007 04:16:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: (qmail 7665 invoked from network); 4 Jun 2007 14:16:10 +1000 Received: from 203-214-138-113.perm.iinet.net.au (HELO localhost) (203.214.138.113) by sigma.octantis.com.au with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 4 Jun 2007 14:16:10 +1000 Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2007 14:16:05 +1000 From: Norberto Meijome To: tundra@tundraware.com Message-ID: <20070604141605.3f56e3e3@localhost> In-Reply-To: <46630382.8010901@tundraware.com> References: <46630382.8010901@tundraware.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.9.2 (GTK+ 2.10.12; i386-portbld-freebsd6.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Strange Intel Mobo Behavior X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2007 04:16:10 -0000 On Sun, 03 Jun 2007 13:08:02 -0500 Tim Daneliuk wrote: > (Originally asked on -hardware and -smp but no one seemed to have any > ideas. Repeating here to the larger group in hopes of some answers. TIA.) > > System: > > Intel D946GZIS MOBO w/ICH7 SATA-II support > WDC WD2500JS-00NCB1 250G Hard Drive that claims to do 3G/s > Pentium D @ 3.2GHz > > In addition to the on-board peripherals, the two available > PCI slots have an Adaptec 2940 U/UW SCSI controller and > a 3Com 3C901 card in them respectively. > > Running FBSD 6.2-STABLE as of yesterday. Kernel is SMP. > > I've run into a problem that makes no sense to me and I suspect > is related to how SMP works (or, then again, maybe not): > > 1) When booting FBSD 6.2, right after the second CPU is started > the system hangs for about 45 seconds and then proceeds normally. > This happens with GENERIC-Release, SMP-Stable, and SMP-Release kernels. > During this wait, the floppy goes active for some reason. It's > as if the system is "hunting" for something. > Maybe unrelated - I had a similar problem yesterday on a small box @ home - it was stopping for about 2 minutes or so just before showing the line about ad0. It turned out one of the PCI cards (TV card) had become a bit lose and was obvioulsy causing problems. Once this was solved, it booted fine with no problem. > 4) I *cannot* get xorg 7.2 to work with the onboard video. > If I configure it as a VESA video system, all is well. > If I try to tell it that I am using i810 video, I get this: > > X Window System Version 7.2.0 > Release Date: 22 January 2007 > X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.2 > Build Operating System: FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE i386 > Current Operating System: FreeBSD troll.tundraware.com 6.2-STABLE FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE #5: Sun Jun 3 00:42:36 CDT 2007 toor@troll.tundraware.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SMP i386 > Build Date: 30 May 2007 > Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org > to make sure that you have the latest version. > Module Loader present > Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, > (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, > (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. > (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sun Jun 3 13:05:01 2007 > (++) Using config file: "/root/xorg.conf.new" > (EE) GARTInit: Unable to open /dev/agpgart (No such file or directory) > (EE) I810(0): Failed to allocate framebuffer. Is your VideoRAM set too low ?? > > Fatal server error: > AddScreen/ScreenInit failed for driver 0 > > This makes no sense given that I have allocated 128M for video memory. do you have AGP support in your kernel ? _________________________ {Beto|Norberto|Numard} Meijome Do not take away the camels hump, you may be stopping him from being a camel. I speak for myself, not my employer. Contents may be hot. Slippery when wet. Reading disclaimers makes you go blind. Writing them is worse. You have been Warned.