Thanks, I did a bit more googling around just now and found this http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=169004&highlight=nforce2 which has a patch for the problem which will allow me to use acpi and apic. I will have a go at this tonight.
Luuk Quoting Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Mon, 24 May 2004 10:35:06 +1200 > Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I read somewhere that on your nforce chipset board you should disable > > either apic or acpi. > > > > now if i could find where i saw it. i'd be really useful! > > got it, it was a response from the gentoo-dev list in response to a > query i made before the installfest. Unfortunatley I didn't see it > until > afterwards. here is the quote: > > > With the nforce chipset I needed to remove the ACPI and APIC options > in the > > kernel. Using noapic and similar lines didn't disable the kernel. With > the > > ACPI and APIC the machine freezes periodicly. Without those its > fantastic. > > > > Keep the conversion going ;-) > > > > - - -- > > Daniel Black <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Gentoo Embedded Project > > > > > On Mon, 24 May 2004 10:27:57 +1200 (NZST) > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > On the other hand, I'm still getting plenty of lockups since I > installed Gentoo. > > > .. It is definitely improving though as I work my way through > various > > > kernel/driver/framebuffer issues. I'm getting there slowly. > > > > >
