From: David Eriksson <twogood-Rn4VEauK+AKRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org>
To: Ethan Glasser-Camp <glasse-IL7dBOYR4Vg@public.gmane.org>
Cc: acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: Oops during startup
Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2004 08:28:52 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1086157732.2833.155.camel@zion.2good.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040602013512.GA570-FdgSi869q7U@public.gmane.org>
On Wed, 2004-06-02 at 03:35, Ethan Glasser-Camp wrote:
> 2.6.6 oopses on startup for me. acpi=off seems to work OK.
>
> My Thinkpad T-30 has served me faithfully for about 1.5 years, but was
> needing some service so I took it to the shop today. They gave me a
> replacement laptop (same model, still a T-30), but when I tried to
> boot up, I got a kernel oops. 2.6.5 boots up fine, and so does 2.6.6
> when given the boot parameter acpi=off. The machines are basically
> identical except for the CD-ROM drive. Might this cause a problem? Or
> should I be pointing a finger at the ACPI tables and other firmware?
>
> Since the kernel oopses before it finishes booting up, I can't even
> scroll up to the top of it to see what the oops message is. I can copy
> the callback if it helps. How can I help to diagnose the problem?
I suggest that you first verify that you have the latest version of the
BIOS and Embedded Controller Program. Compare the numbers provided by
your BIOS with those on this page:
http://www-3.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-42358
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-06-02 6:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-06-02 1:35 Oops during startup Ethan Glasser-Camp
[not found] ` <20040602013512.GA570-FdgSi869q7U@public.gmane.org>
2004-06-02 2:48 ` Andrew D. Keyser
2004-06-02 6:28 ` David Eriksson [this message]
[not found] ` <1086157732.2833.155.camel-+wCu4fnbpeSdFUVPxe8kGA@public.gmane.org>
2004-06-02 16:17 ` Ethan Glasser-Camp
[not found] ` <20040602161747.GA563-FdgSi869q7U@public.gmane.org>
2004-06-08 18:35 ` Ethan Glasser-Camp
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2004-06-02 3:17 Yu, Luming
[not found] ` <3ACA40606221794F80A5670F0AF15F840483B1C4-SRlDPOYGfgogGBtAFL8yw7fspsVTdybXVpNB7YpNyf8@public.gmane.org>
2004-06-03 3:43 ` Andrew D. Keyser
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