boot stops after "Mounting root from ufs:/dev/ad0s2a"

1999-12-08 Thread Kelvin Farmer
Problem: Computer _sometimes_ stops after the "Mounting root from ufs:/dev/ad0s2a" line. Running Current, built world yesterday. (Problem appeared fairly recently (as in ~2 weeks?, but didn't have ddb in previous kernel) dmesg: [...] ad0: ATA-3 disk at ata0 as master ad0: 2014MB (4124736 sector

Re: [Fwd: splash screen & xdm]

1999-01-15 Thread Kelvin Farmer
> >It seems that if the splash screen image is not cleared (ie: press any > >key) before xdm starts up then once logged in the user is unable to > >switch to a vitual terminal (ie: ctrl-alt-f1 etc), and it just beeps > >when those keys are pressed. > >Solution? Putting the command kldunload splash_

acpi boot problem

2001-09-14 Thread Kelvin Farmer
If either of my builtin serial ports is disabled in the bios then i get: sio1: configured irq 0 not in bitmap of probed irqs0 sio1 port 0-0x7 irq 0 on acpi0 sio1 type 8250 and the boot process stops at this message. since the acpi module is now loaded automatically, i can only boot if none of t

4.0(current) on a 486SLC2 ?

2000-02-18 Thread Kelvin Farmer
Hi, I was wondering if its possible to run FreeBSD-4.0 on a 486 SLC2 66mhz. (win95 runs on this computer ok) I downloaded the floppies from Feb.14th, and disabled the hardware I don't have but the boot panics at: ... npx0: on motherboard npx0:Using IRQ 13 interface Fatal trap 12: page fault whil

Re: 4.0(current) on a 486SLC2 ?

2000-02-19 Thread Kelvin Farmer
On Fri, Feb 18, 2000 at 10:24:14PM -0500, Kelvin wrote: > Hi, > I was wondering if its possible to run FreeBSD-4.0 on a 486 SLC2 66mhz. I tried compiling a custom kernel without the pci device, and get the same panic: .. CPU: Blue Lightning CPU (486 class CPU) Origin="IBM" ... npx0: on moth

Re: newer GENERIC (4.2) don't support mcd0

2000-12-26 Thread Kelvin Farmer
Mike Smith wrote: > > > > > Please add that back again. > > > > > > No. The Matsushita/Mitsumi/Sony CDROM interfaces have gone the way of > > > the 3c501. The drivers are there, and if you're really desperate, you're > > > welcome to try them, but they're not supported install devices anymore.

loader / loader.old install behaviour suggestion

2001-01-20 Thread Kelvin Farmer
oader it tries /boot/loader.old before failing, or if the install process fails to install the new /boot/loader that the move of /boot/loader to /boot/loader.old is undone. Just my 2 cents, since i was just hit by this problem. Thanks Kelvin Farmer To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

known problem with certain programs freezing in state "poll"?

2001-02-22 Thread Kelvin Farmer
Just wondering if the following is a known problem, or if I can provide any more useful info? After updating from a pre-Feb 10 current, i'm now seeing Licq freezing on exit, with top showing it to be in state "poll". (and has to be kill'ed to exit it) Xmms is worse, after playing an mp3 for a sho

apm problems.

1999-08-13 Thread Kelvin Farmer
Hi, Apm does not seem to be behaving correctly on my computer (running yesterday's CURRENT) eg: with a make world running, the following happens after about 15 mins of not touching the keyboard. Received APM Event: PMEV_STANDBYREQ Execute APM hook "pcm suspend handler" Called APM sound suspend

Re: apm problems.

1999-08-16 Thread Kelvin Farmer
> Hi, > > My understanding on your problems is: > 1. Standby by PM timer in BIOS setting fails with the system activity. If by fails you mean enters standby mode, then yes the computer enters standby mode while the system is active, after the period of time set in the bios, as long as no keys hav

Re: apm problems.

1999-08-22 Thread Kelvin Farmer
Mitsuru IWASAKI wrote: > Ah, If you want to reject the standby request from BIOS while the > system is active, then apmd would be useful. You can configure it like > this: > in /etc/apmd.conf: > apm_event PMEV_STANDBYREQ { > reject; Thanks. > I guess your disks are still in a SLEEP aft