Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 15:04:41 -0600 From: Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com> To: Joe Vender <jvender@owensboro.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.1 & 6.2 hanging and/or spontaneous rebooting Message-ID: <6.0.0.22.2.20070126150321.026612f8@mail.computinginnovations.com> In-Reply-To: <200701261415.11046.jvender@owensboro.net> References: <200701261415.11046.jvender@owensboro.net>
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Sounds like an IRQ conflict as your serial port is not on IRQ 3. I would
look into the BIOS settings, and set the port explicitly for IRQ 3, and not
automatic if this is possible.
-Derek
At 02:15 PM 1/26/2007, Joe Vender wrote:
>I need Help with a FBSD spontaneous rebooting and freezing issue.
>
>Here's a quick description of my computer system:
>
>I have a Compaq Presario 5184 desktop about 7 or 8 years old
>AMD K6-2 processor @ 380MHz
>320Mb RAM, 8Mb dedicated to video via BIOS
>Quantum Bigfoot TS-6.4A Hard Drive (~6Gb capacity)
>SiS 530 integrated graphics
>Zoom 56k DUALMODE external modem connected to the serial port
>CTX VL700 monitor (30-70/50-120 refresh rates)
>
>I'm new to FreeBSD, but I've some experience with Linux, so FreeBSD isn't
>totally unfamiliar to me.
>
>I zero-filled my HDD on which I'd been running Slackware 11.0 without issue
>and started from scratch with a clean install of FreeBSD 6.1-release. FreeBSD
>6.1 was then the only OS on the system, no multi-boot environment. Everything
>worked fine under FBSD until I dial up the internet and start browsing,
>emailing or whatever. Then, when the computer is busy transferring packets,
>it suddenly reboots without warning. Sometimes, Konqueror will freeze, the
>mouse pointer will freeze for a few seconds before the reboot. It doesn't
>take very long on the internet before the lockup/reboot happens, only
>minutes. It happens over and over and over. I can't stay on the internet long
>enough to even use it.
>
>Now, I've been using Slackware Linux without issue for a long time, same with
>Ubuntu & Kubuntu & Windows prior to that. This isn't a hardware failure,
>because it doesn't occur with these other OSs at all. Linux was what I was
>using before I wiped the drive and installed FreeBSD. I've tested the RAM and
>HDD and they are OK. I repeat, there are no problems like this with the other
>OS's, only when FreeBSD is put on the system. I've only tried FBSD
>6.1-release & FBSD 6.2-release, nothing prior to that.
>
>Since I wasn't even able to use the internet because of the freeze/reboot, I
>reinstalled Slackware and, as always, it is running without a hitch. But, I
>want to use FreeBSD, so I got a copy of FreeBSD 6.2 CDs, thinking maybe it
>was a fixed in the new release. FreeBSD 6.2 gives me the same behavior. After
>a few minutes of browsing, the system just froze up and required a hard
>restart.
>
>I REALLY like FreeBSD, the features and ease of use. If I could get it
>working
>on this computer as smoothly as Slackware does, I'd use it exclusively. This
>is the only computer I have, so in order to even send this message, I had to
>put Slackware back on the computer. That's what I'm using now.
>
>If anyone can help me figure out what the problem is here, I'd really
>appreciate it.
>
>Remember, the spontaneous reboots and hangs only happen when I dial up the
>internet and start browsing or sending email or such, basically start
>sending/receiving packets. It doesn't happen when no packets are moving over
>the modem, only when its busy. It isn't the modem failing either, obviously,
>since the modem works flawlessly under Linux and windows.
>
>Keep in mind that this is my only computer. I will have to wipe the HDD and
>reinstall FBSD in order to try any suggestions, so please give as much info
>as possible, since when I'm back to FBSD, I may not be able to get back on
>the net for further communication if I can't fix the problem first. At least,
>not until I go through the process of reinstalling Slackware.
>
>I'm hoping that someone has run into this problem before and knows a way to
>fix it.
>
>One more thing that may or may not be important. I remember seeing a message
>at boot up about "IRQ 3 not in the list of probed ports" or something to that
>effect. But, KPPP recognized my external modem without a problem. Its
>on /dev/ttyS0 in KPPP. My computer came with an internal "winmodem" piece of
>@#!$, but I removed that when I plugged in the Zoom external. The internal
>modem is no longer present. The external is plugged in to the serial port.
>Could this be an IRQ conflict or something like that? I'm assuming that the
>message was about the absent internal modem. "Interrupts" in KInfoCenter
>reports that "serial" is using interrupt 4. Please help. I don't mind going
>through the reinstall if I can get FreeBSD working.
>
>One last question. How do I get FBSD to completely power off my computer when
>I shut down, both from KDE and from console? When I shutdown, it just gets to
>the "system halted, press any key to reboot" prompt and doesn't completely
>power off. In slackware, all I have to do is uncomment the "modprobe apm"
>line in rc.modules.
>
>Sorry for such a long email, but I wanted to be as thourough as possible with
>the little I have to go on.
>
>Joe
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