Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 20:48:25 -0400 (EDT) From: Andre Guibert de Bruet <andy@siliconlandmark.com> To: Marcin Dalecki <mdcki@gmx.net> Cc: FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Laptop update... Message-ID: <20030421204726.R56266@alpha.siliconlandmark.com> In-Reply-To: <3EA47AAA.7010802@gmx.net> References: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1030420190618.16891w-100000@fledge.watson.org> <200304201807.29531.cbiffle@safety.net> <3EA4122A.8090603@isi.edu> <20030421185255.V56266@alpha.siliconlandmark.com> <3EA47AAA.7010802@gmx.net>
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On Tue, 22 Apr 2003, Marcin Dalecki wrote: > > I'm having the same problem with a Dell Latitude C800. > > I have observed similar problems on my ASUS Silicon Motion LynxEM+ > notebook. Well Actually what happens is the usual "black screen and > no return". No console switching no whatever. More importantly it's > still possible to login remotely in to the machine. > There I always find an XFree86 process taking 98% of CPU time. > Tracing it showed that it hangs trying to ececute an VESA > opscreen operation. Apparently it's XFree which is broken I think. > Well it smell further after BIOS calls hanging, since I did have > to switch the Option "NoBIOS" on for getting thich chipset working > under FreeBSD at all. Otherwise it hangs right at the first > try to execute BIOS code. > > Anyway SIGPOWER is definitively something missing from the UNIX signal > list... No clumpsy "help daemon" just SIGPOWER I think... My system doesn't resume from syscons. I haven't tried X yet... > Andre Guibert de Bruet | Enterprise Software Consultant > > Silicon Landmark, LLC. | http://siliconlandmark.com/ >
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