On Mon, 2006-08-14 at 19:45 +0200, Pierre Dinh-van wrote: > Hi, > > I'm using Ubuntu dapper on my Macbook 2GHz, in dual boot with mac os x using > rEFIt (no bootcamp). > > I noticed that very often, the Macbook can't boot on my Linux kernel, > stopping > with a kernel panic : > > (I copy manually the interesting lines) > > " > [...] > Total of 2 processors activated (5825.50 BogoMIPS). > ENABLING IO-APIC IRQs > ..TIMER: vector=0x31 apic1=0 pin1=2 apic2=1 pin2=-1 > ..MP-BIOS bug: 8254 timer not connected to IO-APIC > ...trying to set up timer (IRQ0) through the 8259A ... failed. > ...trying to set up timer as Virtual Wire IRQ... failed. > ...trying to set up timer as ExtINT IRQ... failed :(. > Kernel panic - not syncing: IO-APIC + timer doesn't work! Boot with > apic=debug > and send a report. Then try booting with the 'noapic' option > > " > > It can happen while cold booting, while rebooting from macosX, while > rebooting > from GNU/Linux. > > Booting with apic=debug doesn't change anything in the kernel output before > the panic. > > I observed this problem with the ubuntu 2.6.15.26 and a manually compiled > 2.6.17.8. > > Is someone having the same experience ?
Yes, this is a know problem. Unfortunately it is still there with the current 2.6.18rc series, although less frequent. Now I only see it after a warm boot or a power off quickly followed by a power on. Jurgen ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Mactel-linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mactel-linux-users
