Re: Boot problem on laptop

[Alex Holst <angrygod@oceanfree.net>]

Quoting Theo de Raadt (deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org):
> > I just installed 2.7 via FTP onto a Dell Latitude LS.  The problem I'm
> > running into is that it starts to boot up and go thru loading the kernel
> > and hangs at one point for ever!!  Here is what I have on the screen:
> > 
[..]
> > "Neomagic Magicgraph NM2200" rev 0x20 at pci1 dev 0 function 0 not
> > configured
> > neo0 at pci1 dev 0 function 1 "Neomagic MagicMedia 256AV" rev 0x20: irq
> > 10
> > 
> > -- That's where it dies... Anyone else encounter this?  I looked in the
> > bugs archive and there where two or three posts about the same problem
> > but no reply.  And nothing at all about this in the misc archives.  Any
> > help would be great!!
> 
> Please try this with
> 
> 	boot -c
> 	disable pcibios
> 
> That help?

My Dell Latitude CPi something also hangs at times when probing the Neo
chipset. I attributed this to crappy hardware, and was able to get around it
by boot -c'ing and disabling neo and audio.

I haven't been able to find a pattern to indicate a cause of this problem.
Sometimes my machine boots fine, other times it hangs when probing for neo.

I will try the pcibios on my next reboot, and send both dmesgs to the list.

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