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<title>&os;
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Errata</title>
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The &os; Project
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<copyright>
<year>2000</year>
<year>2001</year>
<year>2002</year>
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<para>This document lists errata items for &os;
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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;.</para>
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will be maintained until the release of &os; &release.next;.</para>
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<title>Introduction</title>
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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.</para>
<para>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out of date by definition, but other copies are kept updated on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 <quote>current
errata</quote> for this release. These other copies of the
errata are located at <ulink
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/"></ulink>, plus any sites
which keep up-to-date mirrors of this location.</para>
<para>Source and binary snapshots of &os; &release.branch; also
contain up-to-date copies of this document (as of the time of
the snapshot).</para>
<para>For a list of all &os; CERT security advisories, see <ulink
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/security/"></ulink> or <ulink
url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/"></ulink>.</para>
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<para>(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 As a workaround, update to a newer
version of the
<filename role="package">x11/XFree86-4-clients</filename>
port/package.</para>
<para>(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 <quote>safe
mode</quote> option of the bootloader or using the
<varname>hint.acpi.0.disabled</varname> kernel environment
variable. These problems are being investigated. For problems
that have not already been reported (check the mailing list
archives <emphasis>before</emphasis> posting), sending the
output of &man.dmesg.8; and &man.acpidump.8; to the
&a.current; may help diagnose the problem.</para>
<para>(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:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>Turn off ATA DMA using the <quote>safe mode</quote>
option of the bootloader or the
<varname>hw.ata.ata_dma</varname> sysctl variable.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Use the host's BIOS setup options to put the ATA
controller in its <quote>legacy mode</quote>, if
available.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Disable ACPI, for example using the <quote>safe mode</quote>
option of the bootloader or using the
<varname>hint.acpi.0.disabled</varname> kernel environment
variable.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>(9 Jan 2004) Installing over NFS when using the install
floppies requires that the <filename>nfsclient.ko</filename>
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.</para>
<para>(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.</para>
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<title>Late-Breaking News</title>
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