Problem installing FreeBSD on Laptop ASUS x201e

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marthyr

Hello,

I need some advice, I have been looking for information, I am trying to install FreeBSD 9.x/10.x on an Asus X201e (Celeron version).

Neither wifi or ethernet controller works.

But, I am really concerned about CPU load reported by ps -aux command, It reports 200% CPU load, the cpu's fan spins as soon as the systems it's powered on and computers gets hot rapidly.

This doesn't happen with Windows 8 or Linux (OpenSuse, Fedora)

Why I am forced to use 64 bits version of any operating system? Trying to use a 32 bit version causes kernel panic.

I am confused about event timers. Where Could I be able to get information about event timers on FreeBSD?

I bought this computer to practice with FreeBSD, I am really concerned had been almost a year and still unable to use FreeBSD.

Time to get used to Linux?????
 
Hello again,

powerd(8) was offered by bsdinstall during installation. coretemp(4) was omitted, I requested it to be loaded in loader.conf, so #>sysctl dev.cpu |grep temperature shows:

Code: 
dev.cpu.0.temperature: 57.0C
dev.cpu.1.temperature: 58.0C

I forgot to mention:

  • the system installation just as offered by bsdinstall, no Xorg, no desktop, just CLI.
  • dmesg reports: ACPI APIC Table: <_ASUS_Notebook> <-- Is this correct? I assume Southbridge (Intel xxx) should be mentioned instead
  • FreeBSD 9.2-RELEASE x64 installed
  • Windows 8 completely removed from thesystem.
  • Launch CSM [ENABLED]
  • Secure Boot Control [DISABLED]
  • Partitioned entire disk with MBR
  • Using GPT did a successful installation, but the system didn't boot.
Thanks in advance.
 
Hi,

I already checked mentioned link. No luck up to now.

#> vmstat -i reports:
Code: 
interrupt          total          rate
irq16:ehci0     58612      62
cpu0:timer      73194      78
cpu1:timer      20967      165

Notice unbalanced load rate of processors.

#> dmesg |grep 'irq 16'
Code: 
vgapci0: <VGA-compatible display> irq 16
xhci0: <Intel Panther Point USB 3.0 Controller> irq 16
ehci0: <Intel Panther Point USB 2.0 controller> irq 16
pcib1: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 16

Already know USB 3.0 it's working because USB port is blue color.
So, using tail -f /var/log/messages I tested USB ports to see if device attached it's detected, MMC SD Card Reader: works, all USB ports EXCEPT one.
When I inserted device nothing is reported on screen.

So, I am assuming "something" is choking my system.
 
For the LAN, you can try downloading the Windows driver and then using ndiswrapper to convert the Windows driver into a FreeBSD driver.
For the 200% CPU usage, try putting this in /etc/rc.conf:
Code: 
apm_enable="YES"
 
Hello @neel,

I think I should be using ACPI, recommended for modern systems, handbook mentioned I should use ACPI or APM, not both of them, assuming UEFI is ACPI compatible.
 
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marthyr said:
Hello @neel,

I think I should be using ACPI, recommended for modern systems, handbook mentioned I should use ACPI or APM, not both of them, assuming UEFI is ACPI compatible.
Click to expand...
I forgot this, replace apm with acpipower.
 
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