From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 8 10:13:49 2008 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 E09D816A41A for ; Tue, 8 Jan 2008 10:13:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.org) Received: from tower.berklix.org (tower.berklix.org [83.236.223.114]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6507213C467 for ; Tue, 8 Jan 2008 10:13:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.org) Received: from js.berklix.net (p549A430A.dip.t-dialin.net [84.154.67.10]) (authenticated bits=0) by tower.berklix.org (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id m08ADjF6066833; Tue, 8 Jan 2008 10:13:47 GMT (envelope-from jhs@berklix.org) Received: from fire.js.berklix.net (fire.js.berklix.net [192.168.91.41]) by js.berklix.net (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m08AElvq039456; Tue, 8 Jan 2008 11:14:47 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.org) Received: from fire.js.berklix.net (localhost.js.berklix.net [127.0.0.1]) by fire.js.berklix.net (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m08AEW8i023581; Tue, 8 Jan 2008 11:14:37 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from jhs@fire.js.berklix.net) Message-Id: <200801081014.m08AEW8i023581@fire.js.berklix.net> To: Ian Smith In-reply-to: References: Comments: In-reply-to Ian Smith message dated "Tue, 08 Jan 2008 15:33:25 +1100." Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2008 11:14:32 +0100 From: "Julian H. Stacey" Cc: Xn Nooby , freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Two minute pause at acpi.ko message on old HP laptop with 7.0-RC1 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, 08 Jan 2008 10:13:50 -0000 Ian Smith wrote: > On Mon, 7 Jan 2008, Xn Nooby wrote: > > I have an old zv5445us HP Pavillion laptop, essentially the zv5000 > > model, which pauses at the /boot/kernel/acpi.ko message during boot. > > It hangs there, with a non-spinning ASCII character, for about 2 > > minutes - then it boots. I tried entering the following commands in > > to the loader.conf to no avail: > > > > set hint.atkbd.0.disabled="1" > > set hint.acpi.0.disabled="1" > > > > I'm currently using FreeBSD 7.0-RC1, but it has the same behavior with > > FreeBSD 6.3-RC2. > > > > The machine seems to work okay after that, though I am having other > > problems with the screen going blank when I try to configure X. For > > now, I was just trying to eliminate the 2 minute pause on acpi.ko. > > > > Any suggestions? > > Could you post the actual last couple of lines you see while it's > pausing? And the next line or so seen after the pause? > > If you select to boot verbosely then the section either side of and > including this pause in your /var/run/dmesg.boot could be helpful. > > Just that it's not clear whether the 'acpi.ko message' you're seeing is > printed before, during or after loading acpi, ie perhaps that's finished > and the pause is before the next thing you see, in which case it could > be hanging on something network related, or something else altogether .. > > cheers, Ian I don't know if this is the same pause I'm seeing on a Dell Latitude XPi P133ST http://www.berklix.com/~jhs/hardware/laptops/dell_latitude_xpi_p133st/ After these 2 lines Preloaded elf kernel Calibrating clock(s) ... then 3+ minutes pause. Then screen rolls fast, hard to read, but after booting, dmesg here: http://www.berklix.com/~jhs/hardware/laptops/dell_latitude_xpi_p133st/dmesg/7.0-PRERELEASE Extract: Calibrating clock(s) ... failed, using default i8254 clock of 1193182 Hz CLK_USE_I8254_CALIBRATION not specified - using default frequency Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0 Calibrating TSC clock ... TSC clock: 133637718 Hz CPU: Pentium/P54C (133.64-MHz 586-class CPU) My loader.conf stuff: http://www.berklix.com/~jhs/hardware/laptops/dell_latitude_xpi_p133st/loader.conf If anyone has ideas ? I'd try, I'm running 7-Stable -- Julian Stacey. Munich Computer Consultant, BSD Unix C Linux. http://berklix.com Ihr Rauch = mein allergischer Kopfschmerz. Dump cigs 4 snuff.