Steve wrote: > Here is /proc/interrupts > > laptop:~$ sudo cat /proc/interrupts > CPU0 CPU1 > 0: 2442731 144402 XT-PIC-XT timer > 1: 49 5 XT-PIC-XT i8042 > 2: 0 0 XT-PIC-XT cascade > 5: 114 13 XT-PIC-XT sata_nv > 7: 144946 2448593 XT-PIC-XT ehci_hcd:usb2 > 8: 0 0 XT-PIC-XT rtc > 9: 417 96 XT-PIC-XT acpi, ndiswrapper > 10: 24 12 XT-PIC-XT HDA Intel, eth0 > 11: 1944 188 XT-PIC-XT ohci_hcd:usb1, nvidia > 12: 3428 265 XT-PIC-XT i8042 > 14: 23 10 XT-PIC-XT ide0 > NMI: 0 0 > LOC: 2577218 2577195 > ERR: 1003 > > Not sure what it means there but looks like an error code of some sort > is in there, what do I check to find out?
That seems to be a big clue. I just checked several computers, including a desktop, a laptop, and some servers, and the ERR count is 0 on all of them. Google turned this up: http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Kernel/2003-09/7773.html This fellow said that the "noapic" option was not sufficient, and that compiling the kernel without APIC support fixed it. If you're comfortable with compiling kernels then you should consider that as a next step; the process is not bad at all once you understand it. OTOH, you have an SMP system, probably dual-core. Full APIC support is generally recommended for SMP. Instead of disabling the APIC, maybe you should work on getting the APIC to work properly. The last time I bought a computer, the APIC had problems until I upgraded the BIOS. Shane /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
