Re: boot hanging

[Len Brown <len.brown-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>]

pci=noacpi helps?

if so, it is an ACPI interrupt configuration bug (which you're
encouraged to file on bugzilla.kernel.org;-)

thanks,
-Len

On Wed, 2004-03-10 at 21:08, Wesley T Allen wrote:
> Hi,
> 	Sorry if this is the wrong place to ask this question; if I'm off-base
> could someone point me in the right direction?
> 
> 	I have an hp pavilion laptop (an n5000 series, build-to-order) and have
> had problems with acpi under linux.  in the 2.4.x series the system
> would hang with an error "keventd not started" every now and again.  I
> would let it sit for a couple of seconds (making sure the hd had spun
> down), and then I'd reboot.  Sometimes I would have to do this a couple
> of times, but it was no big deal.
> 	I compiled 2.6.0 on my own when it came out (because the acpi support
> was better), and I could NEVER get it to boot.  So I gave up for a
> while, until I got Mandrake 10.0 community installed on my laptop.  The
> kernel is 2.6.3 and I just can't get the thing to boot with acpi enabled
> at all (well, once in about 50 attempts I think).  This is a bit of a
> bummer, considering that I can't get usb devices to work with my laptop
> w/o acpi enabled!  Does anyone have a workaround?  And what other
> information would be helpful in troubleshooting?
> 
> Thanks gang,  one of the things I love about OSS is that the developers
> are people you can talk to, and I end up learning how to help the
> development process AND other users.
> 
> Wes
> 
> 
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