From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 7 02:47:36 2009 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 4F0151065676 for ; Thu, 7 May 2009 02:47:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wsparrish@hotmail.com) Received: from blu0-omc4-s34.blu0.hotmail.com (blu0-omc4-s34.blu0.hotmail.com [65.55.111.173]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 171E48FC24 for ; Thu, 7 May 2009 02:47:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wsparrish@hotmail.com) Received: from BLU148-W11 ([65.55.111.135]) by blu0-omc4-s34.blu0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Wed, 6 May 2009 19:35:30 -0700 Message-ID: X-Originating-IP: [75.182.96.114] From: Scott Parrish To: Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 22:35:30 -0400 Importance: Normal MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 07 May 2009 02:35:30.0886 (UTC) FILETIME=[7D57F660:01C9CEBC] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: unable to boot with Nvidia AGP graphics card 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, 07 May 2009 02:47:37 -0000 Hi all=2C Recently my PCI graphics card failed on my Dell Dimension 4100. I replaced= it with a known good card I had lying around: an Nvidia GeForce 3 TI200 w= ith an AGP interface. My FreeBSD installation will not boot with this grap= hics card. The boot loader hangs at the twirling baton as follows: /boot/kernel/acpi.ko text=3D0x43698 data=3D0x23c0+0x10f0 syms=3D[0x4+0x7ba0+0x4+0xa828] \ I'm running 7.1-RELEASE generic kernel. Anyone ever see anything like this before? Any ideas on how I can debug? = Is there anything I can do with the loader prompt to see what is happening = when this occurs? The keyboard still seems responsive when this happens (the caps-lock=2C num= -lock=2C etc. still work). It is almost as if the boot loader is unsure ho= w to send output to the AGP bus. I have tweaked every possible setting in = the very limited BIOS but nothing helps. BTW=2C I know that my hardware is good because this is a dual boot system a= nd I am able to boot into Windows just fine. I am also able to run Linux f= rom a live cd. However=2C I also tried a FreeBSD install disk and it hangs= at the same place. Thanks in advance for any help you can offer! -William _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail=AE goes with you.=20 http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/Mobile?ocid=3DTXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutor= ial_Mobile1_052009=