From owner-freebsd-mobile Tue Feb 6 11:13: 6 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from meow.osd.bsdi.com (meow.osd.bsdi.com [204.216.28.88]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9245737B401 for ; Tue, 6 Feb 2001 11:12:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from laptop.baldwin.cx (john@jhb-laptop.osd.bsdi.com [204.216.28.241]) by meow.osd.bsdi.com (8.11.1/8.9.3) with ESMTP id f16JBT344094; Tue, 6 Feb 2001 11:11:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.4.0 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20010206002211.A301@moo.holy.cow> Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2001 11:12:30 -0800 (PST) From: John Baldwin To: parv Subject: RE: kernel/apm panic(general protection fault) on 4-stable+dell Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.org Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On 06-Feb-01 parv wrote: > 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... The APM BIOS in the i5000e is broken. It claims to run in 16-bit protected mode, but it actually wants to run in real mode. -- John Baldwin -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.baldwin.cx/~john/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message