Re: Lenovo T500 hang

[Stephen Borrill <netbsd%precedence.co.uk@localhost>]

On Thu, 2 Jun 2016, Roy Marples wrote:
> On 2016-06-01 10:54, Stephen Borrill wrote:
> > Somewhere after 7.0_RC2, a problem started where the machine hangs
> > right at the end of the kernel boot just before it prints the boot
> > device:
> >
> > pad0: outputs: 44100Hz, 16-bit, stereo
> > audio1 at pad0: half duplex, playback, capture
> > *** HANGS HERE ***
> > boot device: wd0
> > root on wd0a dumps on wd0b
> >
> > The only thing to do is to power the machine off. This happens with
> > all later kernels (including -current).
> >
> > I've not had chance to bisect the sources yet as I need to use the
> > machine for real work (and running NetBSD 7 on it also makes it so hot
> > it burns my legs).
> >
> > I think a few users (and developers) have Lenovo T500 laptops. Does
> > any recent NetBSD work for them?
>
> I have a T500 which is my main NetBSD dev machine.

Do you have a dmesg? Perhaps yours is a model without switchable graphics 
or the 3G modem, etc.

> I haven't updated the kernel in a month or so, but it's been running -current 
> very well.

Does it run at a sensible temperature? Mine runs very hot and runs the 
battery down very quickly.

> I don't recall if it ever ran anything earlier than a 7.0 release though.

I've been using mine since the netbsd-5 and this problem just started.

--
Stephen