Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2002 08:34:17 +0530 From: "Gautham Ganapathy" <xgautham@ti.com> To: "Scott Robbins" <scottro@nyc.rr.com>, <jud@myrealbox.com> Cc: "FreeBSD.org - Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Spontaneous Reboot on Startx (was Re: Problem with "shutdown -p now") Message-ID: <NGBBJAAOCMHHCAAOGNFMEEMACAAA.xgautham@ti.com> In-Reply-To: <20020605052222.GA3542@scott1.homeunix.net>
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On Wednesday, June 05, 2002 10:52 AM, Scott wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 05, 2002 at 09:40:07AM +0530, Gautham Ganapathy wrote: > > > > > > > Hi > > > > Does this occur only on the A7V333 ? I switched from an A7V > (KT133A) to an > > A7V333 yesterday and now I can't run X. What exactly is the > connection of > > the MTRR to the motherboard ? I never had problems on the A7V. > > > > Gautham > > > No--I'm actually guessing that it's the problem because it's an ASUS > board and the symptoms are pretty much what was described in the PR. > > It was confirmed on the A7A266 I don't know if it was confirmed on > other ASUS boards. There would either be a panic, or most frequently, > the spontaneous reboot. > > Since then, other folks with different ASUS boards (don't remember the > models, sorry--mine is an A7A266, so that's the one to which I was > paying attention) have reported the same problem and reported that the > fix worked. > Again, the PR was reported as fixed as of late April or so (check the > PR to get the exact date, sorry, I'm rushing as I write this). > > Now, as to the connection between MTRR and the motherboard--it's > actually beyond my expertise to give you a good answer--I was only > able to do a "blackbox" so to speak solution, that is, putting in the > lines that I was directed to put in my i686_mem.c file > > Again, I would say if you did a cvsup since the first or second week > of May, that might not be the problem. > > Sorry I can't be of more use here, > Scott > > Hi Scott, Jud Adding that return statement to i686_mem.c worked. Thanx a lot. Pretty cool. This change won't have any side effects, will it ? Gautham To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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