On Wednesday 18 December 2002 12:23 am, Jack Coates wrote:
> the default 9.0 kernel comes with a very old version of ACPI -- you
> should either go from vanilla (which broke USB in my case) or download a
> cooker kernel with newer ACPI. I've had ok luck with 2.4.19-19,
> currently on 2.4.20-2 and not happy with it.
Sorry to butt in here but I'll take help from any thread I can! :-)
Guys, I'm not using a laptop but I'm having serious problems with 9.0 on my
desktop. It installs great, but will only bootup or shutdown correctly after
numerous attempts. I passed "noapci" thru /etc/lilo.conf like this:
boot=/dev/hda
map=/boot/map
vga=normal
default=linux
keytable=/boot/us.klt
prompt
nowarn
timeout=100
message=/boot/message
menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label=linux
root=/dev/hda1
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
append="noquiet noapci noapic devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi"
vga=788
read-only
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label=linux-nonfb
root=/dev/hda1
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
append="devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi"
vga=788
read-only
other=/dev/fd0
label=floppy
unsafe
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label=failsafe
root=/dev/hda1
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
append="failsafe devfs=nomount hdc=ide-scsi"
read-only
but still, when I do successfully bootup, I get this in dmesg:
Local APIC disabled by BIOS -- reenabling.
Found and enabled local APIC!
So whats up with that? Seems I can't disable apic - and yes, I did rerun
/sbin/lilo as root, after making changes.
When a bootup fails - it locks up hard usually about where it says "detecting
USB" or "loading module dependencies". It locks up so hard that you can't
even turn caps on/off on the keyboard (all keys are locked).
When/if the normal bootup fails, I can usually get a complete bootup by using
the nonfb choice. What is there about that choice that lets it bootup (when
apci is *not* disabled there!)?
Any ideas? Would installing a newer kernel help?
Thanks in advance.
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