libfreetype.a: Bad address --> hard error reading
eodyna
eodyna at yahoo.com.au
Thu Mar 11 14:59:18 PST 2004
Greetings all,
Due to yesterday error on 4.9-RELEASE of FreeBSD.
<snip>
hard error reading fsbn
ad0: DMA problem fallback to PIO mode
&
libfreetype.a: Bad address
</snip>
i tried changing some kernel paramaters
mainly these two
hw.ata.atapi_dma="1"
hw.ata.ata_dma="1"
However, that didn't change anything.
I also recompiled the GENERIC kernel (as is - on first
installation) and that produced the same error, when
trying to install XFree86-4.
So I revereted back to 4.8-RELEASE of FreeBSD. Lo and
Behold everything worked fine. No errors nothing.
So I again installed 4.9-RELEASE on my laptop and what
do I find?
Yes thats right, dmesg out of the same sort of error
"hard error reading fsbn
ad0: DMA problem fallback to PIO mode"
I think my laptop doesn't like 4.9-RELEASE.
Has anyone experienced something like this before?
My laptop is a Dell Latitude (H model i think).
I dont really know how to troubleshoot/fix this.
If anyone has any ideas/suggestions, on how to go
about this id greatly appreciate it.
Im not sure, if it maybe a BIOS thing or a kernel
thing.
Thanks again
Hi,
thanks for that.
I know it works with 4.8.
but ill try re-installing it again and see how i go.
Ill post again later if i still have the same
problems.
Thank-you
--- Chuck Swiger <cswiger at mac.com> wrote: > eodyna
wrote:
> [ ... ]
> > Ive taken out the harddrive and replaced it with a
> > different one and i still see the same sort of
> error
> > message
> >
> > does anyone have any ideas on how to help me?
>
> Try a process of elimination, by swapping out each
> component and retesting
> until you figure out what is failing-- ie, swap the
> cable, try using another
> motherboard (or swap a drive that was "failing" on
> your problem system to
> another machine), and/or finally try swapping out
> the OS and try installing
> Linux or Windows and see whether this is a
> FreeBSD-specific problem rather
> than, say, a bad MB, flaky cable, bad power supply,
> etc....
>
> --
> -Chuck
>
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