Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2008 10:46:42 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: std <std@suddenlink.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: laptop won't boot w/o ac adapter plugged in Message-ID: <441w5ly8x9.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <200804030140.16059.std@suddenlink.net> (std@suddenlink.net's message of "Thu\, 3 Apr 2008 01\:40\:16 -0700") References: <200804030140.16059.std@suddenlink.net>
index | next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail
std <std@suddenlink.net> writes: > I have a newish laptop hp tx1320us with FreeBSD rel. 70 build. If I don't > have the power cord plugged in, the system hangs at > > Entropy harvesting: ethernet point_to_point > > If tap the power/reset slider on the case, it prints the following: > > load: 2.40 cmd: dd 71 [running] 0.00u 0.00s 0% 744k > > Is this a power management issue (apm OR acpi)? Plugged in, it boots fine. > Is there, hopefully some toggle to tell it what to do when its plugged in or > not? It looks like it's actually the entropy process copying from somewhere. You might try disabling the serial port (which might not be powered on battery?) to see what effect that has.home | help
Want to link to this message? Use this
URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?441w5ly8x9.fsf>