Re: Gateway DX4720-03 apic problem
From: Charles Landau
Date: Sun Jan 25 2009 - 17:00:59 EST
Robert Hancock wrote:
Charles Landau wrote:
I have a new Gateway DX4720-03 PC and have discovered that it won't
install Fedora 10 unless I give the kernel boot option "noapic" or
"nolapic".
This system's processor is the Intel Pentium Dual Core E5200.
It would seem that this is either a kernel bug to be fixed, or a
documentation bug so users of this machine know about the workaround.
I'll report the bug if someone will tell me how.
I think you just did report it :-)
Well, it's something that should be fixed in the kernel, either it's a
kernel bug or hardware busted in some way that we should be detecting.
How is it failing to install, is it locking up at some point, etc?
When I boot off the Fedora 10 full distribution DVD, which I believe is
kernel 2.6.27.5, at the first screen, "Welcome to Fedora 10!", I tell it
to Install or upgrade, and then I get a variety of errors on the text
console, including:
ata1.00 failed to IDENTIFY
and
PNP: PS/2 appears to have AUX port disabled ...
and problems enumerating USB devices, and
ehci_hcd 0000:00:04.1: Unlink after no_IRQ? Controller is probably
using the wrong IRQ.
and
ohci_hcd 0000:00:04.0: Unlink after no_IRQ? Controller is probably
using the wrong IRQ.
after which it does nothing. There is no power to USB and PS/2 devices.
Let me know any other ways I can help you diagnose this.
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