From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 7 01:19:07 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0AC4F16A41F for ; Mon, 7 Nov 2005 01:19:07 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from h.nieser@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr5.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr5.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.25]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7264543D45 for ; Mon, 7 Nov 2005 01:19:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from h.nieser@xs4all.nl) Received: from [192.168.1.10] (nieser.net [194.109.160.131]) by smtp-vbr5.xs4all.nl (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id jA71Ivcb053498 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 7 Nov 2005 02:18:58 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from h.nieser@xs4all.nl) Message-ID: <436EAB84.5000504@xs4all.nl> Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2005 02:19:00 +0100 From: Hans Nieser User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (X11/20051106) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Derek Ragona References: <6.0.0.22.2.20051106182349.025dd7c0@mail.computinginnovations.com> In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.2.20051106182349.025dd7c0@mail.computinginnovations.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 6.0 panics on boot X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2005 01:19:07 -0000 Derek Ragona wrote: > > I have a computer that has been running FreeBSD 4.X and 5.X without > problems. It runs 5.4 with no problems at all. This system has an > Intel 845 Motherboard and chipset, Intel Pentium 4 1.6 GHz CPU, 1 GB > RAM, NVidea GEForce MX/MX 400 video card, atapi CD-RW, IDE hard drive, > standard floppy. Nothing very exotic in this hardware. > > I tried first to cvsup to 6.0, and rebuild everything. The build was > fine including a custom kernel, but when I tried to boot the new 6.0, I > got a panic, Fatal trap 12, page fault at the NVidea driver in the > boot. So I re-booted the kernel.old, reverted my sources to 5.4 and > rebuilt the system all again. > > As the system rebuilt I downloaded and burned the ISO 6.0 image. > > I tried to boot the ISO image and do a binary upgrade. The CD booted > 6.0 fine, and the upgrade installed with only one error that the X.org > was already present. When I tried to boot the new 6.0 GENERIC kernel > that was installed, I got the same panic/page fault error I had when I > updated via cvsup. > > But since the same GENERIC kernel boots fine from CD I suspect there may > be some loader options I might need? I'd appreciate any help with > getting 6.0 to boot without the panic. > > Thanks Hi Derek, You probably just have to stop the nvidia driver from loading by specifying "unset nvidia_load" at the boot prompt and reinstall the nvidia driver once the system is booted. That's what I did at least, and I have had no problems while I've heard from other people that didn't disable and rebuilt their nvidia drivers that they also got panics on boot.