From owner-freebsd-mobile Mon Feb 5 21:22:34 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mtiwmhc22.worldnet.att.net (mtiwmhc22.worldnet.att.net [204.127.131.47]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0FEA37B401 for ; Mon, 5 Feb 2001 21:22:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from moo.holy.cow ([32.100.199.86]) by mtiwmhc22.worldnet.att.net (InterMail vM.4.01.03.10 201-229-121-110) with ESMTP id <20010206052214.XKXD6630.mtiwmhc22.worldnet.att.net@moo.holy.cow> for ; Tue, 6 Feb 2001 05:22:14 +0000 Received: (from parv@localhost) by moo.holy.cow (8.11.2/8.11.2) id f165MCE00367 for freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org; Tue, 6 Feb 2001 00:22:12 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from parv) Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2001 00:22:12 -0500 From: parv To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: kernel/apm panic(general protection fault) on 4-stable+dell Message-ID: <20010206002211.A301@moo.holy.cow> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org i am running freebsd 4-stable (made from sources from jan 28) on dell inspiron 5000e (bought jan 11 2001), w/ intel pentium iii 700 (speed step tech). timecounter.hardware is identified as i8254. prospects of running/enabling apm seem dim on this system. when apm and apmd are enabled in /etc/rc.conf and kernel has... device apm0 at nexus? flags 0x0020 #device apm0 at nexus? #flags 0x0020 #device apm0 at nexus? disable flags 0x0020 ...below is the panic message that comes up (taken old fashioned way, on paper by pen) on (re)booting... kernel trap 9 with interrupts disbaled fatal trap 9: general protection fault while in kernel mode instruction pointer = 0x58:0x3319 stack pointer = 0x10:0xcaa68c88 frame pointer = 0x10:0xcaa68c90 code segment = base 0xc00f0000, limit 0xffff, type 0x1b = DPL 0, pres 1, def32 0, gran 0 processor eflags = resume, IOPL = 0 current process = 146 (apm) interrupt mask = none trap number = 9 panic: general protection fault ...i tried w/ and w/o... kern.timecounter.method=1 ...of course, there is no problem if apm is not enabled in rc.conf regardless of it being enabled in kernel config. oh, i also tried changing 'power' settings in bios to no positive effect. is 'apm' achieveable? - parv To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message