SOLVED: Acer TravelMate 245LC hangs boot up

[Stay d]

keywords: FreeBSD PC-BSD CURRENT STABLE acpi apic apm serial port hint sio 0 disabled hangs up ACER laptop notebook loader.conf device.hints bios

I can't boot any FreeBSD or PC-BSD by default option with this ACER TravelMate 245LC. Do not buy this notebook even in ebay, because it is horible slow. It is not mine, thanks to god.

http://www.ciao.co.uk/Acer_TravelMate_245LC__6518499

Everytime it stops around sio0 device and after some seconds, there are some loops and, temperature grows up quickly, of course cooling fan speeds up to maximum and it has to be finished with holding for 4s power-off button, because nothing helps at this point.

acerntb# less /var/log/dmesg.yesterday
Copyright (c) 1992-2006 The FreeBSD Project.
Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE-p11 #3: Wed Dec 20 18:51:13 PST 2006
root@PCBSD.localhost:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/PCBSDv1.3
module_register: module vesa already exists!
Module vesa failed to register: 17
Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
CPU: Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.70GHz (2697.72-MHz 686-class CPU)
Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0xf29 Stepping = 9
Features=0xbfebf9ff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MC A,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE 2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE>
Features2=0x4400<CNTX-ID,<b14>>
real memory = 250478592 (238 MB)
avail memory = 235610112 (224 MB)
kbd1 at kbdmux0
module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (splash_pcx, 0xc0b436b0, 0) error 2
cpu0 on motherboard
pcib0: <Host to PCI bridge> pcibus 0 on motherboard
pir0: <PCI Interrupt Routing Table: 9 Entries> on motherboard
pci0: <PCI bus> on pcib0
pci0: <base peripheral> at device 0.1 (no driver attached)
pci0: <base peripheral> at device 0.3 (no driver attached)
drmsub0: <Intel i852GM/i855GM GMCH> port 0x1800-0x1807 mem 0xe8000000-0xefffffff,0xe0000000-0xe007ffff irq 5 at device 2.0 on pci0
error: [drm:pid0:drm_load] *ERROR* Card isn't AGP, or couldn't initialize AGP.
device_attach: drmsub0 attach returned 12
drmsub1: <Intel i852GM/i855GM GMCH> mem 0xf0000000-0xf7ffffff,0xe0080000-0xe00fffff at device 2.1 on pci0
error: [drm:pid0:drm_load] *ERROR* Card isn't AGP, or couldn't initialize AGP.
device_attach: drmsub1 attach returned 12
uhci0: <Intel 82801DB (ICH4) USB controller USB-A> port 0x1820-0x183f irq 5 at device 29.0 on pci0
uhci0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
usb0: <Intel 82801DB (ICH4) USB controller USB-A> on uhci0
usb0: USB revision 1.0
uhub0: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhci1: <Intel 82801DB (ICH4) USB controller USB-B> port 0x1840-0x185f irq 11 at device 29.1 on pci0
uhci1: [GIANT-LOCKED]
usb1: <Intel 82801DB (ICH4) USB controller USB-B> on uhci1
usb1: USB revision 1.0
uhub1: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhci2: <Intel 82801DB (ICH4) USB controller USB-C> port 0x1860-0x187f irq 3 at device 29.2 on pci0
uhci2: [GIANT-LOCKED]
usb2: <Intel 82801DB (ICH4) USB controller USB-C> on uhci2
usb2: USB revision 1.0
uhub2: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub2: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
ehci0: <Intel 82801DB/L/M (ICH4) USB 2.0 controller> mem 0xe0100000-0xe01003ff irq 4 at device 29.7 on pci0
ehci0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
usb3: EHCI version 1.0
usb3: companion controllers, 2 ports each: usb0 usb1 usb2
usb3: <Intel 82801DB/L/M (ICH4) USB 2.0 controller> on ehci0
usb3: USB revision 2.0
uhub3: Intel EHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub3: 6 ports with 6 removable, self powered
umass0: vendor 0x0457 USB Mass Storage Device, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 2
pcib1: <PCIBIOS PCI-PCI bridge> at device 30.0 on pci0
pci2: <PCI bus> on pcib1
cbb0: <TI1520 PCI-CardBus Bridge> irq 10 at device 4.0 on pci2
cardbus0: <CardBus bus> on cbb0
pccard0: <16-bit PCCard bus> on cbb0
cbb1: <TI1520 PCI-CardBus Bridge> irq 10 at device 4.1 on pci2
cardbus1: <CardBus bus> on cbb1
pccard1: <16-bit PCCard bus> on cbb1
rl0: <RealTek 8139 10/100BaseTX> port 0x3000-0x30ff mem 0xe0200000-0xe02000ff irq 11 at device 10.0 on pci2
miibus0: <MII bus> on rl0
rlphy0: <RealTek internal media interface> on miibus0
rlphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
rl0: Ethernet address: 00:0a:e4:4b:71:3b
isab0: <PCI-ISA bridge> at device 31.0 on pci0
isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0
atapci0: <Intel ICH4 UDMA100 controller> port 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,0x376,0x1810-0x181f at device 31.1 on pci0
ata0: <ATA channel 0> on atapci0
ata1: <ATA channel 1> on atapci0
pci0: <serial bus, SMBus> at device 31.3 (no driver attached)
pci0: <multimedia, audio> at device 31.5 (no driver attached)
pci0: <simple comms, generic modem> at device 31.6 (no driver attached)
pmtimer0 on isa0
orm0: <ISA Option ROMs> at iomem 0xc0000-0xcc7ff,0xd8000-0xdbfff,0xdc000-0xdffff on isa0
atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> at port 0x60,0x64 on isa0
atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> irq 1 on atkbdc0
kbd0 at atkbd0
atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
psm0: <PS/2 Mouse> irq 12 on atkbdc0
psm0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
psm0: model Generic PS/2 mouse, device ID 0
fdc0: <Enhanced floppy controller> at port 0x3f0-0x3f5,0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on isa0
fdc0: [FAST]
fd0: <1440-KB 3.5" drive> on fdc0 drive 0
ppc0: parallel port not found.
sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0
sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300>
sio0: configured irq 4 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0
sio0: port may not be enabled
sio0 at port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on isa0
sio0: type 8250 or not responding

HERE is END :-)

If I chose 2 in the bootting menu with acpi disabled, notebook boots okay, it continues far with these:

sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0
sio1: port may not be enabled
vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0
unknown: <PNP0c02> can't assign resources (memory)
unknown: <PNP0303> can't assign resources (port)
unknown: <PNP0c02> can't assign resources (memory)
unknown: <PNP0c02> can't assign resources (memory)
unknown: <PNP0f13> can't assign resources (irq)
unknown: <PNP0700> can't assign resources (port)
Timecounter "TSC" frequency 2697716308 Hz quality 800
Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec
Interrupt storm detected on "irq10:"; throttling interrupt source
an0: <Cisco Systems 350 Series Wireless LAN Adapter> at port 0x3100-0x313f irq 10 function 0 config 5 on pccard0
an0: record length mismatch -- expected 194, got 196 for Rid ff10
an0: record length mismatch -- expected 192, got 260 for Rid ff00
an0: got RSSI <-> dBM map
an0: supported rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
an0: Ethernet address: 00:0d:bc:04:69:47
an0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
ad0: 38154MB <IC25N040ATMR04 0 MO2OAD4A> at ata0-master UDMA100
acd0: CDRW <UJDA740 DVD/CDRW/1.21> at ata1-master UDMA33
da0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0
da0: <USB 2.0 Flash Disk 0.00> Removable Direct Access SCSI-2 device
da0: 40.000MB/s transfers
da0: 1968MB (4030464 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 250C)
cd0 at ata1 bus 0 target 0 lun 0
cd0: <MATSHITA UJDA740 DVD/CDRW 1.21> Removable CD-ROM SCSI-0 device
cd0: 33.000MB/s transfers
cd0: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present - tray closed
Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ad0s2a

I do not why sio devices stop booting. In bios serial, paralel and usb legacy ports or support is turned off.

Without acpi I am without apm, battery control and others.

I would like to have it all. Please help me. :)

I have another problems with build-in intel grafic card and cisco aironet 350, but it is another issue, so we will not mix it up. :arrow: :roll:

[dracheflieger]

Did you try turning them on in the BIOS instead of off?

[Stay d]

Did you try turning them on in the BIOS instead of off?
No, I didn't.
Today I tried and with these options in bios changed from disabled to enabled:
Infrared port
Parallel port
Legacy usb support

But it didn't help me at all as I guessed.

The laptop does not have serial ports at all, what I did not say before.

Maybe some changes in /boot/loader.conf or /boot/device.hints to disable sio at all ?

I do not know, but without acpi and apm, the laptop is like super jet motor.

In specification for this acer notebook, there is acpi 1.0b.

Please help me!

Windows XP has no problems with acpi and apm.

[dracheflieger]

It very well may be that the chipset has the serial I/Os but nothing connected to them. There is probably a hint flag you can use but you would have to wait for Tim or antik to wander along to tell you how to use it...I don't know.

[Solarin]

Try adding the following lines to /boot/device.hints

hint.sio.0.disabled="1"
hint.sio.1.disabled="1"

That should disable sio0 and sio1.

[dracheflieger]

Thanks Tim but I think he'll need to do these at the install line but I don't know/can't remember at what point in the installer you can do that...

[Stay d]

Try adding the following lines to /boot/device.hints

hint.sio.0.disabled="1"
hint.sio.1.disabled="1"

That should disable sio0 and sio1.

Really to device.hints ? Perhaps to loader.conf is cleaner ? Or am I mistaken ?

[Stay d]

Try adding the following lines to /boot/device.hints

hint.sio.0.disabled="1"
hint.sio.1.disabled="1"

That should disable sio0 and sio1.

Thanks! IT WORKS NOW !!! IT IS SOLVED NOW !!!

With one little chage, not /boot/device.hints file is preferred, I puted it to loader.conf, because man device.hints has see also loader.conf. I think authors want user to put custom settings to loader.conf file.

[Stay d]

Thanks Tim but I think he'll need to do these at the install line but I don't know/can't remember at what point in the installer you can do that...
Yes, u r right. Next time when I will install pc-bsd 1.4, I will hit option 6 in bootting menu and will do

set hint.sio.0.disabled="1"
set hint.sio.1.disabled="1"
show ... to check it
boot

after system will boot up well, I would check it again by kenv command.

man device.hints(5)