Fwd: PC-BSD 10.2, starting X, vm_fault: pager read error, pid XXXX (PCDM-session)

David Christensen dpchrist at holgerdanske.com
Wed Feb 10 04:29:08 UTC 2016


freebsd-questions:

I've attempted three posts in as many weeks to the PC-BSD "testing" 
mailing list to no avail.


I've also noted disappearing ISO files on their WWW download server.


Any comments or suggestions regarding PC-BSD project infrastructure?


Below, please find my latest post.  Any suggestions on how to resolve 
the issue?


TIA,

David



-------- Forwarded Message --------
Subject: PC-BSD 10.2, starting X, vm_fault: pager read error, pid XXXX 
(PCDM-session)
Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2016 19:45:48 -0800
From: David Christensen <dpchrist at holgerdanske.com>
To: testing at lists.pcbsd.org

testing:

I'm a PC-BSD noob who has downloaded and installed:

     PCBSD10.2-RELEASE-08-19-2015-x64-netinstall.iso

on a Dell Inspiron E1505 (6400):

     Motherboard with on-board video (Intel 945 GM)
     Intel Core 2 Duo T7400 processor
     2 @ 1024 MB DDR2-666 - Hynix HYMP512S64CP8-Y5
     SAMSUNG_SSD_UM410_Series_2_5__16GB


When I boot the machine and allow GRUB to start:

     PC BSD (10.2-RELEASE-p14-up-20160207_133135)-2016-02-07 13:29

the machine gets trapped in an infinite loop flashing between text mode
and a black screen (starting X?), one black screen per "vm_fault: pager
read error, pid XXXX (PCDM-session)" line:

     ...
     info: [drm] Supports vblank timestamp caching Rev 1 (10.10.2010).
     info: [drm] Driver supports precise vblank timestamp query.
     info: [drm] failed to find VBIOS tables
     drmn0: taking over the fictitious range 0xd0000000-0xe0000000
     info: [drm] initialized overlay support
     info: [drm] Connector LVDS-1: get mode from tunables:
     info: [drm]   - kern.vt.fb.modes.LVDS-1
     info: [drm]   - kern.vt.fb.default_mode
     info: [drm] Connector VGA-1: get mode from tunables:
     info: [drm]   - kern.vt.fb.modes.VGA-1
     info: [drm]   - kern.vt.fb.default_mode
     info: [drm] Connector SVIDEO-1: get mode from tunables:
     info: [drm] - kern.vt.fb.modes.SVIDEO-1
     info: [drm] - kern.vt.fb.default_mode
     fbd0 on drmn0
     VT: Replacing driver "vga" with new "fb".
     info: [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730 for drmn0 on minor 0
     vm_fault: pager read error, pid 1551 (PCDM-session)
     vm_fault: pager read error, pid 1579 (PCDM-session)
     vm_fault: pager read error, pid 1607 (PCDM-session)
     vm_fault: pager read error, pid 1635 (PCDM-session)
     vm_fault: pager read error, pid 1662 (PCDM-session)
     vm_fault: pager read error, pid 1690 (PCDM-session)
     vm_fault: pager read error, pid 1718 (PCDM-session)
     ...

Pushing the power button causes PC-BSD to go back to text mode and shut
down.


What is the problem?


How do I fix it?


TIA,

David




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