On Tuesday 30 January 2007 19:39, Kris Kennaway wrote: <snipped> > > It does try to detect it; the problem is apparently that your BIOS > lies and says "yep, ACPI capable!", but is in fact too buggy to use. > Look for a BIOS update if possible. > > kris
I hate to say it, but I spoke to soon or jinxed myself! Right after I sent the email to the list, my computer locked up tighter than a drum while loading a webpage. Argh! Here's my "messages" log. Hope someone can help. Jan 30 19:35:14 psi-lab syslogd: kernel boot file is /boot/kernel/kernel Jan 30 19:35:14 psi-lab kernel: Copyright (c) 1992-2007 The FreeBSD Project. Jan 30 19:35:14 psi-lab kernel: Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 Jan 30 19:35:14 psi-lab kernel: The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Jan 30 19:35:14 psi-lab kernel: FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation. Jan 30 19:35:14 psi-lab kernel: FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #0: Fri Jan 12 11:05:30 UTC 2007 Jan 30 19:35:14 psi-lab kernel: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SMP Jan 30 19:35:14 psi-lab kernel: Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0 Jan 30 19:35:14 psi-lab kernel: CPU: AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor (381.03-MHz 586-class CPU) Jan 30 19:35:14 psi-lab kernel: Origin = "AuthenticAMD" Id = 0x58c Stepping = 12 Jan 30 19:35:14 psi-lab kernel: Features=0x8021bf<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,MCE,CX8,PGE,MMX> Jan 30 19:35:14 psi-lab kernel: AMD Features=0x80000800<SYSCALL,3DNow> Jan 30 19:35:14 psi-lab kernel: real memory = 327155712 (312 MB) Jan 30 19:35:14 psi-lab kernel: avail memory = 310476800 (296 MB) Jan 30 19:35:14 psi-lab kernel: kbd1 at kbdmux0 Jan 30 19:35:14 psi-lab kernel: K6-family MTRR support enabled (2 registers) Jan 30 19:35:14 psi-lab kernel: ath_hal: 0.9.17.2 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413) Jan 30 19:35:14 psi-lab kernel: module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (splash_bmp, 0xc0b089e4, 0) error 2 Jan 30 19:35:14 psi-lab kernel: cpu0 on motherboard Jan 30 19:35:14 psi-lab kernel: apm0: <APM BIOS> on motherboard Jan 30 19:35:14 psi-lab kernel: apm0: found APM BIOS v1.2, connected at v1.2 Jan 30 19:35:14 psi-lab kernel: pcib0: <Host to PCI bridge> pcibus 0 on motherboard Jan 30 19:35:14 psi-lab kernel: pir0: <PCI Interrupt Routing Table: 7 Entries> on motherboard Jan 30 19:35:14 psi-lab kernel: pci0: <PCI bus> on pcib0 Jan 30 19:35:14 psi-lab kernel: agp0: <SiS 530 host to AGP bridge> mem 0x50000000-0x5fffffff at device 0.0 on pci0 Jan 30 19:35:14 psi-lab kernel: atapci0: <SiS 530 UDMA66 controller> port 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,0x376,0x2040-0x204f at device 0.1 on pci0 Jan 30 19:35:14 psi-lab kernel: ata0: <ATA channel 0> on atapci0 Jan 30 19:35:14 psi-lab kernel: ata1: <ATA channel 1> on atapci0 Jan 30 19:35:14 psi-lab kernel: isab0: <PCI-ISA bridge> at device 1.0 on pci0 Jan 30 19:35:14 psi-lab kernel: isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0 Jan 30 19:35:14 psi-lab kernel: pci0: <unknown> at device 1.1 (no driver attached) Jan 30 19:35:14 psi-lab kernel: ohci0: <SiS 5571 USB controller> mem 0x40200000-0x40200fff irq 11 at device 1.2 on pci0 Jan 30 19:35:14 psi-lab kernel: ohci0: [GIANT-LOCKED] Jan 30 19:35:14 psi-lab kernel: usb0: OHCI version 1.0, legacy support Jan 30 19:35:14 psi-lab kernel: usb0: <SiS 5571 USB controller> on ohci0 Jan 30 19:35:14 psi-lab kernel: usb0: USB revision 1.0 Jan 30 19:35:14 psi-lab kernel: uhub0: SiS OHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 Jan 30 19:35:14 psi-lab kernel: uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered Jan 30 19:35:14 psi-lab kernel: pcib1: <PCIBIOS PCI-PCI bridge> at device 2.0 on pci0 Jan 30 19:35:14 psi-lab kernel: pci1: <PCI bus> on pcib1 Jan 30 19:35:14 psi-lab kernel: pci1: <display, VGA> at device 0.0 (no driver attached) Jan 30 19:35:14 psi-lab kernel: pcm0: <ESS Solo-1E> port 0x2000-0x203f,0x2050-0x205f,0x2060-0x206f,0x2070-0x2073,0x2074-0x2077 irq 5 at device 10.0 on pci0 Jan 30 19:35:14 psi-lab kernel: pmtimer0 on isa0 Jan 30 19:35:14 psi-lab kernel: orm0: <ISA Option ROM> at iomem 0xc0000-0xc7fff on isa0 Jan 30 19:35:14 psi-lab kernel: atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> at port 0x60,0x64 on isa0 Jan 30 19:35:14 psi-lab kernel: atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> irq 1 on atkbdc0 Jan 30 19:35:14 psi-lab kernel: kbd0 at atkbd0 Jan 30 19:35:14 psi-lab kernel: atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED] Jan 30 19:35:14 psi-lab kernel: psm0: <PS/2 Mouse> irq 12 on atkbdc0 Jan 30 19:35:14 psi-lab kernel: psm0: [GIANT-LOCKED] Jan 30 19:35:14 psi-lab kernel: psm0: model Generic PS/2 mouse, device ID 0 Jan 30 19:35:14 psi-lab kernel: fdc0: <Enhanced floppy controller> at port 0x3f0-0x3f5,0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on isa0 Jan 30 19:35:14 psi-lab kernel: fdc0: [FAST] Jan 30 19:35:14 psi-lab kernel: fd0: <1440-KB 3.5" drive> on fdc0 drive 0 Jan 30 19:35:14 psi-lab kernel: ppc0: <Parallel port> at port 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa0 Jan 30 19:35:14 psi-lab kernel: ppc0: Generic chipset (EPP/NIBBLE) in COMPATIBLE mode Jan 30 19:35:14 psi-lab kernel: ppbus0: <Parallel port bus> on ppc0 Jan 30 19:35:14 psi-lab kernel: ppbus0: IEEE1284 device found /NIBBLE Jan 30 19:35:14 psi-lab kernel: Probing for PnP devices on ppbus0: Jan 30 19:35:14 psi-lab kernel: ppbus0: <Canon BJC-250/1.06> PRINTER BJ,LQ,BJL,BJRaster,BSCC Jan 30 19:35:14 psi-lab kernel: plip0: <PLIP network interface> on ppbus0 Jan 30 19:35:14 psi-lab kernel: lpt0: <Printer> on ppbus0 Jan 30 19:35:14 psi-lab kernel: lpt0: Interrupt-driven port Jan 30 19:35:14 psi-lab kernel: ppi0: <Parallel I/O> on ppbus0 Jan 30 19:35:14 psi-lab kernel: sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0 Jan 30 19:35:14 psi-lab kernel: sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300> Jan 30 19:35:14 psi-lab kernel: sio0 at port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on isa0 Jan 30 19:35:14 psi-lab kernel: sio0: type 16550A Jan 30 19:35:14 psi-lab kernel: vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0 Jan 30 19:35:14 psi-lab kernel: unknown: <PNP0400> can't assign resources (port) Jan 30 19:35:14 psi-lab kernel: unknown: <PNP0501> can't assign resources (port) Jan 30 19:35:14 psi-lab kernel: unknown: <PNP0700> can't assign resources (port) Jan 30 19:35:14 psi-lab kernel: unknown: <PNP0c02> can't assign resources (memory) Jan 30 19:35:14 psi-lab kernel: unknown: <PNP0303> can't assign resources (port) Jan 30 19:35:15 psi-lab kernel: unknown: <PNP0f13> can't assign resources (irq) Jan 30 19:35:15 psi-lab kernel: Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec Jan 30 19:35:15 psi-lab kernel: ad0: 6121MB <QUANTUM BIGFOOT TS6.4A A21.0G00> at ata0-master UDMA33 Jan 30 19:35:15 psi-lab kernel: acd0: CDROM <LTN301/MM11> at ata1-master PIO4 Jan 30 19:35:15 psi-lab kernel: Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ad0s1a Jan 30 19:35:15 psi-lab kernel: WARNING: / was not properly dismounted Jan 30 19:35:15 psi-lab kernel: GEOM_ELI: Device ad0s1b.eli created. Jan 30 19:35:15 psi-lab kernel: GEOM_ELI: Encryption: AES-CBC 256 Jan 30 19:35:15 psi-lab kernel: GEOM_ELI: Crypto: software Jan 30 19:35:15 psi-lab kernel: WARNING: /tmp was not properly dismounted Jan 30 19:35:15 psi-lab kernel: /tmp: mount pending error: blocks 4 files 1 Jan 30 19:35:15 psi-lab kernel: WARNING: /usr was not properly dismounted Jan 30 19:35:15 psi-lab kernel: /usr: mount pending error: blocks 40 files 5 Jan 30 19:35:15 psi-lab kernel: WARNING: /var was not properly dismounted Jan 30 19:35:15 psi-lab kernel: ipfw2 (+ipv6) initialized, divert loadable, rule-based forwarding disabled, default to deny, logging disabled Jan 30 19:35:17 psi-lab apmd[555]: start Jan 30 19:36:24 psi-lab fsck: /dev/ad0s1e: UNREF FILE I=38595 OWNER=joe MODE=100600 Jan 30 19:36:24 psi-lab fsck: /dev/ad0s1e: SIZE=1437 MTIME=Jan 30 18:49 2007 (CLEARED) Jan 30 19:36:24 psi-lab fsck: /dev/ad0s1e: UNREF FILE I=38597 OWNER=joe MODE=100600 Jan 30 19:36:24 psi-lab fsck: /dev/ad0s1e: SIZE=11185 MTIME=Jan 30 19:00 2007 (CLEARED) Jan 30 19:36:24 psi-lab fsck: /dev/ad0s1e: UNREF FILE I=38598 OWNER=joe MODE=100600 Jan 30 19:36:24 psi-lab fsck: /dev/ad0s1e: SIZE=7640 MTIME=Jan 30 18:58 2007 (CLEARED) Jan 30 19:36:24 psi-lab fsck: /dev/ad0s1e: UNREF FILE I=38599 OWNER=joe MODE=100600 Jan 30 19:36:24 psi-lab fsck: /dev/ad0s1e: SIZE=32533 MTIME=Jan 30 18:59 2007 (CLEARED) Jan 30 19:36:24 psi-lab fsck: /dev/ad0s1e: UNREF FILE I=38600 OWNER=joe MODE=100600 Jan 30 19:36:24 psi-lab fsck: /dev/ad0s1e: SIZE=1106 MTIME=Jan 30 19:00 2007 (CLEARED) Jan 30 19:36:24 psi-lab fsck: /dev/ad0s1e: UNREF FILE I=38601 OWNER=joe MODE=100600 Jan 30 19:36:24 psi-lab fsck: /dev/ad0s1e: SIZE=13611 MTIME=Jan 30 19:01 2007 (CLEARED) Jan 30 19:36:24 psi-lab fsck: /dev/ad0s1e: UNREF FILE I=38602 OWNER=joe MODE=100600 Jan 30 19:36:24 psi-lab fsck: /dev/ad0s1e: SIZE=4638 MTIME=Jan 30 19:02 2007 (CLEARED) Jan 30 19:36:24 psi-lab fsck: /dev/ad0s1e: UNREF FILE I=38606 OWNER=joe MODE=100600 Jan 30 19:36:24 psi-lab fsck: /dev/ad0s1e: SIZE=7621 MTIME=Jan 30 18:48 2007 (CLEARED) Jan 30 19:36:24 psi-lab fsck: /dev/ad0s1e: UNREF FILE I=38607 OWNER=joe MODE=100600 Jan 30 19:36:24 psi-lab fsck: /dev/ad0s1e: SIZE=56970 MTIME=Jan 30 18:48 2007 (CLEARED) Jan 30 19:36:24 psi-lab fsck: /dev/ad0s1e: UNREF FILE I=38608 OWNER=joe MODE=100600 Jan 30 19:36:24 psi-lab fsck: /dev/ad0s1e: SIZE=6585 MTIME=Jan 30 18:49 2007 (CLEARED) Jan 30 19:36:24 psi-lab fsck: /dev/ad0s1e: UNREF FILE I=38609 OWNER=joe MODE=100600 Jan 30 19:36:24 psi-lab fsck: /dev/ad0s1e: SIZE=22871 MTIME=Jan 30 18:59 2007 (CLEARED) Jan 30 19:36:24 psi-lab fsck: /dev/ad0s1e: UNREF FILE I=38610 OWNER=joe MODE=100600 Jan 30 19:36:24 psi-lab fsck: /dev/ad0s1e: SIZE=109258 MTIME=Jan 30 19:01 2007 (CLEARED) Jan 30 19:36:24 psi-lab fsck: /dev/ad0s1e: Reclaimed: 0 directories, 13 files, 31 fragments Jan 30 19:36:24 psi-lab fsck: /dev/ad0s1e: 38 files, 164 used, 198068 free (68 frags, 24750 blocks, 0.0% fragmentation) Jan 30 19:38:11 psi-lab login: ROOT LOGIN (root) ON ttyv0 Jan 30 19:42:32 psi-lab fsck: /dev/ad0s1f: LINK COUNT FILE I=519174 OWNER=joe MODE=100600 Jan 30 19:42:32 psi-lab fsck: /dev/ad0s1f: SIZE=398 MTIME=Jan 30 19:30 2007 COUNT 2 SHOULD BE 1 (ADJUSTED) Jan 30 19:42:32 psi-lab fsck: /dev/ad0s1f: LINK COUNT FILE I=519179 OWNER=joe MODE=100644 Jan 30 19:42:32 psi-lab fsck: /dev/ad0s1f: SIZE=6175 MTIME=Jan 30 19:30 2007 COUNT 2 SHOULD BE 1 (ADJUSTED) Jan 30 19:42:32 psi-lab fsck: /dev/ad0s1f: Reclaimed: 0 directories, 4 files, 6 fragments Jan 30 19:42:32 psi-lab fsck: /dev/ad0s1f: 269862 files, 1370773 used, 703944 free (10576 frags, 86671 blocks, 0.5% fragmentation) Jan 30 19:42:41 psi-lab fsck: /dev/ad0s1d: LINK COUNT DIR I=13361 OWNER=joe MODE=40700 Jan 30 19:42:41 psi-lab fsck: /dev/ad0s1d: SIZE=512 MTIME=Jan 30 19:30 2007 COUNT 7 SHOULD BE 6 (ADJUSTED) Jan 30 19:42:41 psi-lab fsck: /dev/ad0s1d: Reclaimed: 1 directories, 3 files, 12 fragments Jan 30 19:42:41 psi-lab fsck: /dev/ad0s1d: 1467 files, 8863 used, 189388 free (932 frags, 23557 blocks, 0.5% fragmentation) Jan 30 19:49:44 psi-lab pppd[824]: pppd 2.3.5 started by joe, uid 1001 Jan 30 19:49:44 psi-lab pppd[824]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/cuad0 _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"