This gets weirder every time I try to do something. The 5.3-RELEASE CD boots and installs a kernel that doesn't hang.
If I do a binary update (with freebsd-update, '5.3-SECURITY' branch from Colin) to just after 5.3-RELEASE-p7, that kernel works too, and doesn't hang. If I use freebsd-update to get the newest kernel (after 5.3-RELEASE-p9, ifconf vulnerability), that kernel does _not_ work and hangs at the same place as the one on the 5.4-RC3 CD. So far so good - I thought that this meant that 5.3-RELEASE-p9 and newer didn't work. Now for the weird part. If I manually compile 5.3-RELEASE-p7, that does _not_ work! So, to summarize: - 5.3-RELEASE binary install works - 5.3-SECURITY binary update at the time of 5.3-RELEASE-p7 works - 5.3-RELEASE-p7 compiled manually does not work - 5.3-SECURITY binary update at the time of 5.3-RELEASE-p9 does not work I have absolutely no idea what causes these kernels to work or not work. I hope someone can help me! Arjan On 4/21/05, Arjan Van Leeuwen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 4/21/05, Arjan Van Leeuwen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 4/21/05, Arjan Van Leeuwen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'm trying to install FreeBSD 5.4-RC3 on a Lex Neo system > > > (http://www.lex.com.tw, a small form factor PC with a 1GHz VIA C3 > > > processor). > > > > > > The system hangs when booting the kernel, at this point: > > > > > > Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0 > > > CPU: VIA C3 Nehemiah+RNG+ACE (998.70-MHz 686-class CPU) > > > Origin = "CentaurHauls" Id = 0x698 Stepping = 8 > > > > > > Features=0x381b93f<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,CX8,SEP,MTRR,PGE,CMOV,PAT,MMX,FXSR,S > > > SE> > > > real memory = 125763584 (119 MB) > > > avail memory = 113414144 (108 MB) > > > npx0: [FAST] > > > > > (...) > > > > > > Booting in safe mode, turning off ACPI in the BIOS of the machine and > > > changing 'PNP OS' to yes or no in the BIOS does not help. > > > > I just tried changing hint.npx.0.flags to 0x07 and 0x01, which also > > doesn't help. > > I found something that looks like a solution for NetBSD on Google Groups here: > > http://groups.google.com/groups?threadm=41555.144.59.164.106.1105346400.squirrel%40144.59.164.106 > > where they use > > npx* at acpi? # Math coprocessor > > to force npx via the acpi table. Is something like this possible on FreeBSD? > > Arjan > _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
