http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3470
------- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2003-03-21 17:37 ------- That I know, but the ACPI stuff inthe kernel is known to get in conflict with the APIC stuff... on some systems ... Just an example: I have an nForce2 board that has onboard 3Com network that works only if either I'm running with acpi=off or noapic The idea of ACPI is to tell the system how to use the hardware, including the APIC... On my system the APIC assigns my 3Com to irq21, but the ACPI does not tell the rest of the system where to find the nic, so it does not work... (for now that is..., when we get better ACPI support this will be fixed...) When I run acpi=off the BIOS and APIC is communicating as they should, and the system works... same goes for acpi=on noapic... So yes... if ACPI and APIC does not communicate correctly, you get into trouble.... So...my question: Have you tried to boot with acpi=off? Does it work? If so... It proves my point... Thomas PS. ofcourse I would like the ACPI stuff to work perfect, perhaps 9.2 will be an ACPI release... But it mostly depends on how the kernel development goes... ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is. ------- Reminder: ------- assigned_to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] status: UNCONFIRMED creation_date: description: USB mouse and PCI network card do not function during install, most likely becaues "noapic" is not passed to the kernel. Also, after installation, "noapic" must be manually added to /etc/lilo.conf for most anything to work...
