Gateway DX4720-03 apic problem

Gateway DX4720-03 apic problem

[Charles Landau]

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.

Re: Gateway DX4720-03 apic problem

[Robin Holt]

On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 10:22:46AM -0800, 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.

This is definitely the wrong list, but we tend to be somewhat helpful ;)

You should probably start by sending mail to linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
mailing list and then adding the following people to the Cc: list:

Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.com>
Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
Eric Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com>
Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@gmail.com>

I am sure I missed some, but that is a good place to start.

Thanks,
Robin

Gateway DX4720-03 apic problem

[Charles Landau]

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.

Re: Gateway DX4720-03 apic problem

[Alan Cox]

On Sun, 25 Jan 2009 11:35:46 -0800
Charles Landau <clandau@macslab.com> 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.

It should only be necessary if the system has BIOS problems. File a
report anyway and include the lspci -vvxxx and dmidecode data as
attached files

Re: Gateway DX4720-03 apic problem

[Robert Hancock]

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?

Re: Gateway DX4720-03 apic problem

[Aioanei Rares]

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?
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My guess is that anaconda fails at some point regarding storage options.

Re: Gateway DX4720-03 apic problem

[Charles Landau]

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.