>From: Gilbert Fernandes <gilbertf@netbsd-fr.org>
>To: weiwuzhang@hotmail.com, netbsd-help@netbsd.org
>Subject: Re: (HELP) the NIC get broken?
>Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2003 22:45:17 +0000

>Your experience recalls me mine. I use a X30 model and there is
>something wrong with memory detected by agp0 because even if I've
>been able to configure X Window to handle the 830MP on that board
>(which is basically a i810 with extensions) X kept crashing quite
>often, especially when using some big programs like mozilla. It looks
>like the video memory detected by X is wrong and since it's shared
>with the machine's memory, it led me to crashes. Perhaps X uses the
>value as seen by agp0 which itself could be wrong ?

I have agp0 problem too. Actually this is the reason why I use netbsd.
On FreeBSD agp0 causes panic during kernel loading, luckly I was able
to install netbsd and then use the installer's kernel, which doesn't 
contain agp, for the first boot, then make a kernel without agp.

>Well, I had gotten quite many crashes but on one evening things
>just got worse. Mozilla crashes, putting X Window into oblivion and
>obviously the whole machine. Like you, I did experience vertical
>bars (mine were purple in color with some blue between them) but
>the worse followed: after turning the machine off then back on,
>it would no longer boot at all. Pressing the "power on" button
>on the laptop made the power led light, then turn off. Nothing.
>Tried various stuff, and came to conclusion that crashes was probably
>related to memory being written to where it should not. Took the
>machine back to store and they asked me for over 130 euro to have
>a new BIOS installed and the whole mess cleaned.

That's what happening to me. This morning I found it won't boot.
Pressing "power on", nothing happens except the led is light.
No beep, no prompt, black screen. I'm contacting IBM right now.

>Since, I don't use X anymore on this laptop. My POST was borked
>beyond repair but looks you're half between fully-borked and
>functional :/

I'm not sure if it is an X problem. When it crashed days ago
(that time I see vertical bars) I was compiling on console, I don't 
remeber the details, but I think I didn't start X that day, all is working
on console. But last night I *was* using mozilla, and it crashed, I 
just put it aside to deal with the problem today because it was really 
too late. And it never boot after then. Anyway, I never have agp0 running 
lik you. 

>
>--
>Gilbert Fernandes
>

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