did you try the recent snapshot Stijn suggested yet? if it still fails, the information about 4.3, 4.4, apm etc are useful extra data points, but a -current snapshot should be the first thing to try.
On 2009-04-10, Marcello Cruz <marcello.c...@globo.com> wrote: > On OBSD 4.4 when I disable apm it hangs on "mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support". > On OBSD 4.3, it give me the login prompt, but when I activate the second NIC > (up, dhcp, IP address) the the system hangs. > > A documentation from Intel > (http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/sb/CS-028426.htm) says > that a message error could appear when installing W2K: "The BIOS in this > System is not Fully ACPI Compliant". So, i tried to disable acpi, but the > system hangs at "npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: reported by CPUID; using > exception 16" with OBSD 4.3. With OBSD 4.4 the system hangs only when I > activate the second NIC (up, dhcp, IP address). > > Another test I did was to disable the on-board NIC and put a second > off-board NIC, so the system had 3 NICs. The system hangs only when I > activate the second NIC. In this case, the DLink NIC (DFE-520TX) make the > system show the message "Watchdog Timeout". > > The same NICs in another motherboard doesn't cause the system to hang or to > show error messages. Also, Intel says that this board has no support for > Linux. > > Should I discard this model or has something else I can do? > > Ooops, I forgot to mention that I have 3 of these boards and the same occurs > with all of them. > > Rgds, > Marcello > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Stijn" <mail.st...@telenet.be> > To: "Marcello Cruz" <marcello.c...@globo.com> > Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 5:03 PM > Subject: Re: Intel D945GCNL with OpenBSD 4.4 Hangs > > >>> OpenBSD 4.4 (GENERIC) #1021: Tue Aug 12 17:16:55 MDT 2008 >>> dera...@i386.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC >>> RTC BIOS diagnostic error 80<clock_battery> > >>> mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support >> Hi, >> >> Can you disable apm at the boot prompt? This way acpi will be used. Also >> try a recent snapshot to see if this helps. >> >> HTH, >> Stijn
