From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 9 11:16:45 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0BD4C16A419 for ; Tue, 9 Oct 2007 11:16:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lme@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mail.0x20.net (mail.ipv6.0x20.net [IPv6:2001:aa8:fffb::3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9ABCE13C447 for ; Tue, 9 Oct 2007 11:16:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lme@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mail.0x20.net (mail.0x20.net [217.69.67.217]) by mail.0x20.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8FC8A3A566 for ; Tue, 9 Oct 2007 13:16:43 +0200 (CEST) Received: from 193.109.238.110 ([193.109.238.110]) by 0x20.net (Horde MIME library) with HTTP; Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:16:43 +0200 Message-ID: <20071009131643.pkjij6d51c4ooo8s@0x20.net> Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:16:43 +0200 From: Lars Engels To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org References: <44f12db00710081008u2827a3f4ib3ec3dfb477f7246@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <44f12db00710081008u2827a3f4ib3ec3dfb477f7246@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; DelSp="Yes"; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) H3 (4.1.3) Subject: Re: Problems Booting X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2007 11:16:45 -0000 Quoting Joseph Yeager : > Hi, > > I have a Tosbhia M65-S9092 laptop that I've been trying to get FreeBSD on. > I've tried 6.2-RELEASE, 5.5-RELEASE, and PC-BSD v1.4 and they all have the > same problem's booting. The installation procedure runs perfectly fine > using the normal boot procedure (option 1). No matter what option I hit > when trying to boot after installation, it seems to completely freeze. If= I > select an option that has ACPI enabled, it will do this after displaying a > message about loading acpi.ko. I say that it seems to completely freeze > because I'm not sure if it is still actually loading something and perhaps > I'm not seeing it. The keyboard is completely non-responsive, however it > will access the hard drive for a quick second twice and it will spin up th= e > CD drive once. After that, nothing happens and I'm forced to do a hard > shutdown. I've tried booting with everything disconnected from the > computer, with a usb keyboard connected, and with another monitor connecte= d, > and the exact same thing happens every time. Most recently I tried changi= ng > the drive geometry during install to what is shown on my hard drive and th= at > did not change anything. What really drives me crazy is the fact that > FreeSBIE runs perfectly fine. I'm really trying to minimize my Windows > usage as I can't stand it and I would prefer to get FreeBSD on here so any > help is greatly appreciated. > > Thanks, > Joe Hello Joe, which version of FreesBIE do you use? What does uname -a show? Lars