Re: Compaq Presario 1200 and Kernel 2.4

[Anders Nielsen <debian@nanders.com>]

> > I have one unresolved problem though. I am running kernel 2.2.23 at the
> > moment, but i havn't been able to get kernel 2.4 to work. The machine
> boots
> > at runs perfectly, but when i reboot it hangs realy badly. It takes a
> > couple of hard reboots (holding the power button down for 5 sec.) before
> it
> > can boot again.
> 
> Sounds like the old APIC problem. Which was the last kernel you tried with?
> It 
> has worked for me since version 2.4.19.
> 
> Else the solution was to recompile the kernel with Local APIC support 
> disabled.
> 
> Anders

I finally got kernel 2.4 to work. I tried with 2.4.20 and APIC enabled, with
gave the same problem. With APIC disabled though it works perfectly. Great! Now
i can use Iptables and all that.

What is APIC support? What am i missing by having it disabled in the kernel?

/Anders Nielsen