Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2015 07:59:06 -0400 From: Ernie Luzar <luzar722@gmail.com> To: Andrea Venturoli <ml@netfence.it> Cc: questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org, galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu, m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com Subject: Re: Spontaneous reboots with splash Message-ID: <562A210A.50306@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <562A06F7.7090806@netfence.it> References: <5627D8B8.7030901@netfence.it> <5628CD2B.2000902@gmail.com> <5628CFA7.6040704@netfence.it> <CAOgwaMvH5RbAghKCrhWQ7B=8TUVBxoeAXtrQHGK8qWkwCyXUsg@mail.gmail.com> <5628FD40.1030701@netfence.it> <44eggme0ab.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> <562A06F7.7090806@netfence.it>
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> I just tried on the third box, so I guess hardware failure is out of the > picture. > > I installed a *fresh* 10.2/i386 with stock GENERIC kernel, no daemons > running, no ports installed, no fancy configs (just the above mentioned > lines to get the splash screen). > > "make kernel" reboots within minutes. > >> No, but splash(4) is part of the kernel, so it would be allowed to do >> that. > > That's what I meant: the problem must be in splash (or in the kernel > anyway), not in some other unspecified program. > > > > I'll just try and see if amd64 gives the same trouble and file a bug > report: I just wish I had some kernel message to include... > > > > bye & Thanks to all > av. > Just for laughs, add vesa_load="YES" to the 3rd box you just did a fresh install on and see what happens. What did you use for the install source? Was it the same source as what was used to build the box with the original splash problem? Did you run a checksum on that source? I run a boot splash screen on my 10.2 system without any problems.
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