Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 14:20:34 +0900 From: Kazutaka YOKOTA <yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> To: kc5vdj@yahoo.com Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp Subject: Re: syscons VTY switch panic... Message-ID: <200108220520.OAA04225@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 21 Aug 2001 23:42:54 EST." <3B83384E.1010604@yahoo.com> References: <3B820F12.7050209@yahoo.com> <200108220350.MAA03898@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> <3B83384E.1010604@yahoo.com>
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Would you please remove the vesa driver from the kernel and do not try loading the vesa module either, and see if things work? >Actually, I have tried to get the VESA splash thing going, but never can get a >nything to display... I can try removing that... I >believe it is still set up this way... > >What are the limitations on image size and color-depth for the boot splash thi >ng? The image must have 256 colors. Its size must be 1024x768 or smaller. If you don't have the vesa support in the kernel, the maximum size is 320x200. Kazu >Kazutaka YOKOTA wrote: > >> Do you by any chance use a VESA mode in text vtys? >> >> The vesa module in -CURRENT has problems now. If you try to >> set the VESA_800x600 mode in syscons, you will likely to >> hang your machine. This is a known problem, and is somewhat >> related to vm86 and context switching. I am afraid there is >> no immediate fix for it. >> >> Kazu >> >> >>>I am getting this with regularity now. >>> >>>The one time I was available to see the panic, I forgot to go into the debug >ge >>>r and do a traceback, but it had something to do with >>>a mwrite, and had a line concerning [maybe a buffer is....?]... >>> >>>I know this isn't much to go on, but that's what I have. I'll get more info > w >>>hen I feel like wasting ten or fifteen minutes for a >>>double-reboot... [is it necessary to do the `shutdown -r now` to write a ne >w >>>entropy, or can we just keep going if it boots without >>>the proper entropy?]... >>> >>>I have pretty much isolated this to VTY switching via syscons. Occasionally >, >>>it will leave the system speaker in a constant tone >>>until it reboots. This is very noticable then X exits. > >jim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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