On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 09:45:49PM +0100, w...@xoono.net wrote:
> Hello Brynet, thanks for the suggestion, I just finished installing
> 4.5-current using a snapshop, the BIOS did not have option for P&P
> unfortunately. With this version I am having more problems, I still have
> the reboot problem when trying to execute Xorg, and still running Xorg
> under ktrace makes it work. So using ktrace I ran Xorg but the chips
> driver refuses to start, it complains about not being able to find a
> device. But even if it worked, I do not think running X under ktrace is a
> very good idea, X is already a bit slow on this machine without ktrace's
> help.
>
> Upgrading to 4.5 from 4.2 wasn't such a good idea after all, I think I am
> going to stick to 4.2 until 4.6 comes out, I do not know if it is a good
> idea to use a version that old but I do not seem to have any other
> option.
I haven't been following this thread too closely. So, you may have mentioned
your upgrade proceedure before. I apologize if I'm rehashing old stuff. To be
clear, you went from 4.2 directly to 4.5?
"Note: Upgrades are only supported from release to release, it is recommended
that you NOT skip releases."
-OpenBSD Upgrade Guide (http://www.openbsd.org/faq/upgrade45.html)
Perhaps this is contributing to your problem.
>
> Just out of curiosity, what are you using your P1s for?. I use this
> little laptop for a bit of development, not being able to run firefox on
> it makes me more productive!, no youtube, bbc/iplayer and friends to get
> distracted with :)
>
> Thanks
>
> Tenoch
>
>
> |Hi Tenoch,
> |
> |I'm the proud owner of several early P1-class systems like that, PCI
> |interrupt routing is always.. sketchy.
> |
> |Some other options you might wish to try:
> |* Look in the BIOS for a setting similar to "Plug & Play OS", set that
> |option to "No".. this will force the BIOS to setup some hardware prior
> |to passing control over to OpenBSD.
> |* Try a 4.5-CURRENT snapshot, some related changes were made that
> |might help things.
> |
> |Good luck..
> |
> |-Brynet.
