On Tuesday 23 December 2008 16:35, Gaetan Nadon - [email protected] wrote: > Thanks for responding. I am trying to assess if this is a valid bug in > Ubuntu, I am not a developer. I've done a quick search for your mobo, > and I got mixed results. Some claim it works and pass validation tests, > others claim they were not able to install any Linux distro. I have seen > comments like: > > "You need to disable ADMA by putting sata_nv.adma=0 as a boot > parameter in order to install Ubuntu 8.04 64-bit. The 32-bit version > installs without this parameter." > > "I struggled with random lockups under Edgy and then Feisty until > "noapic" cured it for me. I had the 8254 timer message with Feisty but > don't recall it with Edgy." > > Many have reported acpi must be off and some BIOS versions did not work. > Some claim Live CD does not work but alternate install does. This user > has the same problem installing Fedora 8 on Asus M2N-MX: > http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-newbie-8/how-to-install-fe >dora-8-on-asus-m2n-mx-se-643214/ This Ubuntu threads inidicate the > freezes are due to the nvidia driver. > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=678377&highlight=MP-BIOS+bug%3A >+8254+timer > > I personally used Asus mobos for many years with just one problem where > I had to upgrade the BIOS as I got intermittent freezing. However I > always picked Intel chipset for Intel CPUs and now I have AMD690G for > AMD CPU on a M2A-VM and running 64 bit Ubuntu. > > There seems to be more than one problem and more than one solution. I > found some excellent posts on the Ubuntu forum, some very recent. I am > confident you can get the mobo working and perhaps rescue some hardware. > If I had the hardware I would try it for you. > > If you feel it's not worthy for you to pursue the matter, I'll mark the > defect as invalid, otherwise I can mark it as confirmed and it will > reach a developer. > > Thanks > > BugSquad
Bonjour Gaetan, Not sure if you speak French (I am French) so I'm going to write in English. I still have the machine with the suspicious mobo. I'll try one of the methods described here and we'll see if I still have problems. That's what Christmas vacations are for, aren't they? Thank you, --Fred -- MP-BIOS bug on Asus Pundit1 AH2 (Kernel panic) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/76989 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
