From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 15 14:59:33 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7DFD16A4CF for ; Tue, 15 Mar 2005 14:59:33 +0000 (GMT) Received: from lenti.med.umn.edu (lenti.med.umn.edu [128.101.81.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D86843D1F for ; Tue, 15 Mar 2005 14:59:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lparsons@mail.ahc.umn.edu) Received: from lenti.med.umn.edu (lparsons@lenti.med.umn.edu [128.101.81.1]) by lenti.med.umn.edu (8.9.3p2/8.9.1) with ESMTP id IAA01058 for ; Tue, 15 Mar 2005 08:59:32 -0600 (CST) Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 08:59:31 -0600 (CST) From: "Lee Parsons (CCGB)" X-X-Sender: lparsons@lenti.med.umn.edu To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Subject: memory upgrade issues? X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 14:59:33 -0000 I just upgraded the ram on my thinkpad R32 from 512 to 1 gig. The first time I booted with 1 gig, things seemed ok. I started KDE, and then used the "zzz" command to put it to sleep while I myself called it a night and went to sleep. Then in the morning, I found it would not wake up. I eventually was able to get it to power off using the power button (which got acpi to power it down). Then when I brought it back up, there were file system errors, which I resolved with fsck. The following attempt to start kde ended up with the system rebooting itself when the intro sound would ordinarily play. When it rebooted, I thought that perhaps the kernel could stand to be rebooted, so I rebuilt the kernel I was running from up until then. This did not solve the problem. I have not been able to start up kde since. This machine dual-boots winxp and freebsd 5.3. Oddly enough, XP still boots just fine, so I don't suspect the memory. Is there something that I should have done to prepare freebsd for a ram upgrade? Should I plan on reinstalling the OS now? I'm not sure what is causing these problems starting kde. The closest to success I've gotten thus far was when kde came up and kicked out an "arTs" error (though it then proceeded to crash afterwards). thank you Lee