Hey,
I just installed FreeBSD 11.2 on old Toshiba laptop
(http://www.toshiba.be/nl/discontinued-products/satellite-c650d-11j/)
for which I had to do a BIOS update.
During bsdinstall I noticed something very peculiar : in the beginning
of the install the program searches for keymap files. However the
message 'fetching keymap files' appears in the interface and hangs (I
noticed a cursor in the bottom left of the screen). Until I press a key
on my keyboard and then I get the list of the keymap files. During
several (but not all) points where in bsdinstall I had to move from
screen to screen, I could only do so by pressing a key (I used <shift>
and not <enter> because this key is used within bsdinstall) .
Once installed, the boot messages appear fluently without hangs. However
when I am logged in as root and I type 'poweroff' again a few lines
appear and then it hangs ... until I press a key. I have to press quite
a few keys for the shutdown process to advance until it is completely
shut down....
Apparently, somebody experienced the same problem under Debian
(https://superuser.com/questions/364319/computer-freezes-at-random-times-until-key-is-pressed)
....
So I looked if I could turn off ACPI but then my laptop won't boot.
I also tried to disable the subsystem 'timer' in ACPI (based on the
answer of the Debian post) by adapting /boot/loader.conf
(debug.acpi.disabled="timer") but the problem remains.
A verbose boot does not reveal any ACPI specific errors.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions,
Regards,
Chris
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