From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 27 20:24:28 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 896FB16A417 for ; Thu, 27 Dec 2007 20:24:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erikt@midgard.homeip.net) Received: from ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net (ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net [80.76.149.212]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E78813C465 for ; Thu, 27 Dec 2007 20:24:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erikt@midgard.homeip.net) Received: from c83-253-25-183.bredband.comhem.se ([83.253.25.183]:49483 helo=falcon.midgard.homeip.net) by ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net with esmtp (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1J7zHH-0007od-3Q for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 27 Dec 2007 21:24:27 +0100 Received: (qmail 16493 invoked from network); 27 Dec 2007 21:24:24 +0100 Received: from owl.midgard.homeip.net (10.1.5.7) by falcon.midgard.homeip.net with ESMTP; 27 Dec 2007 21:24:24 +0100 Received: (qmail 45130 invoked by uid 1001); 27 Dec 2007 21:24:24 +0100 Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2007 21:24:24 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson To: Chad Gross Message-ID: <20071227202424.GA45074@owl.midgard.homeip.net> Mail-Followup-To: Chad Gross , aJTiM , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <200712271320.09481.lumiwa@gmail.com> <17489c7a0712271128y22b31285vdc2a4827bc72a66@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <17489c7a0712271128y22b31285vdc2a4827bc72a66@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) X-Originating-IP: 83.253.25.183 X-Scan-Result: No virus found in message 1J7zHH-0007od-3Q. X-Scan-Signature: ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net 1J7zHH-0007od-3Q 1c0a9e02139521cb7e5b85b653b361de Cc: aJTiM , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sysctl... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2007 20:24:28 -0000 On Thu, Dec 27, 2007 at 02:28:34PM -0500, Chad Gross wrote: > On Dec 27, 2007 2:20 PM, aJTiM wrote: > > Hi! > > > > I am running FreeBSD 7 beta4. When I start a computer and os loading I got one > > message which I don't know why and how could I save a "problem" if it is a > > problem. Beta 4 works very good and I don't have problems. > > > > hw.acpi.cpu.cx_lowest: C1 > > sysctl: hw.acpi.cpu.cx_lowest: Invalid argument > > > > Thanks in advance. > > -- > > It just doesn't seem right to go over the river and through the woods > > to Grandmother's condo. > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > I am not running 7.0, so I am just guessing, but I am assuming you > changed that option in /etc/sysctl.conf (or possibly copied your /etc > directory from an older machine to the 7.0 machine). That would be the > why you are getting that message during boot. The reason the message > is appearing at all is most likely because that is not a current > sysctl variable/option. I would check the sysctl manuals for that. > More likely it is just differences in the ACPI support in the BIOS. I see the same message on one of my machines running 6-STABLE. On another machine also running 6-STABLE it instead says: hw.acpi.cpu.cx_lowest: C1 -> C1 Neither system has that option referenced in /etc/sysctl.conf Everything seems to work fine so I don't worry about it. -- Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se