From owner-freebsd-mobile Tue Feb 12 12:46:29 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.122.47]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E584D37B41A for ; Tue, 12 Feb 2002 12:46:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.11.3/8.10.1) with ESMTP id g1CK6H083185; Tue, 12 Feb 2002 12:06:17 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 12:06:17 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White To: Christoph Kukulies Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /current, CONFIG, no keyboard In-Reply-To: <200202121151.g1CBpOK15286@gilberto.physik.RWTH-Aachen.DE> Message-ID: <20020212120359.R80427-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> X-All-Your-Base: are belong to us MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, 12 Feb 2002, Christoph Kukulies wrote: > I ran cvsup on -current mainly because I wanted to test > the nvidia GeForce2 driver on my Dell Inspiron. > > After getting through the CONFIG file syntax and options woes > I finally got a new kernel compiled but I cannot do > any input at the keyboard. > > This happened after I removed /boot/device.hints which I read about > in /usr/src/UPGRADING that devices were otherwise enumerated doubly > during autoconfigure at boot. > At least I was observing this and my boot got hung at > sio1 probing in the first place. Then I removed > device.hints - I had hints "GENERIC.hints" in my kernel CONFIG > anyway. This should be on -current mailing list, not -mobile. You must have one of: 1) a /boot/device.hints file or 2) A hints file compiled into your kernel It is HIGHLY suggested you just copy src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC.hints since that has the requisite hints for the console to work. You modify it at your own risk. Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | www.FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message