Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2000 12:15:21 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Tom Snell <gracchus@inficad.com>, Andrew Partan <asp@partan.com> Cc: "[FreeBSD-Questions]" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: FBSD 4.1: First Install: microuptime()??? Message-ID: <20001205121521.E84692@echunga.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <3A29E8D0.E9CAC2AD@inficad.com>; from gracchus@inficad.com on Sat, Dec 02, 2000 at 11:31:44PM -0700 References: <3A2A9D97.51CE35D3@ljusdal.net> <016e01c05cf9$cdde8ba0$fa5e78cb@gchang> <3A2A92EE.4707D18A@inficad.com> <3A2AC9B7.E4E341EE@inficad.com> <20001203174014.A1699@partan.com> <3A2A9D97.51CE35D3@ljusdal.net> <016e01c05cf9$cdde8ba0$fa5e78cb@gchang> <3A2A92EE.4707D18A@inficad.com> <3A2AC9B7.E4E341EE@inficad.com> <3A29E8D0.E9CAC2AD@inficad.com>
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On Saturday, 2 December 2000 at 23:31:44 -0700, Tom Snell wrote: > Well, I took the BSD plunge after 4 years of Linux, and it isn't > pretty. The install itself went OK (from the 4.1 CD's in the BSD > Desktop Edition), but on boot I get a rapidly, then slower, repeating > line, with incrementing values: > > microuptime() went backwards (437.201814 -> 437, -694864070) > > [Wherein the '437' value in this example increments with each succeeding > line, and the 'second' values show the value on the left side of the > director higher than the value to the right). > > Is this indicative of a particular install problem, a particular script > or boot program error, or my hardware? I run WinME and Linux Mandrake > 7.2 on the same box with no problem, but I did install FBSD by itself on > the second IDE drive (IBM 3.2GB, on IDE2). Other system info is: > > AMD Athlon 650MHz > 128MB SDRAM (Mushkin) > Microstar MS-6195 (K7Pro) Mobo > SB Live! Value Soundcard > Matrox Millenium G400 32MB DualHead video card On Sunday, 3 December 2000 at 15:31:19 -0700, Tom Snell wrote: > > Well, I tried installing without checking the APM package, but the same > thing happened; do I need to modify the source code itself to disable > the APM option? I have another dual-boot box with a Celeron 466 aboard, > so once I pull off the Linux distro, I'll try installing FBSD to that > one and see what happens. Reinstallation is not a way to solve problems. Starting from your present installation, you should change one thing at a time. On Sunday, 3 December 2000 at 17:40:14 -0500, Andrew Partan wrote: > On Sun, Dec 03, 2000 at 03:31:19PM -0700, Tom Snell wrote: >> Well, I tried installing without checking the APM package, but the same >> thing happened; do I need to modify the source code itself to disable >> the APM option? > > Make sure that you do not have: > apm_enable="YES" > in your /etc/rc.conf. Either remove this line (apm_enable defaults > to NO - see /etc/defaults/rc.conf) or set it to NO. > > If you do this & reboot, the microuptime stuff should stop (at > least it did for me). This is the correct approach. It's probably a known (but unidentified) bug in the APM code. It's possible to disable APM in UserConfig, but past experience suggests that this will not fix the problem: you must build a kernel with no APM support. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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