Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 08:01:00 -0500 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org, tomdean@speakeasy.org Subject: Re: amd64/163442: boot/loader.conf not processed at boot time Message-ID: <201112200801.00926.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <1324319166.3799.144.camel@asus> References: <201112190730.pBJ7UESQ097170@freefall.freebsd.org> <1324319166.3799.144.camel@asus>
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On Monday, December 19, 2011 1:26:06 pm Thomas D. Dean wrote: > On Mon, 2011-12-19 at 07:30 +0000, Rainer Hurling wrote: > > > > For me it is nvidia_load="YES" and cpuctl_load="YES" which works in > > /boot/loader.conf. Could you please try it? > > Sorry, typo - I am not posting email from that machine, yet. > > I tried nvidia_load="YES" and cpuctl_load="YES" in /boot/loader.conf > The modules were not loaded at boot time. I can manually load the > modules after login. > > # ssh <ip address> cat /boot/loader.conf > cpuctl_load="YES" > nvidia_load="YES" > linux_load="YES" > > I checked for strange characters. > # ssh <ip address> hd /boot/loader.conf > 00000000 63 70 75 63 74 6c 5f 6c 6f 61 64 3d 22 59 45 53 | > cpuctl_load="YES| > 00000010 22 0a 6e 76 69 64 69 61 5f 6c 6f 61 64 3d 22 59 > |".nvidia_load="Y| > 00000020 45 53 22 0a 6c 69 6e 75 78 5f 6c 6f 61 64 3d 22 | > ES".linux_load="| > 00000030 59 45 53 22 0a |YES".| > 00000035 > > I am up-to-date with cvsup and supfile containing > *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_9 You need to try to capture a verbose dmesg. Also, try booting with the beastie menu disabled so you can see any errors from the loader when it tries to load the modules. -- John Baldwin
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