The usual fair for bleeding edge hardware. Try:
acpi_load Unset this to disable automatic loading of the ACPI module. See also hint.acpi.0.disabled in device.hints(5). Break out of the boot screen and set that value ~BAS On Fri, 2007-03-30 at 11:51 +0200, Albert Kok (Technico Automatisering b.v.) wrote: > Greetings, > > > > I have been using FreeBSD for years and with success. I'd like to use > FreeBSD as my main operating system on my new HP Pavilion DV6248EU. > > Specs: AMD Turion64 X2 TL-50, Nvidia Geforce Go 6150, 2 GB RAM, 120 GB > HD, DVD RW+DL+LS, LAN/WLAN, 1280x800, etc. > > > > I have tried the AMD64 release of FreeBSD 6.2, but when booting from CD > it crashes almost immediately and I can hardly read whats going on. A > few lines keep scrolling over the screen, which I think is kernel > debugging output. > > > > So I thought I might be lucky with the i386 release of FreeBSD 6.2. It > also crashes on boot but at least I can read whats going on. This is > what I get booting from the installation disc: > > > > /boot/kernel/acpi.ko text=0x4398 data=0x23c0+0x10f0 > syms=[0x4+0x7ba0+0x4+0xa828 > > ] > > Loading required module 'pci' > > ACPI autoload failed - no such file or directory > > \ > > int=00000006 err=00000000 efl=00010002 eip=00000003 > > eax=00449130 ebx=00000000 ecx=004f010f edx=0003fa40 > > esi=00000000 edi=00000000 ebp=00000000 esp=000928b0 > > cs=0008 ds=0010 es=0010 fs=0010 gs=0010 ss=0010 > > cs:eip=f0 53 ff 00 f0 c3 e2 00-f0 53 ff 00 f0 53 ff 00 > > f0 54 ff 00 f0 c7 a9 00-f0 53 ff 00 f0 a5 fe 00 > > ss:esp=00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 > > 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 > > BTX halted > > > > > > I don't think the kernel crash has anything to do with the failing ACPI > autoload. Normally I would enter my BIOS and play with settings for > compatibility. But as you may guess, most settings in this laptop are > locked. > > > > If anyone has any ideas or advice in mind, please let me know. > > > > > > Kind regards, > > > > Albert Kok > > > > Technico Automatisering B.V. > Industrieweg 30 > 2382 NW Zoeterwoude > > > > Helpdesk: 0900-0400665 > Tel: +31 (0)71-542 43 44 > Fax: +31 (0)71-589 30 18 > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"