Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 15:32:16 -0500 From: Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com> To: Novembre <novembre@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: {Spam?} Re: agp problems in 7.0-RELEASE Message-ID: <6.0.0.22.2.20080512153043.0265baf8@mail.computinginnovations.com> In-Reply-To: <3b47caa90805111854p113ae306la272de6adb27aea8@mail.gmail.co m> References: <3b47caa90805111217n557e977ese6b31b71130f79ff@mail.gmail.com> <6.0.0.22.2.20080511174125.02661810@mail.computinginnovations.com> <3b47caa90805111854p113ae306la272de6adb27aea8@mail.gmail.com>
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At 08:54 PM 5/11/2008, Novembre wrote: >On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 5:42 PM, Derek Ragona ><<mailto:derek@computinginnovations.com>derek@computinginnovations.com> wrote: >>At 02:17 PM 5/11/2008, Novembre wrote: >>>Hi all, >>> >>>I have upgraded my home desktop (1.4GHz P-IIIS) machine from 6.2-RELEASE-p9 >>>to 7.0-RELEASE some time ago. When comparing the two dmesg outputs from 6.2 >>>and 7.0, I realized that some things aren't the same anymore. >>> >>>Probing agp gives the following messages >>>---------- >>>6.2-RELEASE-p9: >>>pci0: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib0 >>>agp0: <VIA 862x (CLE266) host to PCI bridge> mem 0xe0000000-0xe0ffffff at >>>device 0.0 on pci0 >>>pcib1: <PCI-PCI bridge> at device 1.0 on pci0 >>>pci1: <PCI bus> on pcib1 >>>pci1: <display, VGA> at device 0.0 (no driver attached) >>> >>>7.0-RELEASE: >>>pci0: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib0 >>>agp0: <VIA 862x (CLE266) host to PCI bridge> on hostb0 >>>agp0: Invalid aperture setting 0x0agp0: Invalid aperture setting 0x0agp0: >>>bad aperture size >>>agp0: Invalid aperture setting 0x0agp0: Invalid aperture size (0Mb) >>>device_attach: agp0 attach returned 12 >>>pcib1: <PCI-PCI bridge> at device 1.0 on pci0 >>>pci1: <PCI bus> on pcib1 >>>vgapci0: <VGA-compatible display> mem >>>0xd8000000-0xdbffffff,0xde000000-0xdeffffff >>> >>>at device 0.0 on pci1 >>>---------- >>> >>>So what are the errors "agp0: Invalid aperture setting 0x0" and "agp0: bad >>>aperture size (0Mb)" and "device_attach: agp0 attach returned 12" that I see >>>in 7.0-RELEASE? I assume that agp driver is not attached, so there's >>>something wrong with its implementation in 7.0, right? >>> >>>I have uploaded the complete dmesg's to >>>6.2-RELEASE dmesg >>>: <http://pastebin.com/f12c0ff27>http://pastebin.com/f12c0ff27 >>>7.0-RELEASE dmesg >>>: <http://pastebin.com/f3e6809c6>http://pastebin.com/f3e6809c6 >>> >>>Thanks a lot :) >> >>The agp aperture size is usually set in the BIOS. Check your BIOS. >> >> -Derek >> >>-- >>This message has been scanned for viruses and >>dangerous content by <http://www.mailscanner.info/>MailScanner, and is >>believed to be clean. > > >Hi, > >It could be a possibility, but I haven't touched anything in the BIOS. >I've just upgraded my 6.2-RELEASE-p9 to 7.0-RELEASE from source. Besides, >I was not geting that error when using 6.2. Apparently, it's something >related to FreeBSD rather than my BIOS. > >Thanks :) While you may not have changed anything, I would verify the setting in your BIOS and possibly try a different setting. Most BIOS allow only for 2-3 settings. It may be you have a non-standard setting and the loader is seeing that as 0. -Derek -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
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