From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 7 01:34:56 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 32ED716A41F for ; Mon, 7 Nov 2005 01:34:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Received: from betty.computinginnovations.com (dsl081-142-072.chi1.dsl.speakeasy.net [64.81.142.72]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8922A43D45 for ; Mon, 7 Nov 2005 01:34:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Received: from p17.computinginnovations.com (dhcp-10-20-30-100.computinginnovations.com [10.20.30.100]) (authenticated bits=0) by betty.computinginnovations.com (8.13.5/8.12.11) with ESMTP id jA71Ye64005447; Sun, 6 Nov 2005 19:34:40 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <6.0.0.22.2.20051106193209.025ddee0@mail.computinginnovations.com> X-Sender: derek@mail.computinginnovations.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.0.0.22 Date: Sun, 06 Nov 2005 19:34:33 -0600 To: Hans Nieser From: Derek Ragona In-Reply-To: <436EAB84.5000504@xs4all.nl> References: <6.0.0.22.2.20051106182349.025dd7c0@mail.computinginnovations.com> <436EAB84.5000504@xs4all.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-MailScanner-From: derek@computinginnovations.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 6.0 panics on boot 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, 07 Nov 2005 01:34:56 -0000 At 07:19 PM 11/6/2005, Hans Nieser wrote: >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. Hans, Let me see if I understand the process. When I go to boot 6.0, escape to the boot prompt, then type: unset nvidia_load Once the system boots then, how do I reinstall the nvidia driver? That last step has me confused. Would I rebuild the kernel again? Or something else? -Derek