From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 8 21:07:33 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 13922106564A for ; Thu, 8 Jul 2010 21:07:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peterjeremy@acm.org) Received: from mail11.syd.optusnet.com.au (mail11.syd.optusnet.com.au [211.29.132.192]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 96C128FC1B for ; Thu, 8 Jul 2010 21:07:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (c211-30-160-13.belrs4.nsw.optusnet.com.au [211.30.160.13]) by mail11.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id o68L7I7q029877 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 9 Jul 2010 07:07:24 +1000 Received: from server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (localhost.vk2pj.dyndns.org [127.0.0.1]) by server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id o68L6H1X034320; Fri, 9 Jul 2010 07:06:17 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org) Received: (from peter@localhost) by server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id o68L6GVY034319; Fri, 9 Jul 2010 07:06:16 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter) Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2010 07:06:14 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy To: "Mikhail T." Message-ID: <20100708210611.GA34250@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <4C34C5DE.7040007@aldan.algebra.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="LQksG6bCIzRHxTLp" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4C34C5DE.7040007@aldan.algebra.com> X-PGP-Key: http://members.optusnet.com.au/peterjeremy/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 8.x grudges X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2010 21:07:33 -0000 --LQksG6bCIzRHxTLp Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2010-Jul-07 14:22:22 -0400, "Mikhail T." wro= te: >In no particular order: > > 1. > A picture, that one of the systems was displaying at boot (and > then used as a screen-saver), stopped showing properly. The > colors are right, but the picture is distorted beyond recognition. > The relevant part of loader.conf is: > > splash_pcx_load=3D"YES" > vesa_load=3D"YES" > bitmap_load=3D"YES" > bitmap_name=3D"/boot/187426-9-quokka-dreaming.pcx" It's a bit difficult to provide any useful input without some idea of what the picture should and does look like. Can you please post the actual bitmap as well as a picture of your screen showing the problem. > 3. > Likewise, having "device ugen" breaks config(8) -- another > undocumented incompatibility. Can you please advise where it is documented that "device ugen" is valid in a FreeBSD-8 config file? > 5. > One of the upgraded systems would repeatedly hang at boot, until I > disabled the on-board firewire-device through the BIOS... It was > not a problem under 7.x, although I don't know, whether the device > actually worked. I haven't seen this on any of my systems. Can you please provide details of your motherboard, BIOS and the output from a verbose boot up to the hang. Is there a BIOS update available and have you tried installing it? > 6. > Despite the reported improvements in the USB area, my USB keyboard > /still/ does not work during boot. It during POST and then after > the booting is complete. But in single-user mode -- no... Had to > fish-out the PS2 keyboard... I have had similar problems on one of my USB-only desktops. In my case, moving the keyboard to a different USB port solved the problem. All I can suggest is to work your way through all the USB ports you have available and see if they all behavee the same. --=20 Peter Jeremy --LQksG6bCIzRHxTLp Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.15 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkw2PcIACgkQ/opHv/APuIdmZQCghkru3knpujXaWTLyNmSRUGnz RrcAoLfyHCnHBRSgo25k2jcHhNhULJoD =dElb -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --LQksG6bCIzRHxTLp--