From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 23 02:33:34 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FD4516A4CE for ; Thu, 23 Dec 2004 02:33:34 +0000 (GMT) Received: from lakermmtao01.cox.net (lakermmtao01.cox.net [68.230.240.38]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8277643D62 for ; Thu, 23 Dec 2004 02:33:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from conrads@cox.net) Received: from dolphin.local.net ([68.11.30.50]) by lakermmtao01.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.04.00 201-2131-117-20041022) with ESMTP <20041223022725.ZEKC27357.lakermmtao01.cox.net@dolphin.local.net>; Wed, 22 Dec 2004 21:27:25 -0500 Received: from dolphin.local.net (localhost.local.net [127.0.0.1]) by dolphin.local.net (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id iBN2RU9i089056; Wed, 22 Dec 2004 20:27:30 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from conrads@cox.net) Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 20:27:25 -0600 From: "Conrad J. Sabatier" To: Sergio Mangialardi Message-ID: <20041222202725.3eeed629@dolphin.local.net> In-Reply-To: <1103616384.28929.81.camel@aidee.softshark.home> References: <1103616384.28929.81.camel@aidee.softshark.home> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 0.9.13 (GTK+ 1.2.10; amd64-portbld-freebsd6.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems with a Acer Aspire X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 02:33:34 -0000 On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 09:06:24 +0100, Sergio Mangialardi wrote: > I've recently acquired a new laptop (Acer Aspire 1524) with Athlon 64 > cpu in it, so I try to install FreeBSD for AMD64 (the 5.3 version) on > it. > The booting process stops when the screen for boot options, i.e. Boot > FreeBSD, Boot FreeBSD with ACPI disabled, etc... appears. > Whatever boot option I choose the system freezes immediately (only a > slash in bottom left corner appears and nothing else) and I have to > reboot it. > Any idea? > > TIA > > Sergio. > > P.S. > I've read some threads about a similar problem, and even if my problem > is different, I've tried to apply a patch found in them, but nothing > changes. Try choosing option 6 at the beastie menu, and then do: set hw.apic.mixed_mode=1 boot I believe the GENERIC kernel is built with mixed mode off by default, which does cause problems on some systems (including my own). I suggested a while back that it would be safer to build GENERIC without the NO_MIXED_MODE option, but nothing ever came of it. Let us know if this helps or not. -- Conrad J. Sabatier -- "In Unix veritas"