Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2008 11:14:32 +0100 From: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.org> To: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> Cc: Xn Nooby <xnooby@gmail.com>, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Two minute pause at acpi.ko message on old HP laptop with 7.0-RC1 Message-ID: <200801081014.m08AEW8i023581@fire.js.berklix.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1080108152124.29527A-100000@gaia.nimnet.asn.au> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1080108152124.29527A-100000@gaia.nimnet.asn.au>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Ian Smith wrote: > On Mon, 7 Jan 2008, Xn Nooby wrote: > > I have an old zv5445us HP Pavillion laptop, essentially the zv5000 > > model, which pauses at the /boot/kernel/acpi.ko message during boot. > > It hangs there, with a non-spinning ASCII character, for about 2 > > minutes - then it boots. I tried entering the following commands in > > to the loader.conf to no avail: > > > > set hint.atkbd.0.disabled="1" > > set hint.acpi.0.disabled="1" > > > > I'm currently using FreeBSD 7.0-RC1, but it has the same behavior with > > FreeBSD 6.3-RC2. > > > > The machine seems to work okay after that, though I am having other > > problems with the screen going blank when I try to configure X. For > > now, I was just trying to eliminate the 2 minute pause on acpi.ko. > > > > Any suggestions? > > Could you post the actual last couple of lines you see while it's > pausing? And the next line or so seen after the pause? > > If you select to boot verbosely then the section either side of and > including this pause in your /var/run/dmesg.boot could be helpful. > > Just that it's not clear whether the 'acpi.ko message' you're seeing is > printed before, during or after loading acpi, ie perhaps that's finished > and the pause is before the next thing you see, in which case it could > be hanging on something network related, or something else altogether .. > > cheers, Ian I don't know if this is the same pause I'm seeing on a Dell Latitude XPi P133ST http://www.berklix.com/~jhs/hardware/laptops/dell_latitude_xpi_p133st/ After these 2 lines Preloaded elf kernel Calibrating clock(s) ... then 3+ minutes pause. Then screen rolls fast, hard to read, but after booting, dmesg here: http://www.berklix.com/~jhs/hardware/laptops/dell_latitude_xpi_p133st/dmesg/7.0-PRERELEASE Extract: Calibrating clock(s) ... failed, using default i8254 clock of 1193182 Hz CLK_USE_I8254_CALIBRATION not specified - using default frequency Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0 Calibrating TSC clock ... TSC clock: 133637718 Hz CPU: Pentium/P54C (133.64-MHz 586-class CPU) My loader.conf stuff: http://www.berklix.com/~jhs/hardware/laptops/dell_latitude_xpi_p133st/loader.conf If anyone has ideas ? I'd try, I'm running 7-Stable -- Julian Stacey. Munich Computer Consultant, BSD Unix C Linux. http://berklix.com Ihr Rauch = mein allergischer Kopfschmerz. Dump cigs 4 snuff.
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200801081014.m08AEW8i023581>