FreeBSD will not boot

[Adam Stroud]

Thanks for your help.  I will have to wait untill I get home to fix
the problem (I am at work now).  I will let you know how I make out.

Thanks Again
A

On 7/15/05, nawcom <nawcom at nawcom.no-ip.com> wrote:
> ok from what ive figured out is  that kernel option WITH_LEGACY_GPU_SUPPORT
> is highly unsupported for the 5.x kernel
> 
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/~checkout~/ports/x11/nvidia-driver/Makefile?rev=1.34&content-type=text/plain
> 
> my usual suggestion is to use the driver from nvidia.com, nvidia is very
> friendly to the open source community - so they have drivers for
> freebsd. ive used it myself and agp support works great.
> 
> now -  for actually getting back into your system:
> 
> do you have a back up kernel handy in your operating system?
> 
> i know depending on how things are orginally set up when you install a
> new kernel
> the makefile copies the original kernel folder (/boot/kernel) to
> /boot/kernel.old and
> /boot/kernel is replaced with the new one.
> 
> when you boot up freebsd and you get to the boot screen - select option
> number 6. then
> enter the following commands:
>  >unload
>  >load /boot/kernel.old/kernel
>  >boot
> 
> let me know if you make it into the OS and if you do  - be sure and
> remove that nvidia option!
> ok i hope this help let me know of your status.
> -Ben
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Adam Stroud wrote:
> 
> >All:
> >
> >I updated my nvidia drivers from the ports collection (Using the
> >WITH_LEGACY_GPU_SUPPORT option to add support for my GeFroce2 GTS).
> >During the upgrade process, my machine rebooted on it's own and now
> >when I boot I get the following error message:
> >
> >FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE #0: Fri Jun 24 23:25:37 EDT 2005
> >adam at osirus.stronet.dyndns.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/APS_KERN i386
> >
> >kernel trap 18 with interrupts disabled
> >
> >fatal trap 18:  integer divide fault while in kernel mode
> >
> >instruction pointer              = 0x8:0xc689f8c
> >stack pointer                     = 0x10:0xc1020c88
> >frame pointer                     = 0x10:0xc1020c9c
> >code segment                   = base 0x0, 0xfffff, type 0x1b
> >                                        = DPL 0, pres 1, def32 1, gran 1
> >processor eflags                = resume, IOPL=0
> >current process                 = 0 ()
> >trap number                      = 18
> >panic:  integer divide fault
> >uptime: 1s
> >
> >Anyone have any ideas?
> >
> >A
> >
> >
> 
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