Praedor Atrebates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I recently built and installed the 2.4.21pre4 kernel on my Mandrake 9.0 > system. I have an Athlon 1.1GHz system with an MSI KT3 Ultra motherboard. > If I disable APIC in the bios, the system refuses to bootup. I don't even > get to a kernel panic - all I get (as soon as I select the kernel in lilo) is > a blank screen and absolutely no activity whatsoever. If I hard reboot and > enable APIC, then the system boots up fine but then I run into usb problems > (my usb printer isn't "seen" or usable, my wusb11 is unusable). This > bootup/non-bootup behavior occurs even if I use the "noapic" switch during > bootup. I currently have 2.4.21pre4 up with the "noapic" switch and APIC > enabled in bios. I am still unable to use my printer (HP Deskjet 845C) > though it was visable enough to printerdrake for me to reset it up. When I > try to print a testpage, my syslog produces a "printer no connected" message, > even though it is connected.
what kind of usb driver ? if 'usb-uhci' can you switch to 'uhci' (changes in /etc/modules.conf)
