From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Len Brown Subject: Re: boot hanging Date: 11 Mar 2004 02:05:19 -0500 Sender: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Message-ID: <1078988718.2557.91.camel@dhcppc4> References: <1078970905.4761.6.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1078970905.4761.6.camel-bi+AKbBUZKZeoWH0uzbU5w@public.gmane.org> Errors-To: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: Wesley T Allen Cc: ACPI Developers List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.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 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials > Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of > GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system > administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Acpi-devel mailing list > Acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/acpi-devel ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click