On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 07:12:16 -0600 Tom Brinkman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I'm sorry, but I do not know. > > > > The line is derived from a SuSE 9.0 installation which crashed > > very often, so I got some parameters from the web and played > > with them (without result, so I switched to Mandrake ;-) . > > > less /usr/src/linux-2.4.23-0.rc5.2mdk/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt > > That's for my kernel version. Try 'locate -i parameters' to > find yours. IIRC, 'nolapic' is no local advanced programmable > interrupt control. ie, disable > > lapic [IA-32,APIC] Enable the local APIC even if BIOS > disabled it. > > FWIW, not to be confused with (and mostly used by laptops), > ACPI - Advanced Configuration and Power Interface Tom, do you know why enabling/disabling ACPI and or APIC (now that I *think* I understand the distinction...;-)) would have such an effect on stability? I have found since disabling ACPI that my system is less prone to lockups, actually haven't had one in a week now. Also, doing some Googling, as I mentioned above, I found that disabling APIC is claimed to have positive results in terms of preventing some file system problems (in my case, file copy(s) failed, segfaults, cd's wouldn't burn because FIFO timed out, etc.) that required a reboot. I've added "noapic" to lilo.conf as suggested in my Google of some mailing list archives, but I haven't rebooted in a coupla days so no anecdotal evidence yet, but that seemed to be the consensus. -- JoeHill ++ ICQ # 280779813 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "Behind every great fortune is a crime." -- Balzac
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