Bug#252289: APIC ? (Re: Bug#252289: general: system clock)
On Thu, Jun 24, 2004 at 11:53:52AM -0700, Karl Hegbloom wrote:
> [ Perhaps this should be forked to a separate bug number? ]
>
> On Thu, 2004-06-24 at 19:24 +0200, Antos Andras wrote:
> > On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 mjr@dsl.pipex.com wrote:
> > > did the "noapic" kernel option fix your clock troubles?
> >
> > Yes!
> > [...]
> > So apic is the first to blame, indeed.
>
> I've got several machines for which USB won't work unless I boot them
> with "noapic". They have USB keyboards and mice, so it is an essential
> subsystem. The installer cannot see my keyboard unless I boot with
> "noapic".
>
I experienced problems on Compaq Presario laptop with acpi=on too.
Kernel freezes if nolapic is not set. Setting acpi=off or nolapic
is the only option to have 2.4 or 2.6 working.
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Francesco P. Lovergine
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