From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 24 19:10:17 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C3AB10656CA for ; Tue, 24 Feb 2009 19:10:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rnoland@FreeBSD.org) Received: from gizmo.2hip.net (gizmo.2hip.net [64.74.207.195]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6034E8FC08 for ; Tue, 24 Feb 2009 19:10:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rnoland@FreeBSD.org) Received: from [192.168.1.2] (adsl-156-5-199.bna.bellsouth.net [70.156.5.199]) (authenticated bits=0) by gizmo.2hip.net (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n1OJ8tNd005498 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:08:55 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from rnoland@FreeBSD.org) From: Robert Noland To: "Daniel O'Connor" In-Reply-To: <200902242105.05667.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> References: <200902231200.38164.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <200902242105.05667.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg="pgp-sha1"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-wXMlR5orbmVi9kzXB/4z" Organization: FreeBSD Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 13:10:09 -0600 Message-Id: <1235502609.1273.27.camel@widget.2hip.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.24.4 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RDNS_DYNAMIC autolearn=no version=3.2.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on gizmo.2hip.net Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Intel Q45 problems on 7.1-STABLE (fixed) X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 19:10:18 -0000 --=-wXMlR5orbmVi9kzXB/4z Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 2009-02-24 at 21:05 +1030, Daniel O'Connor wrote: > On Monday 23 February 2009 12:00:30 Daniel O'Connor wrote: > > Initially it hung solid when X started, however when I reduced the amou= nt > > of RAM to 2Gb it worked OK. Unfortunately if I exit X, or go to the tex= t > > console and back to X then the machine locks solid (no numlock, have to > > hard reset). > > > > I note that dmesg reports 32764k of stolen memory, however I set the DV= MT > > RAM to 128Mb (and 256Mb, makes no difference). Also the aperture size i= s > > always reported as 256Mb no matter what it actually is in the BIOS. >=20 > Someone in a private email suggested I update the BIOS (went from 63 to 7= 3)=20 > and it seems to work fine now. >=20 > The reported value of stolen memory is still wrong however. Hrm, I wonder if I have missed an MFC... Please send me some logs and additional details. Your -STABLE is current right? robert. --=20 Robert Noland FreeBSD --=-wXMlR5orbmVi9kzXB/4z Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.10 (FreeBSD) iEYEABECAAYFAkmkRhEACgkQM4TrQ4qfRONsCgCdEByOQQKtJ3mUzWelliZSK+WS 06wAn0qjs98JigpM2T5Ec5HFxiFUzNDC =gDXw -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-wXMlR5orbmVi9kzXB/4z--