Bug#586494: linux-image-2.6.26-2-686: Dell PowerEdge 4200's don't work with 2.6.26

[trouble daemon <troubledaemon@gmail.com>]

Ben,

> Another option that may be worth trying is 'noapic'.

Wow, that worked just fine actually on 2.6.26 stock kernel. Thanks a lot!

I am curious though, what in the world changed since 2.6.18 and lower
versions that might have required noapic? I've seen the option needed
by so many people on many occasions, but I've never needed it until
now. Any ideas? BTW, I also attached the dmesg for 2.6.26 working just
for reference to anyone else who might stumble upon this bug, and for
your curiosity as well.

> You need to get the corresponding linux-base package from testing or
> experimental, but the other dependencies should be satisfiable in lenny.

FWIW, I did try grab linux-base too, but it then wanted to pull in a
bunch of other packages to do with perl and stuff, so I just opted to
recompile using the config and the source package and backport it
manually with less hassle (assuming 5 hour compiles are less hassle
lol).

Also, I did try 2.6.32 from squeeze (after removing the lguest
makefile line stopping the compile) and the vanilla 2.6.34 (after a
UTS issue that involved tweaking /linux/ path to /generated/) kernel
with noapic, and everything worked flawlessly. A shame it took an hour
to hand configure 2.6.34 though, but at least I know to disable apic
now.

Anyways, thank you Obi-Wan Kenobi, errr, old Ben Kenobi ;)


troubled