DragonFly BSD
DragonFly kernel List (threaded) for 2004-02
[Date Prev][Date Next]  [Thread Prev][Thread Next]  [Date Index][Thread Index]

Re: ACPI was the culprit


From: Eirik Nygaard <eirikn@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 20:15:32 +0100

On Wed, Feb 18, 2004 at 01:01:20PM -0600, Dave Leimbach wrote:
> So for FreeBSD 5.2.1 at least ACPI was the reason I couldn't boot the
> installer CD.  Choosing either a "Safe Mode" or "Disable ACPI" boot 
> worked.
> 
> Is there a way to disable this at boot time in DragonFly as well by 
> interrupting the loader process?
> 

ACPI in DragonFly can not be compiled as a module, so you must remove it
from your kernel config file and recompile your kernel. I was experiensing
random hardlocks with ACPI on my laptop, which seems to have stoped now.
Everything seems pretty random for me at the moment, I have not been able
to track it down yet.

-- 
Eirik Nygaard
eirikn@xxxxxxxxxxxx    Never let a computer know you're in a hurry.

Attachment: pgp00012.pgp
Description: PGP signature



[Date Prev][Date Next]  [Thread Prev][Thread Next]  [Date Index][Thread Index]