Date: Sun, 07 Oct 2001 22:06:58 -0700 (PDT) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Glenn Gombert <glenngombert@onebox.com> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Current Broken on Dell Insprion 5000e ? Message-ID: <XFMail.011007220658.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20011007184512.BTDV19615.mta04.onebox.com@onebox.com>
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On 07-Oct-01 Glenn Gombert wrote: > Hello, > > I have had FreeBSD 4.3 working fine on my Dell Laptop (5000e) and then > tried to install and compile the 'Currnet' kernel on it this weekend. > It died during the bootup phase with an 'Illegal driver' message and > then it hung duing the boot process.. > > Is the state of 'Currnet' right now able to run on laptops (or is it > better to stick with the Release version(s) of FreeBSD ?? > > Thanks in advance for any advice.... The 5000e runs -current fine, however, you have to use a workaround for ACPI. Stick this in either device.hints or loader.conf: debug.acpi.avoid="_SB_.PCI0.PX40.SIO_" -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.baldwin.cx/~john/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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