From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 10 21:32:39 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 4467516A41A for ; Wed, 10 Oct 2007 21:32:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jamesh@lanl.gov) Received: from mailwasher.lanl.gov (mailwasher.lanl.gov [204.121.3.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA81313C47E for ; Wed, 10 Oct 2007 21:32:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jamesh@lanl.gov) Received: from mailrelay3.lanl.gov (mailrelay3.lanl.gov [128.165.4.104]) by mailwasher.lanl.gov (8.13.8/8.13.8/(ccn-5)) with ESMTP id l9ALWbci014593; Wed, 10 Oct 2007 15:32:37 -0600 Received: from oppie-mail.lanl.gov (oppie-mail.lanl.gov [128.165.4.123]) by mailrelay3.lanl.gov (8.13.8/8.13.8/(ccn-5)) with ESMTP id l9ALWah6023357; Wed, 10 Oct 2007 15:32:36 -0600 Received: from [128.165.86.10] (secretariat.lanl.gov [128.165.86.10]) by oppie-mail.lanl.gov (Postfix) with ESMTP id 31C851F8006; Wed, 10 Oct 2007 15:32:29 -0600 (MDT) From: James To: Gore Jarold In-Reply-To: <710820.76167.qm@web63012.mail.re1.yahoo.com> References: <710820.76167.qm@web63012.mail.re1.yahoo.com> Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratories Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 15:33:08 -0600 Message-Id: <1192051988.1588.6.camel@secretariat.lanl.gov> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.10.3 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port X-CTN-5-MailScanner-Information: Please see http://network.lanl.gov/email/virus-scan.php X-CTN-5-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-CTN-5-MailScanner-From: jamesh@lanl.gov X-Spam-Status: No Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: TPM could not be initialized - bge0 has disappeared ... WTF ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: jamesh@lanl.gov List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 21:32:39 -0000 It's possible it's a hardware issue. Have you got a means to verify the hardware, such as a knoppix, sitting around? James On Wed, 2007-10-10 at 13:47 -0700, Gore Jarold wrote: > I own a Dell Latitude X1. > > I installed FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE on it. > > All is well. No problems. Have a nice day. > > However, suddenly, when I boot the system, I get a > message: > > WARNING: The TPM could not be initialized > > I didn't know what TPM was, I didn't care, and I just > booted up. Not my problem. > > Except suddenly I have no network card (!) bge0 is > just invisible - it is no longer in my system. As far > as FreeBSD is concerned, it is gone. > > So what is going on ? I checked my BIOS and TPM is > disabled - there is no question that it is disabled. > > Why do I suddenly get this error at boot time, when I > did not see it for the first few weeks of running > FreeBSD on the system, and _never_ saw this error in a > year of running Windows ? I did not change anything, > or touch the BIOS, or do anything. > > I don't care about any of this. I don't have time for > any of this. Fuck broadcom and their "TPM". > > So the bottom line is: why did this suddenly show up, > and how do I get rid of it ? I just need my bge0 back... > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Be a better Globetrotter. Get better travel answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. > http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545469 > _______________________________________________ > 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"