From owner-freebsd-mobile Tue Mar 16 13:29:48 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from hyperhost.net (ether.lightrealm.com [207.159.132.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E544151B9; Tue, 16 Mar 1999 13:29:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from patseal@hyperhost.net) Received: from port19.annex8.radix.net (port19.annex8.radix.net [205.252.108.19]) by hyperhost.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA27004; Tue, 16 Mar 1999 16:29:05 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 16:28:54 -0500 (EST) From: Patrick Seal To: Ralf Meyer Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: System freezes on reboot In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hmm, Interesting. My Dell Latitude Freezes during a reboot, so does someone else's Latitude I know. I never thought that I might be the MAXMEM. I have it in my kernel and my Laptop freezes too. Any developers have any ideas? ------------------------------------ _____________________________________ Patrick Seal |"Microsoft isn't evil, they just make | really crappy operating systems." Hyperhost - http://www.hyperhost.net| -Linus Torvalds hosting and Design http://www.freebsd.org - http://www.linux.org On Tue, 16 Mar 1999, Ralf Meyer wrote: > Hello, > > I encounter the following problem with FreeBSD 3.1 on a ThinkPad 770ED: > The machine has 128 MB of RAM. However, if I let FreeBSD determine the > amount of RAM or set MAXMEM=128*1024, the machine freezes on every > reboot attempt. Occasionally it also freezes during normal operation. > Freezing means that even the (so-called) power switch does not work > and I have to press the reset button with the help of a ballpen. > > One solution of the problem is to set the amount of RAM to 96 MB in > the kernel configuration file. In that case none of the problems shows > up. However I would prefer using the full memory as well as > understanding the problem. Is this a known problem? Is it a ThinkPad > specific problem? Might there be a memory defect? > > Opinions, solutions and suggestions are appreciated. > TIA > > Ralf > > > P.S.: The dmesg output of the machine is as follows: > > Copyright (c) 1992-1999 FreeBSD Inc. > Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993 > The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. > FreeBSD 3.1-RELEASE #1: Mon Mar 15 20:35:48 CET 1999 > root@ameise.thp.uni-duisburg.de:/usr/src/sys/compile/Ameise > Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz > CPU: Pentium II/Xeon/Celeron (265.26-MHz 686-class CPU) > Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x652 Stepping=2 > Features=0x183f9ff> > real memory = 134217728 (131072K bytes) > avail memory = 127782912 (124788K bytes) > Preloaded elf kernel "kernel" at 0xf02ab000. > Probing for devices on PCI bus 0: > chip0: rev 0x02 on pci0.0.0 > chip1: rev 0x02 int a irq 255 on pci0.2.0 > chip2: rev 0x02 int b irq 255 on pci0.2.1 > vga0: rev 0xf3 int a irq 11 on pci0.3.0 > chip3: rev 0x01 on pci0.7.0 > ide_pci0: rev 0x01 on pci0.7.1 > chip4: rev 0x01 on pci0.7.3 > Probing for devices on PCI bus 1: > Probing for devices on PCI bus 2: > Probing for devices on PCI bus 3: > Probing for devices on PCI bus 4: > Probing for devices on PCI bus 5: > Probing for devices on PCI bus 6: > Probing for PnP devices: > Probing for devices on the ISA bus: > sc0 on isa > sc0: VGA color <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x0> > atkbdc0 at 0x60-0x6f on motherboard > atkbd0 irq 1 on isa > psm0 irq 12 on isa > psm0: model Generic PS/2 mouse, device ID 0 > sio0 at 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on isa > sio0: type 16550A > pcm0 at 0x220 irq 10 drq 1 on isa > fdc0 at 0x3f0-0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on isa > fdc0: FIFO enabled, 8 bytes threshold > fd0: 1.44MB 3.5in > wdc0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7 irq 14 on isa > wdc0: unit 0 (wd0): > wd0: 7815MB (16006410 sectors), 16938 cyls, 15 heads, 63 S/T, 512 B/S > wdc1 at 0x170-0x177 irq 15 on isa > wdc1: unit 0 (atapi): , removable, accel, dma, iordis > acd0: drive speed 3445KB/sec, 128KB cache > acd0: supported read types: CD-R, CD-RW, CD-DA > acd0: Audio: play, 255 volume levels > acd0: Mechanism: ejectable tray > acd0: Medium: CD-ROM 120mm data disc loaded, unlocked > ppc0 at 0x378 irq 7 on isa > ppc0: Generic chipset (NIBBLE-only) in COMPATIBLE mode > nlpt0: on ppbus 0 > nlpt0: Interrupt-driven port > ppi0: on ppbus 0 > plip0: on ppbus 0 > vga0 at 0x3b0-0x3df maddr 0xa0000 msize 131072 on isa > npx0 on motherboard > npx0: INT 16 interface > apm0 flags 0x31 on isa > apm: found APM BIOS version 1.2 > PC-Card Intel 82365 (5 mem & 2 I/O windows) > pcic: controller irq 3 > Initializing PC-card drivers: ep > changing root device to wd0s3a > Card inserted, slot 0 > PC-Card Intel 82365 (5 mem & 2 I/O windows) > pcic: controller irq 5 > Card inserted, slot 2 > ep0: utp/bnc[*UTP*] address 00:10:5a:8a:fa:df > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message