The &os; Project $FreeBSD: head/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/errata/article.sgml 124312 2004-01-09 20:10:20Z bmah $ 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 The FreeBSD Documentation Project &tm-attrib.freebsd; &tm-attrib.intel; &tm-attrib.sparc; &tm-attrib.general; This document lists errata items for &os; containing significant information discovered after the release or too late in the release cycle to be otherwise included in the release documentation. This information includes security advisories, as well as news relating to the software or documentation that could affect its operation or usability. An up-to-date version of this document should always be consulted before installing this version of &os;. This errata document for &os; will be maintained until the release of &os; &release.next;. This errata document contains late-breaking news about &os; Before installing this version, it is important to consult this document to learn about any post-release discoveries or problems that may already have been found and fixed. Any version of this errata document actually distributed with the release (for example, on a CDROM distribution) will be out of date by definition, but other copies are kept updated on the Internet and should be consulted as the current errata for this release. These other copies of the errata are located at , plus any sites which keep up-to-date mirrors of this location. Source and binary snapshots of &os; &release.branch; also contain up-to-date copies of this document (as of the time of the snapshot). For a list of all &os; CERT security advisories, see or . No advisories. ]]> No advisories. ]]> No open issues. ]]> (9 Jan 2004) Due to a change in &man.cpp.1; behavior, the login screen for &man.xdm.1; is in black and white, even on systems with color displays. As a workaround, update to a newer version of the x11/XFree86-4-clients port/package. (9 Jan 2004) There remain some residual problems with ACPI. In some cases, systems may behave erratically, or hang at boot time. As a workaround, disable ACPI, using the safe mode option of the bootloader or using the hint.acpi.0.disabled kernel environment variable. These problems are being investigated. For problems that have not already been reported (check the mailing list archives before posting), sending the output of &man.dmesg.8; and &man.acpidump.8; to the &a.current; may help diagnose the problem. (9 Jan 2004) In some cases, ATA devices may behave erratically, particularly SATA devices. Reported symptoms include command timouts or missing interrupts. These problems appear to be timing-dependent, making them rather difficult to isolate. Workarounds include: Turn off ATA DMA using the safe mode option of the bootloader or the hw.ata.ata_dma sysctl variable. Use the host's BIOS setup options to put the ATA controller in its legacy mode, if available. Disable ACPI, for example using the safe mode option of the bootloader or using the hint.acpi.0.disabled kernel environment variable. (9 Jan 2004) Installing over NFS when using the install floppies requires that the nfsclient.ko module be manually loaded from the third floppy disk. This can be done by following the prompts when &man.sysinstall.8; launches to load a driver off of the third floppy disk. (9 Jan 2004) The use of multiple vchans (virtual audio channels with dynamic mixing in software) in the &man.pcm.4; driver has been known to cause some instability. ]]> No news. ]]> No news. ]]>