I test proyect http://www.linuxfirmwarekit.org/. The BIOS is very bad, many bugs. Problem not is kernel. Pliss test of and create report in http://www.linuxfirmwarekit.org/feedback.php
In DVD of Open Suse 10.2 in start DVD option test in menu. Is good create in cd install test? * Install OEM * Recovery... * Others .... * _Test firmware_ Abstract report in the notebook compaq presario v2417LA (List moderate http://www.bughost.org/pipermail/firmwarekit-results/ ): * BIOS F.27 (Date: 09-2006) * Linux-ready Firmware Developer Kit - Release 1 (Date 12-2006) ** 5 fails, 2 warn, 12 pass, 19 total in BIOS : -O -- APIC error on CPU0: 40(40) https://launchpad.net/bugs/66900 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs